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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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