In addition to the alphabet, the Greeks brought their beliefs with them, and with these the devotion to the Supreme priestess of the oracle of Apollo, the Cumana Sibyl, which with the inspiration of this same God wrote in Hexameters his predictions on palm leaves.

She would be the one who would write the first prophetic books sold to the Roman Emperor Tarquinio the superb, who guarded them in the Temple of Jupiter and were consulted only on special occasions. These books would exert great influence on the Roman religion, but unfortunately they have not come to our days, because the Roman general Lucio Elio Estilón Preconino ordered their destruction in the 405.

What has come to our days, fortunately, is the cave where it is believed that the Cumana Sibyl entered to wrote their prophecies. It was discovered by the archaeologist Amedeo Maiuri in 1932 and has since become one of the most visited places by tourists who arrive to Cumae. It is accessed following a beautiful path of descent between gardens.

Den della Sibilla

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