1st Edition
Sibyls and Sibylline Prophecy in Classical Antiquity (Routledge Revivals)
By H. Parke
Copyright 1988
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
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... Read more
Preface; List of Abbreviations 1. The Characteristics of Sibylline Oracles 2. The Ancient Scholarly Sources for the Identity of Sibyls 3. Archaic Sibyls of Eastern Greece 4. Cumae 5. The Sibyl in the Classical Period 6. The Sibyl in the Hellenistic Period 7. The Sibyl in Pagan Rome 8. The Sibyl in Christian Literature; Appendices: I. The Theologoi II. The Libri Sibyllini III. Ecstatic Prophecy in the Near East; Bibliography; Index
Biography
H. Parke
