Sibyl, the Enchantress of the Cumaean Grotto

Princess Lyudmila Dmitrievna Shakhovskaya (1850–?) was a Russian writer, poet, playwright, and translator, the author of over thirty books and several poetry collections, and the compiler of Russia''s first "Dictionary of Rhymes of the Russian Language." Her literary legacy is largely linked to classical history: in twenty-three novels, she artistically recounted the path of Ancient Rome, creating...