The Poems. Lobel-Page 1 / Voigt 1 / Diehl 1 / Bergk 1 / Cox 1. ποικιλόθρον' ἀθανάτ Ἀφρόδιτα, παῖ Δίος δολόπλοκε, λίσσομαί σε,

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1 The Poems I've used the standard Lobel-Page numbering (in the text, LP = Lobel-Page, D = Diehl), and given cross references to the numbers in other editions where I could find them. Lobel-Page 1 / Voigt 1 / Diehl 1 / Bergk 1 / Cox 1 ποικιλόθρον' ἀθανάτ Ἀφρόδιτα, παῖ Δίος δολόπλοκε, λίσσομαί σε, μή μ' ἄσαισι μηδ' ὀνίαισι δάμνα, πότνια, θῦμον, ἀλλὰ τυίδ' ἔλθ', αἴ ποτα κἀτέρωτα τὰς ἔμας αὔδας ἀίοισα πήλοι ἔκλυες, πάτρος δὲ δόμον λίποισα χρύσιον ἦλθες ἄρμ' ὐπασδεύξαισα κάλοι δέ σ' ἆγον ὤκεες στροῦθοι περὶ γᾶς μελαίνας πύκνα δίννεντες πτέρ' ἀπ' ὠράνωἴθερος διὰ μέσσω αἶψα δ' ἐξίκοντο σὺ δ', ὦ μάκαιρα, μειδιαίσαισ' ἀθανάτωι προσώπωι ἤρε' ὄττι δηὖτε πέπονθα κὤττι δηὖτε κάλημμι

2 κὤττι μοι μάλιστα θέλω γένεσθαι μαινόλαι θύμωι τίνα δηὖτε πείθω μαισ' ἄγην ἐς σὰν φιλότατα; τίς σ', ὦ Ψά]πφ', ἀδικήει; καὶ γὰρ αἰ φεύγει, ταχέως διώξει, αἰ δὲ δῶρα μὴ δέκετ', ἀλλὰ δώσει, αἰ δὲ μὴ φίλει, ταχέως φιλήσει κωὐκ ἐθέλοισα. ἔλθε μοι καὶ νῦν, χαλέπαν δὲ λῦσον ἐκ μερίμναν, ὄσσα δέ μοι τέλεσσαι θῦμος ἰμέρρει, τέλεσον, σὺ δ' αὔτα σύμμαχος ἔσσο. Glittering-throned, undying Aphrodite, Wile-weaving daughter of high Zeus, I pray thee, Tame not my soul with heavy woe, dread mistress, Nay, nor with anguish! But hither come, if ever erst of old time Thou didst incline, and listenedst to my crying,

3 And from thy father's palace down descending, Camest with golden Chariot yoked: thee fair swift-flying sparrows Over dark earth with multitudinous fluttering, Pinion on pinion, through middle ether Down from heaven hurried. Quickly they came like light, and thou, blest lady, Smiling with clear undying eyes didst ask me What was the woe that troubled me, and wherefore I had cried to thee: What thing I longed for to appease my frantic Soul: and Whom now must I persuade, thou askedst, Whom must entangle to thy love, and who now, Sappho, hath wronged thee? Yea, for if now he shun, he soon shall chase thee; Yea, if he take not gifts, he soon shall give them; Yea, if he love not, soon shall he begin to Love thee, unwilling. Come to me now too, and from tyrannous sorrow Free me, and all things that my soul desires to

4 Have done, do for me, queen, and let thyself too Be my great ally! (J. Addington Symonds, 1893) (Snell 1 / Gallavotti 1) (Also translated by Powell) Source: P. Oxy Lobel-Page 2 / Voigt 2 / Diehl 5, 6 / Bergk 4, 5...ὀρράνοθεν...κατίοι[σα δεῦρυ μ μ ἐς Κρητας.π[ ]ναῦον ἄγνον, ὄππ[αι δὴ] χάριεν μὲν ἄλσος μαλί[αν], βῶμοι δ ἔνι θυμιάμενοι [λι]βανώτῳ ἐν δ ὔδωρ ψῦχρον κελάδει δι ὔσδων μαλίνων, βρόδοισι δὲ παῖς ὀ χῶρος ἐσκίαστ, αἰθυσσομένων δὲ φύλλων κῶμα κατέρρ[ει]

5 ἐν δὲ λείμων ἰππόβοτος τέθαλε ἠρινίοισιν ἄνθεσιν, αἰ δ ἄνητοι μέλλιχα πνέοισιν [ [ ] ἔλθε δὴ σὺ στέμ[ματ ] ἔλοισα Κύπρι, χρυσίαισιν ἐν κυλίκεσσιν ἄβρως ὀμ[με]μείχμενον θαλίαισι νέκταρ οἰνοχόαισον or, from fairfield:.ρανοθεν κατιοθ[σ- δευρυμ μεκρητας π[ ]. ναῦον ἄγνον ὄππ[αι ] χάριεν μὲν ἄλσος μαλί[αν], βῶμοι δεμιθυμιάμεωοι [λι]βώντωι ἐν δ ὔδωρ ψῦχρον κελάδει δι ὔσδων μαλίνων, βρόδοισι δὲ παῖς ὀ χῶρος ἐσκίαστ, αἰυθσσομένων δὲ φύλλων κῶμα καταγριον

6 ἐν δὲ λείμων ἰππόβοτος τέθαλε τωτ...ιριννοις ἄνθεσιν, αἰ δ ἄηται μέλλιχα πνέοισιν [ [ ] ἔνθα δὴ σ]τέμ[ματ ] ἔλοισα Κύπρι χρυσίαισιν ἐν κυλίκεσσι ἄβρως ὀμ[με]μείχμενον θαλίαισι νέκταρ οἰνοχόαισον [Come] to me from Crete to this holy dwelling, where your lovely grove of apple trees is, and your altars smoking with frankincense herein cold water rushes through the apple branches, and the entire space is overshadowed by roses, and from the shimmering leaves sleep pours down. Here a horse-nourishing meadow blooms

7 with spring flowers, and the winds blow gentle [ [ In this place, you, Kupris, taking up garlands pour nectar gracefully in golden cups and mix it with our festivities. (Gregory Nagy and Casey Dué) Leave Kriti and come here to this holy temple with your graceful grove of apple trees and altars smoking with frankincense. Icy water babbles through apple branches and roses leave shadow on the ground and bright shaking leaves pour down profound sleep. Here is a meadow where horses graze amid wild blossoms of the spring and soft winds blow aroma

8 of honey. Afroditi, take the nectar and delicately pour it into gold wine cups and mingle joy with our celebration. * * * -- Bergk 4 / Cox 5 -- Ἀμφὶ δὲ ψῦχρον κελάδει δι' ὔσδων μαλίνων, αἰθυσσομένων δὲ φύλλων κῶμα καταρρεῖ (This is the end of verse two, which Carson, 2000, translates: And in it cold water makes a clear sound through apple branches and with roses the whole place is shadowed and down from radiant-shaking leaves sleep comes dropping.) Source: Hermogenes about A.D. 170, and Demetrius, about A.D Bergk 5 / Cox 6 --

