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Πλήρης μὲν ἐφαίνετ’ ἀ σελάννα∙ αἴ δ’ ὠς περὶ βῶμον ἐστάθησαν
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- by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Raoul Schrott , appears in Die Erfindung der Poesie, first published 1997 ENG FRE ITA ; composed by Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) ENG ENG FRE GER ; composed by Luigi Dallapiccola.
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- ENG English (Henry Thornton Wharton)
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Salvatore Quasimodo)
Researcher for this text: Ferdinando Albeggiani
Text added to the website: 2008-01-04 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:57
Line count: 2
Word count: 11
En effet la lune pleine apparut, et elles se levèrent comme autour d'un autel.
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- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title
Text added to the website: 2011-06-29 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:04:27
Line count: 2
Word count: 14