Prophetic poem · 1890

The Sibylline Oracles

Translated from the Greek into English blank verse

by The Sibylline Oracles

Translated by Milton S. Terry (1890)

Twelve books of Greek hexameter prophecy put into the mouth of the pagan Sibyl by Jewish and Christian writers between the second century BC and the fifth century AD, from the creation and the flood to the fall of Rome and the last judgment.

Contents · 12 parts

• Book Iabout 470 lines
• Book IIabout 410 lines
• Book IIIabout 980 lines
• Book IVabout 240 lines
• Book Vabout 680 lines
• Book VI36 lines
• Book VIIabout 200 lines
• Book VIIIabout 630 lines
• Book IX (XI)about 410 lines
• Book X (XII)about 370 lines
• Book XI (XIII)about 200 lines
• Book XII (XIV)about 410 lines

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