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Aeneid Book VI

Book by Seamus Heaney · 7 quotes · Mythology, Darkness, Despair

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“...the Sibyl, Resisting possession, storms through the cavern, In the throes of her struggle with Phoebus Apollo. But the more she froths at the mouth And contorts, the more he controls her, commands her And makes her his creature. Then of their own accord Those hundred vast tunnel-mouths gape and give vent To the prophetess's responses...”