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Classical Mythology and Ancient History > metamorphoses ~ classical mythology > metamorphoses ~ age > the Cumaean Sibyl is granted long life: Apollo grants the Cumaean Sibyl as many years as she has grains of sand in her hand, in return for her love (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIV 136) > the Cumaean Sibyl, having spurned Apollo, becomes hideously old: when reduced to a tiny thing she is hung up in a bottle and becomes a mere voice

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97L31the Cumaean Sibyl, having spurned Apollo, becomes hideously old: when reduced to a tiny thing she is hung up in a bottle and becomes a mere voice  

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  • age
  • ancient history
  • Apollo
  • bottle
  • classical antiquity
  • Cumaean sibyl
  • grain
  • hanging
  • history
  • love unrequited
  • metamorphosis
  • mythology
  • old age
  • old woman
  • Ovid, Metamorphoses 14
  • rejuvenation
  • sand
  • small
  • transformation
  • voice

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