Author : H. W. Parke
Release : 2015-04-07
Genre : Prophecy
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 869/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sibyls and Sibylline Prophecy in Classical Antiquity (Routledge Revivals) by : H. W. Parke
Download or read book Sibyls and Sibylline Prophecy in Classical Antiquity (Routledge Revivals) written by H. W. Parke. This book was released on 2015-04-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.