it isn't sweet, since there are likely more unpleasant than pleasant ways of remaining conscious. "The Sibyl of Cumae, who led Aeneas on his journey to the und

it isn't sweet, since there are likely more unpleasant than pleasant ways of remaining conscious. "The Sibyl of Cumae, who led Aeneas on his journey to the underworld, for which he collected the Golden Bough, was the most famous prophetess of the ancient world. Beloved of Apollo, she was given anything she might desire. She asked for eternal life. Sadly, Apollo granted her wish, for she had forgotten to ask for eternal youth. Now dried, dessicated, and shrunken, she is carried in a cricket cage, and when the boys ask her what she desires, she says: 'I want to die.'" http://www.history-of-culture.org/Lectures/Part_2/22302.htm http://www.history-of-culture.org/Lectures/Part_2/22302.htm