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Explain :
"If I live to be as old as Sibylla, I will die as chaste as Diana."​

Answer 1

these lines are taken from The Merchant of Venice .

Sibylla and Diana, a prophetess in ancient time. Sibylla was famous for her extreme old age, and Duiana was a Roman goddess of feminine virtue and purity. Portia is saying that she will remain unmarried for the rest of her life,like Sibylla, or until a man chooses the right casket and makes her a virtuous girl like Diana.

Answer 2

The extract is from The Merachant of Venice by Shakespeare, Act 1 Scene 2, where Portia says to Nerissa these line when she is not happy with the suitors who come to seek her hand for marriage. Sibylla and Diana, a prophetess in ancient time. Sibylla was well-known for her extreme old age, and Diana was a Roman goddess of feminine purity and virtue. Portia is saying that she would remain unmarried all her life, like Sibylla, or till a man selects the right casket and makes her a virtuous girl just like Diana.

Explanation:

• Diana is the Goddess of Chastity, according to Roman mythology. Portia mentions her name by saying that if no suitor will fulfill the condition of the will of her father she would die a virgin like Diana .
• Sibylla is referred to as Cume's Sibyl. Sibyl was a prophet according to Roman legend. Apollos, a Roman deity, gave Sibyl of Cume the same number of years of life as the grains of sand in her pocket. Portia even refers to her as an old woman. Portia meant to say that she would grow old as Sibylla and die a virgin however  not marry a man who is unable to win her through the conditions as laid down by her father

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