‘Casta Sibylla’? Ritratti di Sibille nella raccolta degli ‘Oracula Sibyllina’
It is universally known that the Sibyl was a virgin prophetess; yet, in the Sibylline Oracles she does not at all present herself as a parthenos. She says she is the daughter-in-law of Noah in Orac. Sib. I 280-290 and, probably, in III 823-827 as well; the (unfaithful?) wife of a most wealthy man in...
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| description | It is universally known that the Sibyl was a virgin prophetess; yet, in the
Sibylline Oracles she does not at all present herself as a parthenos. She says she is the daughter-in-law of Noah in Orac. Sib. I 280-290 and, probably, in III 823-827 as well; the (unfaithful?) wife of a most wealthy man in Orac. Sib. II 340-345, where she confesses to having neglected her marriage, behaving like a kunopis and an anaidēs; finally, a sinner and a «serial lover» in Orac. Sib. VII 151-162. Furthermore, in Orac. Sib. III 812-813 she claims that the Greeks would have called her an anaidēs from Erythrae. The present article deals
with all these passages, but it is mainly focused on the epilogues of books III and VII. The first section of the article discusses the unflattering opinions that, according to the Jewish author of ll. III 813-818, the Greeks would have had of the Erythrean Sibyl, in order to detect their possible motivations (see the Epilogue). After a brief section on the passages of book I/II, the third section examines the main textual issues of the epilogue of book VII and proposes a new interpretation of this Sibyl’s confession in the light of Act 7, 55-56. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c2de407452cb43af99bb5ebdede5001f2022-12-21T22:02:48ZdeuLED Edizioni UniversitarieErga-Logoi2280-96782282-32122016-07-01419111710.7358/erga-2016-001-broc814‘Casta Sibylla’? Ritratti di Sibille nella raccolta degli ‘Oracula Sibyllina’Nicoletta Brocca0Università Ca' Foscari, VeneziaIt is universally known that the Sibyl was a virgin prophetess; yet, in the Sibylline Oracles she does not at all present herself as a parthenos. She says she is the daughter-in-law of Noah in Orac. Sib. I 280-290 and, probably, in III 823-827 as well; the (unfaithful?) wife of a most wealthy man in Orac. Sib. II 340-345, where she confesses to having neglected her marriage, behaving like a kunopis and an anaidēs; finally, a sinner and a «serial lover» in Orac. Sib. VII 151-162. Furthermore, in Orac. Sib. III 812-813 she claims that the Greeks would have called her an anaidēs from Erythrae. The present article deals with all these passages, but it is mainly focused on the epilogues of books III and VII. The first section of the article discusses the unflattering opinions that, according to the Jewish author of ll. III 813-818, the Greeks would have had of the Erythrean Sibyl, in order to detect their possible motivations (see the Epilogue). After a brief section on the passages of book I/II, the third section examines the main textual issues of the epilogue of book VII and proposes a new interpretation of this Sibyl’s confession in the light of Act 7, 55-56.https://www.ledonline.it/index.php/Erga-Logoi/article/view/915christian sibylerythraean sibyljewish-hellenistic literatureorac. sib. i 280-290orac. sib. ii 339-345orac. sib. iii 809-827orac. sib. vii 151-162sibylline oraclesletteratura giudaico-ellenisticaoracoli sibillinisibilla cristiana |
| spellingShingle | Nicoletta Brocca ‘Casta Sibylla’? Ritratti di Sibille nella raccolta degli ‘Oracula Sibyllina’ Erga-Logoi christian sibyl erythraean sibyl jewish-hellenistic literature orac. sib. i 280-290 orac. sib. ii 339-345 orac. sib. iii 809-827 orac. sib. vii 151-162 sibylline oracles letteratura giudaico-ellenistica oracoli sibillini sibilla cristiana |
| title | ‘Casta Sibylla’? Ritratti di Sibille nella raccolta degli ‘Oracula Sibyllina’ |
| title_full | ‘Casta Sibylla’? Ritratti di Sibille nella raccolta degli ‘Oracula Sibyllina’ |
| title_fullStr | ‘Casta Sibylla’? Ritratti di Sibille nella raccolta degli ‘Oracula Sibyllina’ |
| title_full_unstemmed | ‘Casta Sibylla’? Ritratti di Sibille nella raccolta degli ‘Oracula Sibyllina’ |
| title_short | ‘Casta Sibylla’? Ritratti di Sibille nella raccolta degli ‘Oracula Sibyllina’ |
| title_sort | casta sibylla ritratti di sibille nella raccolta degli oracula sibyllina |
| topic | christian sibyl erythraean sibyl jewish-hellenistic literature orac. sib. i 280-290 orac. sib. ii 339-345 orac. sib. iii 809-827 orac. sib. vii 151-162 sibylline oracles letteratura giudaico-ellenistica oracoli sibillini sibilla cristiana |
| url | https://www.ledonline.it/index.php/Erga-Logoi/article/view/915 |
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