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THE POEMS OF SAPPHO
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Ἀλλ᾽ ἔων φίλος ἄμμιν [ἄλλο]
λέχος ἄρνυσω νεώτερον,
οὐ γὰρ τλάσομ᾽ ἔγω ξυνοίκην
νεῳ γ᾽ ἔσσα γεραὶτερα.
For if thou lovest us, choose another and a younger spouse; for I will not endure to live with thee, old woman with young man.
From the Anthology of Stobaeus.
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Εὐμορφοτέρα Μνασιδίκα τᾶς ἀπάλας Γυνίννως.
More shapely is Mnasidica, than gentle Gyrinno.
Quoted by Hephaestion as an example of metre.
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Ἀσαροτέρας οὔδαμ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ὦ ῤάννα σέθεν τύχοισα.
One more scornful than thee, O Eranna, I have never found.
Quoted by Hephaestion. The reading is doubtful.
