Religion

Fragment 26

by Sappho c. 630 – c. 570 BC

Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton (1885) · From Fragments

Religion

O Muse of the golden throne, raise that strain which the reverend elder of Teos, from the goodly land of fair women, used to sing so sweetly.

MLA

Sappho. “Fragment 26.” Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/22/.

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Sappho. “Fragment 26.” Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/22/.

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