- The
Sibylline Books (Latin:
Libri Sibyllini) were a
collection of
oracular utterances, set out in Gr****
hexameter verses, that,
according to tradition...
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uttered divine revelations in a
frenzied state.
Fourteen books and
eight fragments of
Sibylline Oracles survive, in an
edition of the 6th or 7th century...
- ante quem for a ****aean sibyl. She is said to have sold the
original Sibylline books to
Tarquinius Superbus, the last king of Rome. In Virgil's
Fourth Eclogue...
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Idaean mother of the gods"). The
oldest collection of
Sibylline utterances, the
Sibylline Books,
appears to have been made
about the time of
Cyrus at...
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original price. At last,
Tarquin accepted, in this way
obtaining the
Sibylline Books. In 509 BC,
having angered the
Roman po****ce
through the pace and...
- BC)
Sibylline Books Pherecydes of
Syros (6th
century BCE)
Heptamychia Ctesias (fifth
century BC) Persica, a
history of ****yria and
Persia in 23
books Indica...
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Jesus Christ. This
claim comes from the
Sibylline Oracles,
which are not to be
confused with the
Sibylline Books. The ****espontian
Sibyl was born in the...
- go to Ella the
harpy and
Tyson the cyclops, who are
recreating the
Sibylline Books. They get a
prophecy regarding Tarquin's tomb. They go to the camp...
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resorted to
extraordinary measures,
which included consulting the
Sibylline Books,
dispatching a
delegation led by
Quintus Fabius Pictor to
consult the...
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fourth law
regarding the
priests who were the
custodians of the
sacred Sibylline Books.
These and
related laws (such as the
Leges Genuciae) and the long struggle...
