Sappho / Σαπφώ

Editio: Page, Lyra Graeca Selecta, Oxonii, 1968.

Translationes propriae nondum recensae.

Ode to Aphrodite (1 B/D)

"That man seems to me an equal of gods" (2 B/D)

Fragmenta

36 B, 46 D

οὐκ οἶδ’ ὄττι θέω· δύο μοι τὰ νοήμματα.

δύο: δίχα coni. Lobel νοήματα Chrys.

Translation

I know not what I wish for – two are my minds.

40-41 B, 137 D (a)

Ἔρος δηὖτε μ’ ὁ λυσιμέλης δόνει,
γλυκύπικρον ἀμάχανον ὄρπετον.

1 δαῦτε codd.

Translation

Love, again, loosener of limbs, shakes me,

sweet-bitter, irresistible crawling beast.