Living
Fragment 91
Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton (1885) · From Fragments
Living
Raise high the roof-beam, carpenters. (Hymenaeus!) Like Ares comes the bridegroom, (Hymenaeus!) taller far than a tall man. (Hymenaeus!)
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Sappho. “Fragment 91.” Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/83/.
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Sappho. “Fragment 91.” Translated by Henry Thornton Wharton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sappho/83/.
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