by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
ἔgō d᾿ ἐpὶ molthákan
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
ἔgō d᾿ ἐpὶ molthákan týlan ⟨ka⟩spoléō †mélea; kἂn mὲn tetýlagkas ἀspólea†
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Confirmed with David A. Campbell, Greek Lyric, Vol. I: Sappho and Alcaeus, Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982
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- by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title, appears in Fragments, no. 46 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- ENG English (Mary Barnard) , no title, appears in Sappho: A New Translation, no. 45
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