ἀρτίως μὲν ἀ χρυσοπέδιλος Αὔως
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Language: Aeolic Greek
Text Authorship:
- by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title, appears in Fragments, no. 123 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Set by Linda Dusman (b. 1956), 1985, copyright © 1985 [ soprano, flute, violoncello piano and percussion ]Confirmed with Digital Sappho
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Language: Aeolic Greek
]Σαρδ . [ . .] πόλ]λακι τυίδε̣ [ν]ῶν ἔχοισα ὠσπ . [ . . .] . ωόμεν, . [ . . .] . . χ[ . .] σε θέᾳ σ’ ἰκέλαν ἀρι- γνώτᾳ, σᾳ δὲ μάλιστ’ ἔχαιρε μόλπᾳ. νῦν δὲ Λῦδαισιν ἐμπρέπεται γυναί- κεσσιν ὤς ποτ’ ἀελίω δύντος ἀ βροδοδάκτυλος σελάννα πάντα περρέχοισ’ ἄστρα· φάος δ’ ἐπί- σχει θάλασσαν ἐπ’ ἀλμύραν ἴσως καὶ πολυανθέμοις ἀρούραις· ἀ δ’ ἐέρσα κάλα κέχυται τεθά- λαισι δὲ βρόδα κἄπαλ’ ἄν- θρυσκα καὶ μελίλωτος ἀνθεμώδης· πόλλα δὲ ζαφοίταισ’ ἀγάνας ἐπι- μνάσθεισ’ Ἄτθιδος ἰμέρῳ λέπταν ποι φρένα κ[ᾶ]ρ̣[ι σᾷ] βόρηται· κῆθι δ’ ἔλθην ἀμμ . [ . .] . .ισα τό̣δ’ οὐ νῶντ’ ἀ[ . .]υστονυμ̣[ . . .] πόλυς γαρύει̣ [ . . .]αλον̣[ . . . . . .] .ο̣ μέσσον· ε]ὔ̣μαρ[ες μ]ὲ̣ν οὐκ̣ ἄμ̣μι θέαισι μόρ- φαν ἐπή[ρατ]ον ἐξίσω- σθ̣αι συ[ . .]ρ̣ο̣ς ἔχηισθ’ ἀ[ . . .] .νίδηον ]το̣[ . . . .]ρατι- μαλ[ ] . ερος καὶ δ[ . ]μ̣[ ]ος Ἀφροδίτα καμ̣[ ] νέκταρ ἔχευ’ ἀπὺ χρυσίας [ ]ν̣αν . . . .]απουρ̣[ ]χέρσι Πείθω [ ]θ[. . .]ησενη [ ]ακις [ ]. . . . . .αι [ ]ες τὸ Γεραίστιον [ ]ν̣ φίλαι [ ]υ̣στον οὐδενο[ [ ]ερον ἰξο[μ
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Language: English
At noontime [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE) [text unavailable]
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