9 ... Ἔλθε Κύπρι χρυσίαισιν ἐν κυλίκεσσιν ἄβρως συμμεμιγμένον θαλίαισι νέκταρ οἰνοχοεῦσα. Cox:... Ἕλθε, Κύπρι, Χπρυσίασιν ἐν κυλίκεσσιν ἄβραισ συμμεμιγμένον θαλίαισι νέκταρ οἰνοχόεισα. (This is the final verse.) (Gallavotti 20, someone says Diehl Supp p.30) (Also translated by Powell, who mentions an LP 2.1A too) Sources: Ostracon Flor., ed. M. Norsa PSI XIII 1300 Hermog. p. ideon II 4 (p. 331 Rabe) Athen. XI, 463e Lobel-Page 3 / Diehl 23

10 ]δώσην..... κλ]ύτων μέν τ ἐπτ[ κ]άλων κἄσλων σ[ φί]λοις, λύπης τέ μ[ε ]μ ὄνειδος..... ]οιδήσαις. ἐπιτα[... [καρδ]ίαν ἄσαιο.τὸ γὰρ ν[όημμα] [τὦ]μον οὐκ οὔτω μ[ ]διάκηται... ]μη δόαζε, [ ]χις, συνίημ[ι ]λης κακότατο[ς ]μεν ]ν ἀτέραις με[ ]η φρένας, εὔ[ ]α τοις μάκα[ρας

11 ... Therefore not only dost thou hover about the notable rather than the good and noble, and biddest thy friends go about their business, but dost grieve me by saying in thy swelling pride that I am become a reproach to thee. Go to, glut thy heart with this thy insolence; for, as for me, my mind is not so softly disposed towards the anger of a child. Go thy way, nor... (J. M. Edmonds) (Edmonds (1909) 3) Source: P. Berol P. Oxy. III (1903) 424 (nunc P. Graz I, 1926) Lobel-Page 4 / Diehl ]θε θῦμον ]μι πάμπαν.... ]δύναμαι.... ]

12 ..... ]ας κεν ἦι μοι..... ]ς ἀντιλάμπην.... κά]λον πρόσωπον ]..... ἐ]γχροΐσθεις ].[..]ρος Source: P. Berol Lobel-Page 5 / Voigt 5 / Gallavotti 23 / Diehl 25 / Bergk - Κύπρι καὶ Νηρήιδες ἀβλάβην μοι τὸν κασίγνητον δότε τυίδ' ἴκεσθαι κὤσσα οἰ θύμῳ κε θέλῃ γένεσθαι πάντα τελέσθην, ὄσσα δὲ πρόσθ' ἄμβροτε πάντα λῦσαι καὶ φίλοισι οἶσι χάραν γένεσθαι κὠνίαν δ ἔχθροισι γένοιτο δ ἄμμι μηκέτι μηδ εἶς τὰν κασιγνήταν δὲ θέλοι δὲ λύγραν ἔμμορον τίμας. ὀνίαν δὲ λύγραν ἐκλύοιτ, ὄτοισι πάροιθ ἀχεύων

13 τὦμον ἐδάμνα κῆρ, ὀνείδισμ εἰσαΐων, τό κ ἐν χρῷ κέρρε πόλλ ἐπ ἀγλαΐᾳ πολίταν, καὶ βρόχυ ζαλεῖπον ὀνῆκε δ αὖτ οὐ μὰν διὰ μάκρω. ἀλλ ἄκουσον, αἴ κε, θέα, μέλεσσι σοὶ φρέν ἴαινον, σὺ δέ, Κύπρι, αἶνα νύκτι οάντα κατθεμένα κάκαν παρ ἄμμι ἀλάλκοις. or, fairfield: Κύπρι καὶ] Νηρήιδες ἀβλάβη[ν μοι τὸν κασί]γνητον δ[ο]τε τυίδ ἴκεσθα[ι κὤσσα Ϝ]οι θύμωι κε θέληι γένεσθαι πάντα τε]λέσθην, ὄσσα δὲ πρ]όσθ ἄμβροτε πάντα λῦσα[ι καὶ φίλοισ]ι Ϝοῖσι χάραν γένεσθαι ἔ]χροισι, γένοιτο δ ἄμμι μ]ηδ εἴς τὰν κασιγ]νἠταν δὲ θέλοι πόησθαι

14 ]τίμας [ὀν]ίαν δὲ λύγραν ]οτοισι π[ά]ροιθ ἀχεύων ].να ].εισαΐω[ν] τὸ κέγχρω ]λεπαγ[...]αι πολίταν ]λλωσ[...]νηκε δ αῦτ οὐ ]κρω[ ]οναικ[ ]εο[ ].ι ]..[.]ν σὺ [δ]ὲ Κύπ[..]..[...]να ]θεμ[έν]α κάκαν [ ]ι. O Kypris and Nereids, undamaged I pray you grant my brother to arrive here. And all that in his heart he wants to be, make it be. And all the wrong he did before, loose it. Make him a joy to his friends, a pain to his enemies and let there exist for us not one single further sorrow.

15 [presumably a partial translation only] (Anne Carson, 2000) Kyprian and Nereids, I beg you to bring my brother home safely, and let him accomplish whatever is in his heart. Let him amend his former errors and be a joy to his friends but a terror to enemies- though never again to us. Let him do honor to his sister, and be free of the black torment which in other days of sorrow ravaged his soul. (Willis Barnstone) Kupris and the Nereids, grant that my brother arrive here unhurt and that everything he desires be fulfilled, and that he pay for all the mistakes he made in the past and that he be a blessing to his friends and a pain for his enemies; and let no-one be a grief for us.

16 Let him wish to bring honors to his sister and bitter pain... for- merly grieving... (Campbell?) (Also translated by Powell) Lobel-Page 6 / Diehl 16 fr. 1a ὠς δα.[..... κακκ[..... ατρι[..... κτα[..... fr. 1b [.....]. [..... θα[..... στεῖχ[ε..... ὢς ιδω[μεν..... τὰς ετ[.....

17 πότνια δ[ Αὔως] = D. 16 χρυσόπ[αχυς..... καππο[......ανμ[..... κᾶρα.[..... [.....]. [..... Source: P. Oxy. XXI (1951), 2289 Lobel-Page 7 / Diehl 16 fr Δωρί]χας [ ]κην κέλετ, οὐ γὰρ[ ]αις..... ἰ]κάνην ἀγερωχία[.....

18 ἔ]μμεν ὄαν νέοισι..... ].αν φ[ι]λ[ ]μὰ. [.]το.[... Source: P. Oxy. XXI (1951), 2289 Lobel-Page 8 / Diehl 16 fr ].ν.ο.[ ]ὰμφ.[ Ἄ]τθι σοι[ ].νέφ.[ ]. [..... Source: P. Oxy. XXI (1951), 2289 Lobel-Page 9 / Diehl 16

19 fr π]αρκαλειοιτας ε.[ πάμ]παν οὐκεχη[ ]ερ ἐόρταν [ ]μαν [Ἤ]ραι τελε[ ].ωμνέμ[..... εως ζω[ ].. ἆς ἄ.[ ]υσαι [ ].οσδε [ ]ν.[ Source: P. Oxy. XXI (1951), 2289

20 Lobel-Page 10 / Diehl 16 fr ]λα[ ]σέμ[ ]λλά.[ ]ᾶισυ[ ]δ.[ fr. 6 Source: P. Oxy. XXI (1951), 2289 Lobel-Page 11 / Diehl 16

21 fr ].α.[ ]νμεντ[ ].κάλ.[ ].[ Source: P. Oxy. XXI (1951), 2289 Lobel-Page 12 / Diehl 16 fr ]...[ ]σθε.[ ] [ ]νοημ.[ ].απεδ[......

