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Sappho

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a tender girl plucking the tender flowers …

Sappho

and longingly I long and searchingly I search... …

Sappho

As the sweet-apple reddens on the high branch, …

Sappho

I asked myself …

Sappho

I don't know where I go …

Sappho

I myself in summer hours wove together flowers …

Sappho

I think I cannot …

Sappho

It’s no use …

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To an army wife, in Sardis: …

Sappho

Deathless Aphrodite of the spangled mind, …

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] …

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He seems to me equal to gods that man …

Sappho

I don't know what to do …

Sappho

Say what you like about Charaxos, …

Sappho

ποικιλόθρον’ ἀθανάτ’ Ἀφρόδιτα, …

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].έδαφο[ …

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πῶς̣ κε δή τις οὐ θαμέω̣ς̣ ἄσαιτ̣ο, …

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]frequently …

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φάινεταί μοι κῆνος ἴσος θέοισιν …

Sappho

οὐκ οἶδ᾿ ὄττι θέω· δύο μοι τὰ νοήμ⟨μ⟩ατα …

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I …

Sappho

Some say thronging cavalry, some say foot soldiers, …

Sappho

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