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THE POEMS OF SAPPHO
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Ἠμιτύβιον σταλάσσον.
A napkin dripping.
From the Scholiast on the Plutus of Aristophanes to show the meaning of ἠμιτύβιον, This was a piece of soft linen for wiping the hands.
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Τὸν ϝὸν παῖδα καλει.
Him she called her son.
From Apollonius to show the use of ϝ.
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Παῖδεσ, ἄφώνος ἐοῖσα τόδ᾽ ἐννέπω, αἴ τις ἔρηται,
φωνὰν ἀκαμάταν κατθεμένα πρὸ ποδῶν,
Ἀιτοπίᾳ με κόρᾳ Λατοῦς ἀνέθηκεν Ἀρίστα
Ἐρμοκλειδαία τῶ Σαοναϊάδα,
σὰ πρόπολοσ, δέσποινα γυναικῶν, ᾆ σὺ χαρεῖσα
πρόφρων ἁμετέραν εὐκλέϊσον γενεάν.
Maidens, though I am dumb, yet thus I speak, if any ask and place at your feet one with an untiring voice: To Aethopia the daughter of Leto was I consecrated by Arista, daughter of Hermocleides Saonaiades, thy servant, O queen