22 ].ηνεο[ ] [ ].. ρισ.[ ].ιφ[ Source: P. Oxy. XXI (1951), 2289 Lobel-Page 13 / Diehl 16 fr ]μα.[ ]νονθ.[ ]π..[ Source:

23 P. Oxy. XXI (1951), 2289 Lobel-Page 14 / Diehl 16 fr ]. [ ]δ[ ]..ω[ ].ίαμ[ ]ισι.[ Source: P. Oxy. XXI (1951), 2289 Lobel-Page 15 / Diehl

24 ]α μάκαι[ρα ]εὐπλο.[ ].ατος κα[ ] [ὄσσα δὲ πρ]όσθ [ ἄμ]βροτε κῆ[ν ἔλυσεν]..... ]αταις [ἀ]νεμ[..... [ἔσλαι σὺν] τύχαι λί[μ]ενος κλ[ ].[..... Κύ]πρι, κα[ί σ]ε πι[κροτάτ]αν ἐπεύ[ροι] [μη]δὲ καυχάσ[α]ιτο τόδ ἐννέ[ποισα] [Δ]ωρίχα, τὸ δεύ[τ]ερον ὠς πόθε[ννον] [εἰς] ἔρον ἦλθε. the second verse, on it.wikipedia.org, is almost identical: [Κύ]πρι, κα[ὶ σ]ὲ πι[κροτάτ]αν ἐπευρ[οι]. [μὴ] δὲ καυχάσαιτο τόδ' ἐννέ[ποισα] [Δ]ωρίχα, τὸ δεύ[τ]ερον ὠς πόθε[ννον] [εἰς] ἔρον ἦλθε.

25 and is translated there as: Cipride, molto amara ella ti trovi! Fa che Dorica non si vanti mai d'aver colto l'amor desiderato un'altra volta. which is automatically translated, rather badly, as: cipride, much bitter it finds to you! it makes that dorica never does not go you to have cultured the amor wished an other time. (Also translated by Powell) Source: P. Oxy. X (1914) 1231 fr. 1, 1-12 et fr. 3 Lobel-Page 15b / Voigt 15 / Gallavotti 24 / Diehl 26 / Bergk -...

26 Lobel-Page 16 / Diehl 27a 27b / Cox 3 / Voigt 16 Οἰ μὲν ἰππήων στρότον, οἰ δὲ πέσδων, οἰ δὲ νάων φαῖσ ἐπὶ γᾶν μέλαιναν ἔμμεναι κάλλιστον, ἐγὼ δὲ κῆν ὄττω τις ἔραται πά]γχυ δ εὔμαρες σύνετον πόησαι πά]ντι τ[οῦ]τ ἀ γὰρ πολὺ περσκέθοισα κά]λλος ἀνθρώπων Ἐλένα [τὸ]ν ἄνδρα τὸν πανάριστον / [κρίννεν ἄρ]ιστον καλλίποισ ἔβας ς Τροίαν πλέοισα / ὂσ τὸ πὰν] σέβασ τροΐα[σ ὄ]λεσσ[ε, κωὐδὲ παῖδος οὐδὲ φίλων τοκήων / κωὐδὲ πα]ῖδοσ οὔδε [φίλ]ων το[κ]ήων πάμπαν ἐμνάσθη, ἀλλὰ παράγαγ αὔταν / μᾶλλον] ἐμνάσθη, ἀ[λλὰ] παράγαγ αὔταν οὐκ ἀέκοισαν / πῆλε φίλει]σαν

27 Κύπρις εὔκαμπτον γὰρ ἔφυ βρότων κῆρ ] κούφως τ... οη... ν κἄμε νῦν Ἀνακτορίας ὀνέμναισ οὐ παρεοίσας / Ὠροσ. εὔκ]αμπτον γαρ [ἀεὶ τὸ θῆλυ] αἴ κέ] τισ κούφωσ τ[ὸ πάρον ν]οήσῃ. οὐ]δὲ νῦν, Ἀνακτορί[α, τ]ὺ μέμναι δὴ] παρειοῖσασ, τᾶς κε βολλοίμαν ἔρατόν τε βᾶμα κἀμάρυχμα λάμπρον ἴδην προσώπω ἢ τὰ Λύδων ἄρματα κἀν ὄπλοισι πεσδομάχεντας. / τᾶ]σ κε βολλοίμαν ἔρατόν τε βᾶμα κ]αμάρυγμα λάμπρον ἴδην προσώπω η τὰ λύδων ἄρματα κἀν ὄπλοισι πεσδομ]άχεντασ [Cox:] εὶ μεν ἴδ]μεν οὔ δύνατον γένεσθαι λῷστ ] ὀν ἀνθρώποισ, πεδέχην δ ἄραστηαι, [τῶν πέδειχόν ἐστι βρότοισι λῷον] [ἢ λελάθεσθαι.]

28 A troop of horse, the serried ranks of marchers, A noble fleet, some think these of all on earth Most beautiful. For me naught else regarding Is my beloved. To understand this is for all most simple, For thus gazing much on mortal perfectino And knowing already what life could give her, Him chose fair Helen, Him the betrayer of Ilium's honour. The recked she not of adored child or parent, But yielded to love, and forced by her passion, Dared Fate in exile. Thus quickly is bent the will of that woman To whom things near and dear seem to be nothing. So mightest thou fail, My Anactoria, If she were with you. She whose gentle footfall and radiant face Hold the power to charm more than a vision Of chariots and the mail-clad battalions Of Lydia's army.

29 So must we learn in world made as this one Man can never attain his greatest desire, [But must pray for what good fortune Fate holdeth, Never unmindful.] (Cox) Powell (1915) has a fragment of verse two, which he gives the source as: Sappho, Oxyrh. Pap. x. p. 23; Frag. i. col. i. l. 18. (Also translated by Powell, 2007) (Gallavotti 25 / Bergk -) -- Bergk Ἔγω δὲ κήν' ὄτ- τω τις ἔραται. But that which one desires I... Source: Apollonius

30 Lobel-Page 17 / Diehl 18 πλάσιον δη μ[ πότνι' Ἠρα σὰ χ[ τὰν ἀράταν Ἀτ[ρέιδαι θέσαν κλῆτοι βασίληες ἐκτελέσσαντες μ[έγ Ἄρευος ἔργον πρῶτα μὲν περι [ τυίδ ἀπορμάθεν[τες ἐς Ἄργος ἔλθην οὐκ ἐδύναντο πρὶν σὲ καὶ Δί ἀντ[ίαον κάλεσσαν καὶ Θυώνας ἰμε[ρόεντα παῖδα. νῦν δὲ κ[αὶ κὰτ τὸ πάλ[αιον ἄγνα καὶ κα[ π]αρθ[εν ἀ]μφι σ[ [ ] [ ]

31 [ ] ν ιλ[ ἔμμενα[ι [ ]ρ ἀπικε[σθαι. (Translated by Powell) Lobel-Page 18 π άν κεδ[ ἐ ννέπην [ γλῶσσα μ[ μυθολογη [ κἆνδρι.[ μεσδον[ Lobel-Page 19 / Diehl

32 ]μενοισα[ με]θ ἐν θύοισι[ν]..... ]ἔχοισαν ἔσλ[.]..... ]..... ]ει δὲ βαισα[.]..... ]ὐ γὰρ ἴδμεν..... ]ιν ἔργων..... ]..... ]δ ὐπίσσω..... κ]ἀπικύδ[.]..... τόδ εἴπη[.] Source: P. Oxy. (1914) 1231, fr. 2 Lobel-Page 20 / Diehl 31

