sibyllines

Updated: May 27, 2025

Even when Greek mythical stories are introduced, as in the euhemeristic description of the origin of the Greek dynasties of gods in the third book, the whole is conceived under the forms of Jewish or Christian thought. The Sibyllines are quoted by Josephus and by many Christian writers from Justin Martyr to Augustine and Jerome and later.

Crawford Howell Toy - Introduction to the History of Religions: Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV