History & Politics
Fragment 118
Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton (1885) · From Fragments
History & Politics
Maidens, dumb as I am, I speak thus, if any ask, and set before your feet a tireless voice: To Leto's daughter Aethopia was I dedicated by Arista daughter of Hermocleides son of Saonaïades, thy servant, O queen of women; whom bless thou, and deign to glorify our house.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Sappho. “Fragment 118.” Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/106/.
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Sappho. “Fragment 118.” Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/106/.
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