33 ]ἔπιθες μα[καιρα].... ]ε γάνος δὲ και.[ ].... τ]ύχαι σὺν ἔσλαι.. λί]μενος κρέτησαι.... γ]ᾶς μελαίνας..... ].. οὐκ ἐθ]έλοισι ναῦται..... ]μεγάλαις ἀήται[ς]..... ]α κἀπὶ χέρσω..... ].... ἄ]μοθεν πλέοι.[ ]δε τὰ φόρτι εἰκ[ ]ν ἄτιμ ἐπεὶ κη[ ]..... ]ρέοντι πόλλαι[ ]αι δέκα[ ]ει..... ]

34 ..... ]ιν ἔργα..... ]χέρσω[ ].α..... ]..... ].. [ ]..... ]..... Source: P. Oxy. X (1914) 1231, fr. 9 P. Oxy. XXI (1951) add. p. 122 Lobel-Page 21 / Diehl ]..... ]..... ]..... ]

35 ..... ]λεπαβολησ[.]..... ]αν δ ὄλοφυν [....]ερ..... ]τρομέροισ π.[..]αλλα..... ]..... πάντα] χρόα γῆρας ἤδη..... ]ν ἀμφιβάσκει..... ]ς πέταται διώκων..... ]..... ]τας ἀγαύας..... ]εα λάβοισα [δ ἀδύφωνον πᾶκτιν] ἄεισον ἄμμι [τὰν ἰόκολπον]..... ]ρων μάλιστα..... ]ας π[λ]άναται Sources: P. Oxy. X (1914) 1231, fr. 10 (vv. 1-15) Apollon. Dysc. de pron. 1, 97, 2 Schneider (vv )

36 Lobel-Page 22 / Diehl 33, 36 [Diehl 33]..... ]βλαφ[θ ]ἔργον, πηλ ἀπ[ ]ν ῤέθος δοκιμ[ ]ησθαι [ ]ν αὐάδην χ.[..... αἰ δ]ὲ μή, χείμων[..... [ ^ ]τοισαν ἄλγεα.[ ]δε [Diehl 36] [.].ε.[..... κ]έλομαι σ ἀ[είδην [Γο]γγύλαν [Ἄβ]ανθι λάβοισα μα.[..] [πᾶ]κτιν, ἆς σε δηὖτε πόθος τ.[.... ἀμφιπόταται τὰν κάλαν ἀ γὰρ κατάγωγις αὔτα[ς σ ἐπτόαισ ἴδοισαν, ἔγω δὲ χαίρω

37 καὶ γὰραὔτα δήπο[τ ] ἐμέμφ[ετ ἄγνα [Κ]υπρογέν[ηα, ὠς ἄραμα[ι..... τοῦτο τῶ[πος..... [β]όλλομα[ι (Translated by Powell) Sources: P. Oxy. X (1914) 1231, fr. 12 Cf. P. Oxy. XXI (1951) add. p. 125, 11 Lobel-Page 23 / Diehl ]ἔρωτος ἠλπ[ ] [ ^ ὠς γὰρ ἄν]τιον εἰσίδω σ[ε

38 [φαίνεταί μ οὐδ ] Ἐρμιόνα τεαύ[τα [ἔμμεναι,] ξάνθαι δ Ἐλέναι σ ἐίσ[κ]ην [οὖδεν ἄει]κες [αἰ θέ]μις θνάταις, τόδε δ ἴσ[θι] τᾶι σᾶι [καρδίαι, ]παίσαν κέ με τὰν μερίμναν..... ]λαἴσ ἀντιδ[..].[.]αθοις δὲ..... ] δροσόεν]τας ὄχθοις ]ταιν παν]νυχίσ[δ]ην (Translated by Powell) Source: P. Oxy. X (1914) 1231, fr. 14 Lobel-Page 24a / Diehl 34a..... ]αν ἄγα[..... [ἀλλὰ μ]εμνάσεσθ ἀ[.....

39 [κ]αὶ γὰρ ἄμμες ἐν νεό[τατι ταῦτ [ἐ]πόημμεν. [πόλλα μ]ὲν γὰρ καὶ κά[λα [ἤχο]μεν, πόλι[..... [ χ]ο[ρ]είαις δ[ Source: P. Oxy. X (1914) 1231, fr. 13 Lobel-Page 24b / Diehl 34b..... ]νθα[ ]ωομ[ ]ω ν..[ ]εναντ[ ]απάππ[ τ]όλμαν[ ]ανθρω[ ]ονεχ[ ]παισα[.....

40 Source: P. Oxy. X (1914) 1231, fr. 13 Lobel-Page 24c / Diehl 34c..... ].έδαφ[ ]αικατε[ ]ανέλο[ ] ].[ ].αι λ]επτοφών[ ].εα.[..... Source: P. Oxy. X (1914) 1231, frr Lobel-Page 25

41 ... [ ]γμε.[ [ ]προλιπ[ []νυᾶσεπ[ [ ]βρα [ἐ]γλάθαν' ἐσ [ [ ]ησμεθα [ []ν υνθαλα[... Lobel-Page 26 / Diehl ]θαμέω[ς ^ ^] ὄ]ττινα[ς γάρ] [εὖ θέω, κῆνοί με μά]λιστα πά[ντων] [ ^ σίνοντα]ι ]ἀλεμάτ[ων ] γόνωμ[ ].ιμ οὐ πρ[ ]αι

42 ]σέ θέλω[ τοῦ]το πάθη[ν ]λαν ἔγω δ ἔμ [αὔται] [τοῦτο σύ]νοιδα ]οτοισ[ ]εναμ[ ]ε[ (Partly translated by Powell) Sources: P. Oxy. X (1914) 1231, fr. 16 Etym. Magn. 449, 36 (vv. 2-4) Lobel-Page 27 / 38D ἦσθ]α καὶ γὰρ [δ]ὴ σὺ πάις ποτ[ ἄβρα ]ικης μέλπεσθ ἄγι ταῦτα [άντα σοὶ] ζάλεξαι, κἄμμ ἀπὺ τῶδε κ[ῆρος ἄ]δρα χάρισσαι

43 σ]τείχομεν γὰρ ἐς γάμον εὖ δὲ [γ οἶσθα κα]ὶ σὺ τοῦτ, ἀλλ ὄττι τάχιστα[ πα]ρ[θ]ένοις ἄπ[π]εμπε, θέοι[ [ ]εν ἔχοιεν [οὐ γὰρ ἔστ ] ὄδος μ[έ]γαν εἰς Ολ[υμπον [ ἀ]νθρω[π ]αίκι [... (Translated by Powell) Lobel-Page 28 (a)... ]ν[..].[ ].ιτασαδ[ ].ανοεισαι[ ]πο[..... (P. Oxy. X (1914) 1231, fr. 21)

44 (b).... ]ζ[.].[ ]τες χθό[ ]σθ ἐ[..]σι[ ].ασ[ ]κ[..... (P. Oxy. X (1914) 1231, fr. 26) (c)..... ]...[ ]πα[ ]εξα[ ]νε[ ].[..... (P. Oxy. X (1914) 1231, fr. 27) Lobel-Page 29

45 (Lots of little fragments from P. Oxy. X (1914) 1231, / cui accedunt eiusdem p. frr (c) / XVIII 2166 (a) 1 / P. Oxy. XXI (1951) add apparently) (1) 1231 fr ]σα[ ]ταμ[ ]αῖεντ[ ]δεσ[ ]ιον[ ].[..... (2) 1231 fr ].ιων[ ]μετριακα[ ]aθυδου[ ]αν[..... (3) 1231 fr ]νθεμ[ ]ετικ[ ]όλει[.....

