Just as quick side note, the Sibyl got her powers from Apollo specifically when he became attracted to her and said she could have anything if she just spent a night with him. After making her wish (basically for eternal life), she went back on her promise and refused Apollo's advances, so he cursed her. Nice guy, huh?
Anyway, one of my favorite depictions of the Sibyl is in the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo (who is referenced in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock).
Dr. Ramos has this depiction in his classroom if anyone is interested. Since he first showed this to us, I always think of the Sibyl as a very big, muscular lady (even though there are plenty of renditions that show her as more typically "feminine"). I wonder where Michelangelo's Sibyl got her muscles from? Ideas, anyone? (The actual reason he painted her like this is probably that he was using a male model, just FYI. But it's fun to theorize anyway.)
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