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Sibylline books
Sibylline Sib"yl*line, a. [L. sibyllinus.] Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls. Sibylline books. (a) (Rom. Antiq.) Books or documents of prophecies in verse concerning the fate of the Roman empire, said to have been purchased by Tarquin the Proud from a sibyl. (b) Certain Jewish and early Christian writings purporting to have been prophetic and of sibylline origin. They date from 100 b. c. to a. d. 500.

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- The Sibylline Books (Latin: Libri Sibyllini) were a collection of oracular utterances, set out in Gr**** hexameter verses, that, according to tradition...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- presence in the early history of Roman festivals. On the advice of the Sibylline books, which were consulted amid anxieties surrounding the Second Punic War...
- resorted to extraordinary measures, which included consulting the Sibylline Books, dispatching a delegation led by Quintus Fabius Pictor to consult the...
- appear in various references. The story of the acquisition of the Sibylline Books by Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the semi-legendary last king of 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...