46 ..... ]..... ]τέρ[..... (4) 1231 fr ]δ[ ].ακα[ ]τισαι[..... (5) 1231 fr ]..... ]ανταμε[ ].ιποτνια[ ]αψατ[ ]ον (6a) 1231 fr XXI add ]πεπλ[ ].ι[.]ορμοισ[.]τε[ ].[...].[.]ω.... ].α[...].[..]αποι[ ].ω[....]τ[ ].ιγο[...]..[......].[.....

47 ].... ].[.]λμ[ ].[.].[ ]ντε.. γοργοι.[.].[ ]δε [ ]..[..].[ ]μ[..... (6b) XXI add ].εο.[..... προ.[......βρο[..... αντ[ [..... (7) 1231 fr ] ]ων ] ] ]αιρα ]ο ]νον (8) 1231 fr. 23

48 ]δέμαυ[ ]νίψοι[ ]ντι. [ ] [..... (9) 1231 fr ]προστετο[ ]τισιν κα[ ].γο[..... (10) 1231 fr ]μαλι[ ]ενπυρ[ ]τεμε[..... (11) 1231 fr ]δασ[ ] [ ]λθε [ ]αν [.....

49 (12) 1231 fr [..].[..... ο..[..... κυπ[..... του[..... φ[ (13) 1231 fr ]ρα[ ]αι [ ].[..... (14) 1231 fr ]..[ ]αταδ[..... (15) 1231 fr. 43

50 ].[ ]νω[ ] [..... (16) 1231 fr ]πεδ[ ]τι[..... (17) 1231 fr ]ν[ ]τε.[..... (18) 1231 fr ]ον[..... (19) 1231 fr ].νλ[..... (20) 1231 fr. 55

51 ] ] εδόνη[ ]απάμ[ ]ρῆσμε.[ ] ]δαιζαφ[ ]μ[..... (21) 2081 (c) 1 (= 1231 frr novum) ] [ ]δηντ[ ]νεσθ[ ]ωνγεν[ ]οσ [ ]ν[..... (22) 2081 (c) ]..[ ]ναισυ[ ]εγνωσι.[ ]ανδρασβ[..... (23) 2081 (c) 3

52 ] [ ]ινασδ[ ]ωτ[..... (24) XVIII 2166 (a) ] [ ].οισα[.]. [ ]υριννοι [ ].αυταν [ ] [ ]σ εοισαν [ ]λοισα [ ].[..... (25a) XXI 2166 (a) ].[......]αιγαρα[..... ταυτ.[......πο...[..... []...η.[.....

53 .]μμε[......]..[.]..[..... (25b) XXI 2166 (a) [..... το.[..... γα[.]..[..... ανδά[..... ].αι.[..... (26) XXI 2166 (a) ].ιρα.[ ]. χαρ[ ]ετοπλ...[..... (27) XXI 2166 (a) ].λ.[ ]εν ο.[.....

54 ] [ ].[..... (28) XXI 2166 (a) ].εδ[ ]εκαα[ ]ν[.].π[ ]....[..... (29) XXI 2166 (a) ]ρ[ ]νδημεν.[ ].αβασκο.[ ]κ[.]ναλ[ ].[.]..[..... (30) XXI 2166 (a) 12.[..... γη[ ] σοι[..... ουκ[.....

55 κυ[..... χρ[..... μ[..... π.[..... μ[..... (31) XXI 2166 (a) ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] ετ[ ]..[..... (32) XXI 2166 (a) ].λ[ ]δύ πο[ ] π..[..... (33) XXI 2166 (a) ].[ ] ικα[.....

56 (34) XXI 2166 (a) ].[ ]συδ[ ] [ ]αι[ ]νανδ[ ].[ ][..... (35) XXI 2166 (a) ]αι[ ]αιγο[ ]σα.[ ]ελα[ Lobel-Page 30 / Diehl

57 νύκτ[... ]. [ ] πάρθενοι δ[ παννυχίσδοι[σ]αι[..... σὰν ἀείδοιεν φ[ιλότατα καὶ νύμ-] φας ἰοκόλπω. ἀλλ ἐγέρθεις ἠϊθ[έοις] στεῖχε σοὶς ὐμάλικ[ας, ὠς ἐλάσσω] ἤπερ ὄσσον ἀ λιγύφω[νος ὄρνις] ὔπνον [ἴ]δωμεν. (στίχοι τοῦ) μελῶν Α ΧΗΗΗΔΔ 3. Cf. Sappho, Frag. 30: mellichothônais, gentle-voiced, Trans. Edmonds, Lyra Graeca I. The other epithets in this passage are also familiar in the poets. - (Translated by Powell)

58 Source: P. Oxy. X (1914) 1231, fr. 56 P. Oxy. XXI (1951) add. p. 123 Lobel-Page 31 / Voigt 31 / Gallavotti 2 / Diehl 2 / Bergk 2 Cf. e.g. Wharton: Φαίνεταί μοι κήνος ἴσος θέοισιν ἔμμεν ὤνηρ, ὄστις ἐναντίος τοι ἰζάνει, καὶ πλυσίον ἆδυ φωνεύσας ὑπακούει καὶ γελαίσας ἰμερόεν, τό μοι μάν καρδίαν ἐν στήθεσιν ἐπτόασεν ὡς γὰρ εὔιδον βροχέως σε, φώνας οὺδὲν ἔτ' εἴκει ἀλλὰ κὰμ μὲν γλῶσσα ἔαγε, λέπτον δ' αὔτικα χρῷ πῦρ ὐπαδεδρόμακεν,

59 ὀππάτεσσι δ' οὐδὲν ὄρημ', ἐπιρρόμ- βεισι δ' ἄκουαι. ἀ δέ μίδρως κακχέεται, τρόμος δέ παῖσαν ἄγρει, χλωροτέρα δὲ ποίας ἔμμι, τεθνάκην δ' ὀλίγω 'πιδεύης φαίνομαι [ἄλλα]. ἀλλὰ πᾶν τόλματον, [ἐπεὶ καὶ πένητα]. STOA: φαίνεταί μοι κῆνος ἴσος θέοισιν ἔμμεν' ὤνηρ, ὄττις ἐνάντιός τοι ἰσδάνει καὶ πλάσιον ἆδυ φωνείσας ὐπακούει καὶ γελαίσας ἰμέροεν, τό μ' ἦ μὰν καρδίαν ἐν στήθεσιν ἐπτόαισεν, ὠς γὰρ ἔς σ' ἴδω βρόχε' ὤς με φώνας οὔδεν ἔτ' εἴκει, ἀλλὰ κὰμ μὲν γλῶσσα +ἔαγε, λέπτον δ' αὔτικα χρῶι πῦρ ὐπαδεδρόμακεν, ὀππάτεσσι δ' οὐδ' ἒν ὄρημμ', ἐπιρρόμ-

