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What will tomorrow bring? The Greek & Romans were as curious about the future as we are today. The gods spoke & told the future at special sites, called oracles, & through individuals, called Sibyls. A concise account of Michelangelo's five Sibyls - Libyan, Cumaean, Delphic, Persian, Erythraean - leads to a fascinating presentation of these "future telling" sites & legendary stories of prophecies & famous visitors. Oracles & Sibyls resource book features... * The five sibyls in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel. * The story of the Sibylline Books of prophecy. * The Sibyl of Delphi: history of the oracle, how to get a prophecy, the famous testing of the oracle of Croesus. * The Sibyl of Cumae: her story, Aeneas at Cumae, archaeological ground plans of the Sibyl's oracle. * The Sibyl of Erythrae. * Famous prophets & seers of the ancient world.