The Sibyls were never passive cave-dwellers murmuring riddles into the dark. They were political weapons, divine mouthpieces, and dangerous women whose prophecies shaped empires. Long before Hollywood mystics and Renaissance murals softened them, the Sibyls walked into palaces, burned books in kings’ faces, defied gods, survived curses—and redirected the futures of entire civilizations.
In this second voyage of the Domina Tempora Podcast, we follow the Sibyls across Greece, Rome, Libya, and the underworld itself. These women did not merely foretell history—they authored it, one prophecy at a time.
🎧 In this episode:
• The old woman who burned six prophetic books to teach a king fear
• Apollo’s “gifts” to Cassandra, Marpessa & Deiphobe—and the violence behind them
• The Sibyl in a jar: Ovid’s bleak portrait of immortality as imprisonment
• How Sibylline Books steered Rome through crisis, prophecy, and politics
• Why every era rewrote the Sibyls to fit its fantasies, fears, and power structures
💋 If this episode unsettles—in the best way—good. Let it.
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🕯 The Sibyls didn’t ask for authority.
They spoke, and the world rearranged itself.