Sibyls and Sibylline Prophecy in Classical Antiquity (Routledge Revivals)

<p>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. 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.</p>