CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sibylline Oracles The name given to certain collections of supposed prophecies, emanating from the sibyls or divinely inspired seeresses, which were widely circulated in antiquity. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13770a.htm |
The Sibylline Oracles Index There is very little knowledge of the actual contents of the original Sibylline Books. ... There may be actual residue of the original Sibylline books wedged in here and there, but this is dubious. http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/sib/index.htm |
Sibylline Books - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Sibylline Books or Libri Sibyllini were a collection of oracular utterances, set out in Greek hexameters, purchased from a sibyl by the last king of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus, and consulted at momentous crises through the history of the Republic and the Empire. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibylline_Books |
THE SIBYL ALBUNEA AND THE CULT OF THE SIBYLLINE BOOKS Focal point of the whole fountain is the central statue of the TIBURTINE SIBYL ALSO KNOWN AS ALBUNEA, the goddess who protected the town of Tivoli and who created the legendary Sibylline Books. http://www.museolibroantico.com/en.sibilla.html |
The Sibylline of Books -- Origin of Name The Sibylline of Books (and cassettes, and computers) http://sibyllineofbooks.com/name.html |
The Sibylline of Books The Sibylline of Books is a project of the Community of St. Matthew, which has had the IRS number 23-7112-007 since May 14, 1971. Please make a gift to support this work. http://sibyllineofbooks.com/books.html |
Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Sibylline Books. Sibylline Books. A collection of poetical utterances in Greek, compiled in the second century (138–167). The collection is in eight books, relates to Jesus Christ, and is entitled Ora’cula ... http://www.bartleby.com/81/15321.html |
Roman Prayer The Sibylline Books do not appear to have contained prophecies, so much as remedia - advice on what to do when the gods were clearly annoyed. http://www.bates.edu/~mimber/Rciv/prayer.htm |
The Sibylline Books Ancient History Reference, Community, and Games... http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Post/592031 |
Sibyl -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia the prophecies were actually the work of certain Jewish and Christian writers from about 150 BC to about AD 180 and are not to be confused with the Sibylline Books, a much earlier collection of ... http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9067612/Sibyl |