Classical Mythology and Ancient History > metamorphoses ~ classical mythology > metamorphoses ~ age > the Cumaean Sibyl is granted long life: Apollo grants the Cumaean Sibyl as many years as she has grains of sand in her hand, in return for her love (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIV 136) > the Cumaean Sibyl, having spurned Apollo, becomes hideously old: when reduced to a tiny thing she is hung up in a bottle and becomes a mere voice