Death & Dying
Fragment 119
Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton (1885) · From Fragments
Death & Dying
This is the dust of Timas, whom Persephone's dark chamber received, dead before her wedding; when she perished, all her fellows dressed with sharpened steel the lovely tresses of their heads.
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Sappho. “Fragment 119.” Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/107/.
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Sappho. “Fragment 119.” Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/107/.
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