60 βεισι δ' ἄκουαι, ἀ δὲ μ ἴδρως κακχέεται τρόμος δὲ παῖσαν ἄγρει, χλωροτέρα δὲ ποίας ἔμμι, τεθνάκην δ' ὀλίγω 'πιδεύης φαίνομ', Ἄγαλλι. / stoa: κὰδ' δέ ἴδρως κακχέεται, τρόμος δὲ παῖσαν ἄγρει, χλωροτέρα δὲ ποίας ἔμμι, τεθνάκην δ' ὀλίγω 'πιδεύης φαίνομ' ἔμ' αὔτᾳ. ἀλλὰ πὰν τόλματονἐπεί κεν ᾖ τά. / Augustana: ἀλλὰ πᾶν τόλματον, ἐπεὶ +καὶ πένητα He seems to me equal to the gods that man whoever he is who opposite you sits and listens close to your sweet speaking and lovely laughing oh it puts the heart in my chest on wings for when I look at you, even a moment, no speaking is left in me no: tongue breaks and thin

61 fire is racing under skin and in eyes no sight and drumming fills ears and cold sweat holds me and shaking grips me all, greener than grass I am and dead or almost I seem to me. But all is to be dared, because even a person of poverty (Anne Carson, 2002) Peer of the gods, the happiest man I seem Sitting before thee, rapt at thy sight, hearing Thy soft laughter and they voice most gentle, Speaking so sweetly. Then in my bosom my heart wildly flutters, And, when on thee I gaze never so little, Bereft am I of all power of utterance, My tongue is useless. There rushes at once through my flesh tingling fire, My eyes are deprived of all power of vision,

62 My ears hear nothing by sounds of winds roaring, And all is blackness. Down courses in streams the sweat of emotion, A dread trembling o'erwhelms me, paler than I Than dried grass in autumn, and in my madness Dead I seem almost. (Cox) χλωροτέρα δὲ ποίας ἔμμι (T1) I am paler than grass (T2) I am greener than grass (T3) I am more moist than grass Sappho's Supra-Superlatives (Also translated by Powell) Note that Wikisource uses Lobel-Page 2 as the Greek text for this, which is quite funny: underlines the numbering problems. Lobel-Page 32 / Diehl 10 / Bergk 10 / Cox 10

63 augsburg.de prefaces with: (εἰς Μούσας) αἴ με τιμίαν ἐπόησαν ἔργα τὰ σφὰ δοῖσαι Who gave me their gifts and made me honoured. (H. T. Wharton) ] they have honored me with the gift of their works (Powell) Source: Apollonius Apollon. Dysc. de pron. 1, 113, 8 (Schneider) Lobel-Page 33 / Diehl 9 / Bergk 9 / Cox 9

64 αἴθ' ἔγω, χρυσοστέφαν' Ἀφρόδιτα, τόνδε τὸν πάλον [^ ^ -] λαχοίην. This lot may I win, golden-crowned Aphrodite. (H. T. Wharton) (Also translated by Powell) Source: Apollonius. Apollon. Dysc. de synt. 2, 350, 4 (Uhlig) Lobel-Page 34 / Voigt 34 / Diehl 4 (10?) / Bergk 3 / Cox 4 (Gallavotti 15) Ἄστερες μὲν ἀμφὶ κάλαν σελάνναν ἂψ ἀπυκρύπτοισι φάεννον εἶδος, ὄπποτα πλήθοισα μάλιστα λάμπῃ

65 γᾶν [ἐπὶ πᾶσαν]... ἀργυρία... / Cox: Αστερεσ μέν ἀμφι κάλαν σελάνναν ἆιψ ἀπυκρύπτοισι φάεννον εἶδοσ, ὄπποτα πλήθοισα μάλιστα λάμπησ ἀργυρια γᾶν The stars about the fair moon in their turn hide their bright face when she at about her full lights up all earth with silver. (H.T. Wharton) (Also translated by Powell) Source: Eustathius of Thessalonica in the twelfth century. ( Eustath. in Iliad. 729, 20 - augsburg.de) Lobel-Page 35 / Diehl 7 / Bergk 6 / Cox 7 ἤ σε Κύπρος καὶ Πάφος ἢ Πάνορμος (Lobel-Page?)...

66 Ἤ σε κύπροσ καὶ Πάφοσ ἢ Πάνορμοσ (Cox) Or Cyprus and Paphos, or Panormus [holds] thee. (H. T. Wharton) If thee, Cyprus or Paphos or Panormos [holds]. (Cox) (Also translated by Powell) Source: Strabo, about 19 A.D. Strabo, 1st century AD. ( Strabo 1, 2, 33 (p. 40) - augsburg.de) Lobel-Page 36 / 20D καὶ ποθήω καὶ μάομαι...

67 I miss and yearn after (Powell) Lobel-Page 37 / 14D / Wharton 17 / Cox κὰτ ἔμον στάλαγμον... τὸν δ' ἐπιπλάζοντ' ἄνεμοι φέροιεν καὶ μελεδώναις. According to my weeping: it and all care let buffeting winds bear away. (H. T. Wharton) (Also translated by Powell) Source: Etymologicum Magnum Lobel-Page 38 / 9D

68 ὄπταις ἄμμε Lobel-Page 39 / 17D / Wharton 19 / Cox πόδας δὲ ποίκιλος μάσλης ἐκάλυπτε, Λύδι- ον κάλον ἔργον. A broidered strap of fair Lydian work covered her feet. (H. T. Wharton) (Also translated by Powell) Source: Scholiast on Aristophanes' Peace, 1174; and also by Pollux, about 180 A.D. Lobel-Page 40 / Diehl 8 / Bergk 7, 8 / Cox 8

69 σοὶ δ' ἔγω λεύκας επιδωμον αἶγος and augsburg.de has: σοὶ δ ἔγω λεύκας ἐπὶ βῶμον αἶγος κἀπιλείψω τοι Cox: Σοὶ δ' ἔγω λεύκας ἐπὶ βῶμον αἶγος... κἀπιλείψω τοι... But for thee will I [lead] to the altar [the offspring] of a white goat... and add a libation for thee. (H. T. Wharton) Source: Apollon. Dysc. de pron. I p. 81, 24 ss. Schneider Adduced by Apollonius of Alexandria, about 140 A.D

70 Lobel-Page 41 /12D / Wharton 14 ταὶς κάλαισιν ὔμμι νόημμα τὦμον οὐ διάμειπτον To you, fair maids, my mind changes not. (H.T. Wharton) (Also translated by Powell) Source: Apollonius Lobel-Page 42 / Wharton 16 / Cox 16 ταῖσι [δὲ] ψῦχρος μὲν ἔγεντὀ θῦμος, πὰρ δ' ἴεισι τὰ πτέρα... But their heart turned cold and they dropt their wings.

