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Cumaean sibyl |
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Cumaean sibyl was granted long life by Apollo; when she rejected his love, he withheld eternal youth and she withered away. [Gk. Myth.: Metamorphoses, 14] See : Age, Old Cumaean sibyl famous prophetess; leads Aeneas through underworld. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid] See : Guide How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Reading Genesis, we experience the same thrill of recognition when we see Vergil's Cumaean Sibyl in Turner's prophet Hermione; when we catch glimpses of Dante's Beatrice in Turner's; when Hesiod's Gala (Earth) reappears as Gaea Van Riebeck; even when we discover that the Finnish epic Kalevala has loaned its name to a spaceship. |
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