TEXT AND TRANSLATIONS
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Γἐλλως παιδοφιλωτέρα.
More fond of children than Gello.
Zenobius, about A.D. 130, quotes this as a proverb. The ghost of Gello was said by the Lesbians to pursue and carry off young children.
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Μάλα δὴ κεκορημένας Γόργως.
Very weary of Gorgo.
Quoted by Choeroboscus about A.D. 600 to show the Aeolic genitive in -ως. Gorgo is mentioned by Maximus Tyrius with Andromeda as being friends of Sappho.
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Ἔγω δ᾽ ἐπὶ μαλθάκαν τύλαν σπολέω μέλεα.
But upon a soft cushion I dispose my limbs.
From Herodian.
This is a good example of the choice of words which combine meaning and sound poetically.
