The Sibylline Oracles
The Sibylline Oracles by MILTON S. TERRY is a revised edition published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform on July 11, 2014. This edition comprises 184 pages and is presented in English. The book features a collection of oracular utterances attributed to the Sibyls, who were known for delivering divine revelations in a frenzied state. The text includes fourteen books and eight fragments, composed or edited over a span likely between the 2nd and 6th centuries AD.
Readers will find a detailed exploration of these ancient texts, which are written in Greek hexameters. The Sibylline Oracles reflect a variety of circumstances surrounding their creation, offering insights into the religious and historical contexts of the time. This edition, translated by Milton Terry, aims to provide a clearer understanding of these literary collections that intertwine themes of religion, history, and antiquities.
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The Sibylline Oracles (sometimes called the “pseudo-Sibylline Oracles”) are a collection of oracular utterances written in Greek hexameters ascribed to the Sibyls, prophetesses who uttered divine revelations in a frenzied state. Fourteen books and eight fragments of Sibylline Oracles survive. These are a collection of utterances that were composed or edited under various circumstances, probably between the 2nd century AD and the 6th century AD. This is the New Edition Revised after the Text of Ruch., translated by Milton Terry.
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