A Book Of Sibyls

Author : Jorge Guillermo
Publisher : Overlook Press
ISBN 13 : 9781468306842
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sibyls written by Jorge Guillermo and published by Overlook Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From myth to myth, and over thousands of years, few archetypes have so captured the imaginations of readers as that of the Sibyl.

Author : Mama Zogbé
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0971624569
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sibyls written by Mama Zogbé and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is now currently the 'holy seat of the Vatican' in Italy, was originally the sacerdotal seat of these ancient black Sibyl Queen Mothers. Centuries before for Christ, they were known to heal the sick, restore dignity and strength to the weak, and restore sight to the blind. They were famous for curing lameness, epileptics, deaf mutes and lepers. They were said to 'cast out demons' and even to 'raise-up the dead' Their prophecies are the oldest and most authentic in the world. They were the basis for Greek and Roman tragedies and plays. More astonishing, their prophetic books were later collected by the Roman authorities, who needed a 'western theological' foundation in order to compete with the powerful levitical Jews. These Sibyl prophecies soon became the sole and undisputed precursor to the western, Christian Bible. .

Author : Timothy Zahn
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429947071
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pawn written by Timothy Zahn and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in an exciting space opera trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Timothy Zahn, Pawn “Tim Zahn is a master of tactics and puts his own edge on complex hard-SF thrillers.” —Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling author Nicole Lee’s life is going nowhere. No family, no money, and stuck in a relationship with a thug named Bungie. But, after one of Bungie’s “deals” goes south, he and Nicole are whisked away by a mysterious moth-like humanoid to a strange ship called the Fyrantha. Once aboard, life on the ship seems too good to be true. All she has to do is work on one of the ship’s many maintenance crews. However, she learned long ago that nothing comes without a catch. When she’s told to keep quiet and stop asking questions, she knows she is on to something. Nicole soon discovers that many different factions are vying for control of the Fyrantha, and she and her friends are merely pawns in a game beyond their control. But, she is tired of being used, and now Nicole is going to fight. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Milton S. Terry
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3849621782
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sibylline Oracles (Annotated Edition) written by Milton S. Terry and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2012 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the extended and annotated edition including * an extensive annotation of almost 10.000 words about the oracles in religion * an interactive table-of-contents * perfect formatting for electronic reading devices THE Sibyls occupy a conspicuous place in the traditions and history of ancient Greece and Rome. Their fame was spread abroad long before the beginning of the Christian era. Heraclitus of Ephesus, five centuries before Christ, compared himself to the Sibyl "who, speaking with inspired mouth, without a smile, without ornament, and without perfume, penetrates through centuries by the power of the gods." The ancient traditions vary in reporting the number and the names of these weird prophetesses, and much of what has been handed down to us is legendary. But whatever opinion one may hold respecting the various legends, there can be little doubt that a collection of Sibylline Oracles was at one time preserved at Rome. There are, moreover, various oracles, purporting to have been written by ancient Sibyls, found in the writings of Pausanias, Plutarch, Livy, and in other Greek and Latin authors. Whether any of these citations formed a portion of the Sibylline books once kept in Rome we cannot now determine; but the Roman capitol was destroyed by fire in the time of Sulla (B. C. 84), and again in the time of Vespasian (A. D. 69), and whatever books were at those dates kept therein doubtless perished in the flames. It is said by some of the ancients that a subsequent collection of oracles was made, but, if so, there is now no certainty that any fragments of them remain.

Author : H. W. Parke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781138015869
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sibyls and Sibylline Prophecy in Classical Antiquity (Routledge Revivals) written by H. W. Parke and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 0 pages. 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.

Author : Robin Raybould
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004332154
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sibyl Series of the Fifteenth Century written by Robin Raybould and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raybould's The Sibyl Series of the Fifteenth Century examines the change that occurred in representations of the sibyls during the early Renaissance, representations intended to provide new witness by these pagan prophetesses to the universality of the Christian message.

Author : Herbert William Parke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sibyls and Sibylline Prophecy in Classical Antiquity written by Herbert William Parke and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In antiquity a considerable number of books of prophecies went under the general title of Sybilline Oracles. Rulers consulted them in time of danger or crisis for advice and prognoses. One of the distinguishing characteristics of Sibyls was that they composed discursive verses for distribution the world at large. This is an authoritative account of a subject both rarely treated in recent decades and difficult of access for all but the most expert. In its pursuit of the sometimes elusive Sybils it ranges from Heraclitus to Eusebius, from Archaic Asia Minor to Christian Rome, throwing important light on religion, poetry and politics in the ancient world. -- From publisher's description.

Author : Sarolta A. Takács
Publisher : Univ of TX + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0292794436
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vestal Virgins, Sibyls, and Matrons written by Sarolta A. Takács and published by Univ of TX + ORM. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating exploration of women’s role in Roman religion that facilitates a better understanding of their importance in Rome’s cultural formation. Roman women were the procreators and nurturers of life, both in the domestic world of the family and in the larger sphere of the state. Although deterred from participating in most aspects of public life, women played an essential role in public religious ceremonies, taking part in rituals designed to ensure the fecundity and success of the agricultural cycle on which Roman society depended. Thus religion is a key area for understanding the contributions of women to Roman society and their importance beyond their homes and families. In this book, Sarolta A. Takács offers a sweeping overview of Roman women’s roles and functions in religion and, by extension, in Rome’s history and culture from the republic through the empire. She begins with the religious calendar and the various festivals in which women played a significant role. She then examines major female deities and cults, including the Sibyl, Mater Magna, Isis, and the Vestal Virgins, to show how conservative Roman society adopted and integrated Greek culture into its mythic history, artistic expressions, and religion. Takács’s discussion of the Bona Dea Festival of 62 BCE and of the Bacchantes, female worshippers of the god Bacchus or Dionysus, reveals how women could also jeopardize Rome’s existence by stepping out of their assigned roles. Takács’s examination of the provincial female flaminate and the Matres/Matronae demonstrates how women served to bind imperial Rome and its provinces into a cohesive society.

Author : Pär Lagerkvist
Publisher : London : Chatto & Windus
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sibyl written by Pär Lagerkvist and published by London : Chatto & Windus. This book was released on 1958 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A parable on divine love, the stories of the wandering Jew and an outcast priestess of Delphi.

Author : Pär Lagerkvist
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307807118
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sibyl written by Pär Lagerkvist and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-09-21 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A parable, rather than a novel in the ordinary sense of the term, The Sibyl is . . . a work of manifold meanings and unmistakable profundity, one that can neither be easily understood nor easily forgotten." —Granville Hicks, The New Leader