person
Cumaean Sibyl
the Sibyl
The prophetess of Cumae whose oracular books guided Roman cult, including the introduction of Venus Verticordia and the Magna Mater.
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §2.8 Cumaean years
The Cumaean Sibyl, granted as many years as grains in a handful of dust; with Pylian Nestor, the measure of the long life Ovid wishes the imperial parents.
- The Festivals §4.1 Cumaean crone
The Cumaean Sibyl, whose oracle prompted the temple of Venus Verticordia.
- Metamorphoses §14.435 Sibyl
The Cumaean Sibyl, Apollo's prophetess, who guides Aeneas into the underworld; her own story follows.
- Metamorphoses §14.436 maid of Cumae
The Cumaean Sibyl tells her own origin: Apollo (Phoebus) offered her endless life for her love, and she asked for as many years as a heap held grains of dust -- forgetting to ask that they stay young.