71 (H. T. Wharton) (Also translated by Powell) Source: Pindar, Pyth. i. 10 Lobel-Page 43 / 54D ]αι ] ]λεται ][κ]αλος ]λ ἄκαλα κλόνει ] κάματος φρένα ]ε κατισδάνε[ι] ] ἀλλ ἄγιτ, ὦ φίλαι, ], ἄγχι γὰρ ἀμέρα. (Translated by Powell)

72 Lobel-Page 44 / Voigt 44 / Diehl 5a,b? 55? / Bergk - (Gallavotti 52) Κυπρο [... ]ας. κάρυξ ἦλθε θέ[ων ]ελε[...]θεις Ιδαος τάδε κα[ῖνα] φ[όρ]ε ις τάχυς ἄγγελος [ ] τάς τ' ἄλλας Ασίας τ[ό]δε γᾶν κλέος ἄφθιτον Εκτωρ καὶ συνέταιρ[ο]ι ἄγοισ' ἐλικώπιδα Θήβας ἐξ ἰέρας Πλακίας τ' ἀπ ἀ[ι]ν[ν]άω ἄβραν Ἀνδρομάχαν ἐνὶ ναῦσιν ἐπ ἄλμυρον πόντον πόλλα δ [ἐλί]γματα χρύσια κἄμματα πορφύρ[α] καταύτ[με]να, ποίκιλ ἀθύρματα, ἀργύρα τ ἀνάρ[ι]θμα [ποτή]ρ[ια] κἀλέφαις. ὢς εἶπ ὀτραλέως δ ἀνόρουσε πάτ[η]ρ φίλος φάμα δ ἦλθε κατὰ πτόλιν εὐρύχορον φίλοις. αὔτικ Ἰλίαδαι σατίναι[ς] ὐπ ἐυτρόχοις ἆγον αἰμιόνοις, ἐπ[έ]βαινε δὲ παῖς ὄχλος γυναίκων τ ἄμα παρθενίκα[ν] τ ἀπ[αλ]οσφύρων, χῶρις δ αὖ Περάμοιο θυγ[α]τρες [ἐπήισαν, ἴππ[οις] δ ἄνδρες ὔπαγον ὐπ ἀρ[ματα κάμπυλα π[άντ]ες ἠίθεοι, μεγάλω[σ]τι δ[

73 δ[ίφροις ] ἀνίοχοι φ[ ] [ π[ ]ξαλο[ν [ ] ἴ]κελοι θέοι[ς [ ] ἄγνον ἀολ[λες ὄρμαται][ ]νον ἐς Ιλιο[ν αὖλος δ ἀδυ[μ]έλη[ς.. ]τ ὀνεμίγνυ[το καὶ ψ[ό]φο[ς κ]ροτάλ[ων λιγέ]ως δ ἄρα πάρ[θενοι ἄειδον μέλος ἄγν[ον ἴκα]νε δ ἐς αἴθ[ερα ἄχω θεσπεσία γέλος [ πάνται δ ἦς κὰτ ὄδο[ις κράτηρες φίαλαί τ ὀ[ ]υεδε[ ] εακ[ ] [ μύρρα καὶ κασία λίβανός τ ὀνεμείχνυτο γύναικες δ ἐλέλυσδον ὄσαι προγενέστερα[ι πάντες δ ἄνδρες ἐπ]ήρατον ἴαχον ὄρθιον Πάον ὀνκαλέοντες ἐκάβολον εὐλύραν, ὔμνην δ Εκτορα κ Ανδρομάχαν θεοεικέλο[ις....cyprus......the herald Idaios came...a swift messenger...and the rest of Asia...unwilting glory (kleos aphthiton). Hektor and his companions led the dark-eyed luxuriant Andromache from holy Thebes and...plakia in ships upon the salty sea. Many golden bracelets and purple garments..., ornaments with many different patterns,

74 countless silver cups and ivory. Thus he spoke. And his dear father quickly leapt up. And the story went to his friends through the broad city. Straightaway the Trojans joined mules to smooth-running carriages, And the whole band of women and...maidens got on. Separately, the daughters of Priam... And the unmarried men led horses beneath the chariots and greatly...charioteers... [ [ [...like the gods...holy set forth into Troy... And the sweet song of the flute mixed... And the sound of the castanets, and then the maidens sang a sacred song and a wondrous echo reached the heavens... And everywhere through the streets... Mixing bowls and cups... And myrrh and cassia and frankincense were mingled. And the older women wailed aloud. And all the men gave forth a high-pitched song, calling upon Paon [Apollo] the far-darter who is skilled in the lyre, to sing of Hektor and Andromache, like to the gods [theoeikelois].

75 (Gregory Nagy and Casey Dué) Cf. the sweet sounding flute and cithara were mingled and sound of castanets, sweetly the maidens sang a holy song, and a marvelous echo reached the sky... (Jennifer Goodall Powers, 1997) (Also translated by Powell) Lobel-Page 45 ἆς θέλετ' ὔμμες Lobel-Page 46 / 42D

76 ἔγω δ' ἐπὶ μολθάκαν τύλαν κασπολέω μέλεα κἂν μὲν τε τύλαγκας ἀσπόλεα (Translated by Powell) Lobel-Page 47 / Voigt 47 / Diehl 50 / Bergk 42 Ἔρος δ' ἐτίναξέ μοι φρένας, ὠς ἄνεμος κὰτ ὄρος δρύσιν ἐμπέτων. Eros d' etimaxe moi frenas, ôs anemos kat' oros drusin empetôn. Now Eros shakes my soul, a wind on the mountain falling on the oaks. (H. T. Wharton) (Gallavotti 113) (Also translated by Powell)

77 Source: Maximus Tyrius, about 150 B.C. Lobel-Page 48 / 48D ἦλθες, καλ ἐπόησας, ἔγω δέ σ ἐμαιόμαν, ὂν δ ἔψυξας ἔμαν φρένα καιομέναν πόθῳ. (Powell has a translation) Lobel-Page 49 / Voigt 49 / Gallavotti 43 / Diehl 40, 41 / Bergk 33, 34 ἠράμαν μὲν ἔγω σέθεν, Ἄτθι, πάλαι ποτά... σμίκρα μοι πάις ἔμμεν ἐφαίνεο κἄχαρις. -- Cf. Cox Ἠράμαν μὲν ἔγω σέθεν, Ἄτθι, πάλαι πότα. I loved thee Atthis, once long ago.

78 (Cox) (Also translated by Powell) Source: Hephaestion, about A.D Cf. Cox Σμίκρα μοὶ παῖσ ἔμμεν ἐφαίνεο κἄχαρισ. To me thou didst seem a small and ungraceful child. (Cox) Source: Plutarch and others. Lobel-Page 50 / 49D ὀ μὲν γὰρ κάλος ὄσσον ἴδην πέλεται [κάλος], ὀ δὲ κἄγαθος αὔτικα καὶ κάλος ἔσσεται.

79 Wer ein Schöner ist, ist nur, so weit man ihn siehet, schön; Wer auch gut ist, der wird unverweilt auch ein Schöner sein. (source) <[bjoern]> literally it'd be more like: Who is a beauty, is only in as far as he's seen, beautiful. (Powell has a translation) Lobel-Page 51 / 46D οὐκ οἶδ' ὄττι θέω δίχα μοι τὰ νοήμματα (Powell has a translation) Lobel-Page 52 / 47D / Cox 35 ψαύην δ' οὐ δοκίμωμ' ὀράνω δυσπαχέα

80 / Πσαύην δ οὐ δοκίμοιμ ὀράνω δύσι πάχεσιν. With my two arms, I do not aspire to to touch the sky. (Cox) (Also translated by Powell) Source: Herodian Lobel-Page 53 / 57D / Bergk 65 βροδοπάχεες ἄγναι Χάριτες δεῦτε Δίος κόραι (Powell has a translation) Lobel-Page 54 / 56D / Cox 61 ἔλθοντ' ἐξ ὀράνω πορφυρίαν περθέμενον χλάμυν...

