Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis vidi in ampulle pendere, et cum illi pueri dicerent: Σίβυλλα τί θέλεις; respondebat illa: άποθανεΐν θέλω → I have seen with my own eyes the Sibyl hanging in a jar, and when the boys asked her “What do you want?” She answered, “I want to die.”

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Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis
vidi in ampulle pendere, et cum illi pueri dicerent:
Σίβυλλα τί θέλεις; respondebat illa: άποθανεΐν θέλω

For with my own eyes I saw the Sibyl hanging
in a jar at Cumae, and when the boys said to her,
"Sibyl, what do you want?: she replied, "I want to die".


Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis
vidi in ampulle pendere, et cum illi pueri dicerent:
Σίβυλλα τί θέλεις; respondebat illa: άποθανεΐν θέλω

I have seen with my own eyes the Sibyl
hanging in a jar, and when the boys asked her
“What do you want?”  She answered, “I want to die.”


—Petronius, Satyricon
April is the cruellest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain
Petronius - Wikiquote
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