by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
κατθάνοισα δὲ κείσῃ οὐδέ ποτα
Language: Aeolic Greek
Our translations: SAN
κατθάνοισα δὲ κείσῃ οὐδέ ποτα μναμοσύνα σέθεν ἔσσετ' οὐδὲ †ποκ'†ὔστερον. οὐ γὰρ πεδέχῃς βρόδων τῶν ἐκ Πιερίας. ἀλλ' ἀφάνης κἠν Ἀίδα δόμῳ φοιτάσεις πεδ' ἀμαύρων νεκύων ἐκπεποταμένα
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Note: this is often referred to as Sappho Fragment 58 D.
Text Authorship:
- by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001) , appears in Sappho: A New Translation, first published 1958, copyright © ; composed by Eric Hudes.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803) , no title, appears in Stimmen der Völker in Liedern, in 2. Das zweite Buch. Lieder aus dem Süd, in 5. Fragmente griechischer Lieder. Sappho, no. 6 ; composed by Mathilde von Kralik.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866 - 1949) [an adaptation] ; composed by Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Gustaf Emil Zilliacus (1878 - 1961) ; composed by Staffan Björklund.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Henry Thornton Wharton)
- SAN Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) (Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2012-02-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 27