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Sibyls and Sibylline Prophecy in Classical Antiquity (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover)
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Sibyls and Sibylline Prophecy in Classical Antiquity (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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Sibyls and Sibylline Prophecy in Classical Antiquity, first
published in 1988, is an authoritative account of a subject rarely
treated in recent decades and difficult to access for
non-specialists. A considerable number of books of prophecies went
under the generic title of Sibylline Oracles, which rulers
consulted in times of crisis, the most famous literary example
being the Cumaean Sibyl's advice to Aeneas. But in fact the Sibyls
were unusual from other oracles in several respects; most
characteristically, they composed discursive verses for
distribution to the world at large, as opposed to specific answers
to individual inquirers. They thus came to be associated with the
interpretation of recent history as much as the discernment of
prognoses for the future. In his pursuit of the often elusive
Sibyls the author ranges from Heraclitus to Eusebius, from Archaic
Asia Minor to Christian Rome, illuminating religion, poetry and
politics in the ancient world.
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