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