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Ὀφθάλμοις δὲ μέλαις νύκτος ἄωρος.
And dark-eyed Sleep, child of Night.
From the “Etymologicum Magnum.”
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Χρυσοφάη θεράπαιναν Ἀφροδίτας.
The handmaiden of Aphrodite, shining like gold.
In a manuscript of Philodemus about 60 B.C., found at Herculaneum, in which it is said that Sappho thus addresses Πειθώ, There is some doubt about this as the manuscript is defective.
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Ἔχει μὲν Ανδρομέδα κάλαν ἀμοίβαν.
Andromeda has a fair reward.
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Ψἀπφοι τί τὰν πολύολβον Ἀφρόδιταν;
Sappho, why [celebrate or worship] most happy Aphrodite?
Both of these are quoted by Hephaestion.
