her votaries. Sometimes the wind sweeping through the cavern scattered
the leaves broadcast through the world.

The manner of consulting her is fully described by the Latin poet
Virgil in the sixth book of the Æneid. He tells how Æneas, arriving
with his fellow voyagers at the town of Cumæ, immediately goes to the
temple of Apollo,

"And seeks the cave of wondrous size,
The sibyl's dread retreat,
The sibyl, whom the Delian seer
Inspires to see the future clear,
And fills with frenzy's heat;
The grove they enter, and behold
Above their heads the roof of gold.

* * * * *

"Within the mountain's hollow side,
A cavern stretches high and wide;
A hundred entries thither lead;
A hundred voices thence proceed,
Each uttering forth the sibyl's rede.
The sacred threshold now they trod:
'Pray for an answer! pray! the god,'
She cries, 'the god is nigh!'

"And as before the door in view
She stands, her visage pales its hue,
Her locks dishevelled fly,