Webb15 apr. 2013 · Between us and Sappho lie the Roman Empire and the age of Christ, and beyond the cross the age of Athenian culture, culminating in the white flower of the Acropolis. Had she travelled she might have visited Nineveh before its destruction by Cyaxares, or watched the Phœnicians set sail on their African voyage at the command of … WebbTO ATTHIS Atthis has not come back to me: truly I long to die. Many tears she wept at our parting, saying: “Sappho, how sad is our fate. I leave you unwillingly.” To her I answered: …
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WebbSappho (ca. 630 BCE) Excerpts from the Original Electronic Text at the web site of the Sappho Page. I Have Not Had One Word From Her. I have not had one word from her. ... WebbTO ATTHIS (After the Manuscript of Sappho now in Berlin) Atthis, far from me and dear Mnasidika, Dwells in Sardis; Many times she was near us So that we lived life well Like the far–famed goddess Whom above all things music delighted. And now she is first among the Lydian women As the mighty sun, the rose-fingered moon, Beside the great stars. starswirl the bearded and mistmane
To Atthis The Inconstant Poem by Sappho
WebbWomen like the rosy-fingered moon. when the sun is setting. and it outshines all the stars—. Its light pours over the salted sea. And equally over the much-flowered plains. Dew drips with beauty. While the roses bloom alongside. The soft chervil and blossoming clover. But while she wanders back and forth. Webb9 mars 2015 · The common theme of most ancient responses to Sappho’s work is rapturous admiration for her exquisite style or for her searing content, or both. An … WebbAtthis ellioti (Wine-throated Hummingbird) LinkOut; Atthis heloisa (bumblebee hummingbird) LinkOut. Augastes LinkOut. ... Sappho sparganurus LinkOut. Saucerottia LinkOut. Saucerottia beryllina (Berylline hummingbird) LinkOut. Schistes LinkOut. Schistes geoffroyi LinkOut. stars winter classic jersey