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SIBYL-OF-CUMAE

SIBYL-OF-CUMAE: This was the Sibyl of all SIBYLS.

She was much fancied by APOLLO who offered her anything in exchange for sex. She chose immortality and then didn't keep her side of the bargain. But APOLLO was not a God to be ripped off and when she looked at the Immortality Contract she found the clause: 'Youth and Beauty not included'.

After a few hundred years she was a tiny wrinkly little thing. The priests hung her on the wall in a bottle and charged extra to see the talking curio. By this time the only words she would come out with were: "I want to die".

This may not be the end of the story, as 700 years later the Romans inherited her. See SIBYL-OF-CUMAE(2)...

Entry last modified on 27 August 2006

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VITAL STATISTIX
Area or people:
Location : Ancient Greece
Gender : Female
Category : Legendary Mortal
Pronunciation : Coming soon
Alternative names : None known
Attributes : Coming soon
Mystic Number : 9667

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