hearthglow:The Cumean Sibyl Elihu Vedder, 1876“The Cumaean (Cumean) sibyl played a major role in the
hearthglow:The Cumean Sibyl Elihu Vedder, 1876“The Cumaean (Cumean) sibyl played a major role in the foundation and success of Rome and its empire. The first key role that she had was of selling the Sibylline books to the last king of Rome. The second key role was to prophesy to Aeneas (hero of Virgil’s Aeneid) about his future in Italy, which drove him to travel there.Vedder appears to have focused on the first role, in that he shows the sibyl striding out, clutching several scrolls under her right arm, presumably the Sibylline books which were to guide the future of Rome.” (x) -- source link