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THE POEMS OF SAPPHO
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Ὀ δ᾽ Ἄρευς φαῖσί κεν Ἄφαιστον ἄγην βίᾳ.
But Ares said he would forcibly drag Hephaestus.
From Priscian, fifth century A.D.
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——— Πολλὰ δ᾽ ἀνάριθμα
ποτήρια καλαίφις.
Innumerable drinking cups thou drainest.
From Athenaeus.
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Κατθάνοισα δὲ κείσεαι πότα, κωὐ μναμοσύνα σέθεν
ἔσσετ᾽ οὔτε τότ᾽ οὔτ᾽ ὔστερον. οὐ γὰρ πεδέχεις βρόδων
τῶν ἐκ Πιερίας, ἀλλ᾽ ἀφάνης κἠν᾽ Ἀῖδα δόμοις
φοιτάσεις πεδ᾽ ἀμαύρων νέκυων ἐκπεποταμένα.
But thou shalt ever lie dead nor shall there be any remembrance of thee then or ever, for thou hast none of the roses of Pieria; but thou shalt wander unnoticed, even in the houses of Hades, flitting among the shadowy dead.
