Living
Book IX, 189
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Ye ladies of Lesbos, hie ye, whirling as ye foot it delicately, to the splendid sanctuary of bull-faced Hera, there to dance a lovely measure to the goddess ; and for you Sappho, holding her golden lyre, shall strike up the tune. Ye are blessed, indeed, in that dance’s delight ; verily ye shall deem that ye listen to the sweet hymning of Calliope herself.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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