by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
τεθνάκην δ’ ἀδόλως θέλω·
Language: Aeolic Greek
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τεθνάκην δ’ ἀδόλως θέλω·
ἄ με ψισδομένα κατελίμπανεν
πόλλα καὶ τόδ’ ἔειπέ̣ [μοι·
̔ ὤιμ’ ὠς δεῖνα πεπ[όνθ]αμεν,
Ψάπφ’, ἦ μάν σ’ ἀέκοισ΄ ἀπυλιμπάνω.’
τὰν δ’ ἔγω τάδ’ ἀμειβόμαν·
̔ χαίροισ’ ἔρχεο κἄμεθεν
μέμναισ’, οἶσθα γὰρ ὤς σε πεδήπομεν·
αἰ δὲ μή, ἀλλά σ’ ἔγω θέλω
ὄμναισαι [. . . .] . [. . .] . .αι
[ ] καὶ κάλ’ ἐπάσχομεν·
πο̣[λλοις γὰρ στεφάν]οις ἴων
καὶ βρ[όδων κρο]κ̣ίων τ’ ὔμοι
κα . .[ ] πὰρ ἔμοι περεθήκαο,
καὶ πό̣[λλαις ὐπα]θύμιδας
πλέκ[ταις ἀμφ’ ἀ]πάλᾳ δέρᾳ
ἀνθέων ἔ̣[βαλες] πεποημμέναις,
καὶ πο̣λ̣λ̣ῳ[ ] . μύρῳ
βρενθείῳ . [ ]ρ̣υ[ . . ]ν
ἐξαλείψαο κα̣[ὶ βασ]ι̣ληίῳ,
καὶ στρώμν[αν ἐ]πὶ μολθάκαν
ἀπάλαν πα . [ ] . . .ων
ἐξίης πόθο̣[ν ] . νίδων,
κωὔτε τις[ οὔ]τ̣ε̣ τι
ἶρον οὐδυ[ ]
ἔπλετ’ ὄππ̣[οθεν ἄμ]μες ἀπέσκομεν,
οὐκ ἄλσος . [ χ]ό̣ρος
]ψόφος
] . . .οιδιαι
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