A hand-book of mythology : the myths and legends of ancient Greece and Rome (1884)
Berens, E. M · New York : Clark & Maynard · leaf 92
in honour of Apollo, on the Palatine Hill, in which at the foot of his statue, were deposited two gilt chests, containing the Sibylline oracles. These oracles were collected to replace the Sibylline books originally preserved in the temple of Jupiter, which were destroyed when that edifice was… … at her inconsistency, now con¬ sulted the Augurs, who blamed him for not having bought the nine books when they were first offered to him, and desired him to secure the remaining three, at whatever price they were to be had. He, accordingly, purchased the volumes, which were found to contain…
Mythology, Classical
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