Friday, 28 May 2010

A Poem of Sappho (Refreshing my Greek)

Took up my old text book for Greek again, the Kantharos from Klett-Publishing House. And found the following small poem in the appendix:

Δέδυκε μὲν ἀ σελάννα
καὶ Πληίαδες· μέσαι δὲ
νύκτες, παρὰ δ’ ἔρχετ’ ὤρα,
ἔγω δὲ μόνα κατεύδω
(Fragm. adesp. 976 Page, 168b Voigt)

déduke: dúô-tr. / duomai intr.: sink, past indicative
érchetai: érchomai, come, go, deponens

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