Epigraph Annotations
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"Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis | "Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis | ||
+ | "For on one occasion I myself saw, with my own eyes, the Cumaean Sibyl | ||
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vidi in ampulla pendere, et cum illi pueri dicerent: | vidi in ampulla pendere, et cum illi pueri dicerent: | ||
+ | hanging in a cage, and when some boys said to her: | ||
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Σιβυλλα τι θελεις; respondebat illa:αποθανειν θελω.” | Σιβυλλα τι θελεις; respondebat illa:αποθανειν θελω.” | ||
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'Sibyl, what do you want?' she replied, 'I want to die.' " | 'Sibyl, what do you want?' she replied, 'I want to die.' " | ||