Sibylline Books

plural noun

(in ancient Rome) a collection of prophetic sayings, supposedly bought from the Cumaean sibyl, bearing upon Roman policy and religion

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“The Sibylline Books were destroyed centuries ago.”

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“That harpy they brought back from the quest—Ella. I knew she was spouting prophecies! Now I understand. She—she somehow memorized a copy of the Sibylline Books.”

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“Figure out the prophecy? I mean...that was a prophecy Ella spoke, right? From the Sibylline Books?”

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Perhaps one day he will unearth an American stove under his tulips, Attila’s grave or the Sibylline Books; in a cultivated soil everything can be found.

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It is as old as the sibylline books.

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sibylline sic

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