81 / Cox: Ἕλθοντ ἐξ ὀράνω πορφυρίαν [ἔχοντα] περθέμενον χλάμυν. Coming from heaven, clad in a purple mantle. (Cox) (Also translated by Powell) Source: Pollux, 180 AD, (xlamu's) Lobel-Page 55 / Voigt 55 / Diehl 58 / Bergk 68 / Cox 65 κατθάνοισα δὲ κείσῃ οὐδέ ποτα μναμοσύνα σέθεν ἔσσετ' οὐδὲ ποκ' ὔστερον οὐ γὰρ πεδέχῃς βρόδων τῶν ἐκ Πιερίας ἀλλ' ἀφάνης κἠν Ἀίδα δόμῳ φοιτάσεις πεδ' ἀμαύρων νεκύων ἐκπεποταμένα

82 / Cox: Κατθάνοισα δὲ κείσεαι πότα, κωὐ μναμοσύνα σέθεν ἔσσετ οὔτε τότ οὔτ ύ στερον. οὐ γὰρ πεδέχεισ βρόδοων τῶν ἐκ Πιερίασ ἀλλ ἀφάνησ κἠν Αῖδα δόμοισ φοιτάσεισ πεδ ἀμαύρων νέκυων ἐκπεποταμένα. But thou shalt ever lie dead, nor shall there be any remembrance of thee then or thereafter, for thou hast not of the roses of Pieria; but thou shalt wander obscure even in the house of Hades, flitting among the shadowy dead. (H. T. Wharton) (Gallavotti 58) (Also translated by Powell) Source: Stobaeus, 500 AD. Plutarch too. Lobel-Page 56 / 60D / Cox 66 οὐδ' ἴαν δοκίμωμι προσίδοισαν φάος ἀλίω

83 ἔσσεσθαι σοφίαν πάρθενον εἰς οὐδένα πω χρόνον τεαύταν / Cox: Οὐδ ἴαν δοκίμοιμι προσίδοισαν φάοσ ἀλίω ἔσσεσθαι σοφίαν πάρθενον ἐισ οὐδένα πω χρόνον τοιαύταν. I think that no maiden shall ever see the sunlight, who shall have thy wisdom. (Also translated by Powell) Source: Chrysippius. Cf. Cox 65? Lobel-Page 57 / 61D / Cox 67 / Bergk 70 τίς δ' ἀγροίωτις θέλγει νόον... τίς δ' ἀγροίωτιν ἐπεμμένα σπόλαν... οὐκ ἐπισταμένα τὰ βράκε' ἔλκην ἐπὶ τὼν σφύρων; / Cox: Τίσ δ ἀγροιῶτίσ τοι θέλγει νόον, οὐκ ἐπισταμένα τὰ βράκἐ ἔλκην ἐπί τῶν σφύρων; What rustic girl bewitches thee who knows not how

84 to draw her dress about her ankles? (Cox) (Also translated by Powell) Source: Athenaeus, and others. Lobel-Page 58 / West (2004) / Bergk 79? Υμμες πεδὰ Μοίσαν ἰοκόλπων κάλα δῶρα, παῖδες, σπουδάσδετε καὶ τὰν φιλάοιδαν λιγύραν χελύνναν ἔμοι δ ἄπαλον πρίν ποτ ἔοντα χρόα γῆρας ἤδη ἐπέλλαβε, λεῦκαι δ ἐγένοντο τρίχες ἐκ μελαίναν βάρυς δέ μ ὀ θῦμος πεπόηται, γόνα δ οὐ φέροισι, τὰ δή πότα λαίψηρ ἔον ὄρχησθ ἴσα νεβρίοισι. τὰ μὲν στεναχίσδω θαμέως ἀλλὰ τί κεν ποείην; ἀγήραον ἄνθρωπον ἔοντ οὐ δύνατον γένεσθαι. καὶ γάρ ποτα Τίτωνον ἔφαντο βροδόπαχυν Αὔων ἔρωι φυράθεισαν βάμεν εἰς ἔσχατα γᾶς φέροισαν, ἔοντα κάλον καὶ νέον, ἀλλ αὖτον ὔμως ἔμαρψε χρόνωι πόλιον γῆρας, ἔχοντ ἀθανάταν ἄκοιτιν.

85 * * * Υμμες πεδα Μοισαν ι]οκ[ο]λπων καλα δωρα παιδες σπουδασδετε και τα]ν φιλαοιδον λιγυραν χελυννανεμοι δ απαλον πριν] ποτ [ε]οντα χροα γηρας ηδη επελλαβε λεθκαι δ εγ]ενοντο τριχες εκ μελαιναν Βαρυς δε μ ο [θ]υμος πεποηται γονα δ [ο]υ φεροισι τα δη ποτα λαιψηρ εον ορχησθ ισα νεβριοισι τα στεναχισδω θαμεως αλλα τι κεν ποειην αγηραον ανθρωπον εοντ οθ δυνατον γενεσθαι και γαρ π[ο]τα Τιθωνον εφαντο βροδοπαχθν Αθων ερωι φ αθεισαν βαμεν εις εσκατα γας φεροισα[ν εοντα [κ]αλον και νεον αλλ αυτον υμως εμαρψε χρονωι πολιον γηρας εχ[ο]ντ αθαναταν ακοιτιν * * * In 2004 Michael Gronewald and Robert Daniel announced the discovery of a fourth poem from a Papyrus from the University of Cologne (Köln) in Germany.

86 In 2004, Michael Gronewald and Robert Daniel announced that a dismantled cartonnage (plaster and fiber mummy casing) which had been languishing in the archives of Cologne University contained fragments of text corresponding to verses gleaned from gravedigging excavations in the garbage dumps of Oxyrhynchus (now Al Bahnasa, Egypt). The largest portion of the reconstructed, nearly complete poem was copied early in the third century BCE, making this the earliest manuscript of her work so far known. img img2 [You for] the fragrant-blossomed Muses lovely gifts [be zealous,] girls, [and the] clear melodious lyre: [but my once tender] body old age now [has seized;] my hair s turned [white] instead of dark; my heart s grown heavy, my knees will not support me, that once on a time were fleet for the dance as fawns. This state I oft bemoan; but what s to do? Not to grow old, being human, there s no way.

87 Tithonus once, the tale was, rose-armed Dawn, love-smitten, carried off to the world s end, handsome and young then, yet in time grey age o ertook him, husband of immortal wife. or... [For you] the fragrant-blossomed Muses' lovely gifts [be zealous] girls, [and the ] clear melodious lyre. [but my once tender] body old age now [has seized] my hair's turned [white] instead of dark. My heart's grown heavy, my knees will not support me, that once on a time were fleet for the dance as fawns. This state I bemoan, but what's to do? Not to grow old, being human, there's no way. Tithonus once, the tale was, rose-armed Dawn love smitten, carried him off to the world's end handsome and young then, get in time grey age

88 o'ertook him, husband of immortal wife. (Martin West) Live for the gifts the fragrant-breasted Muses send, for the clear, the singing, lyre, my children. Old age freezes my body, once so lithe, rinses the darkness from my hair, now white. My heart s heavy, my knees no longer keep me up through the dance they used to prance like fawns in. Oh, I grumble about it, but for what? Nothing can stop a person s growing old. They say that Tithonus was swept away in Dawn s passionate, rose-flushed arms to live forever, but he lost his looks, his youth, failing husband of an immortal bride. (Lachlan Mackinnon) It is you who must pursue the violet-scented Muse with her gifts of beauty, my young students, as well as continue to play a clear and melodious lyre. I was lithesome once, but time and age have taken my body in their grasp, and from glossy blackness my hair has been turned by them to brittle white. Heavy my heart has become; my knees no longer can carry me; nor do I dance as I did, in my once upon a time, as quick and supple as a fawn.

89 These things I bewail with every groaning breath, but what is there to do? Agelessness is not a fate that comes to humans. Even, they say, the rosy arms of goddess Dawn stretched to embrace handsome Tithonus. Madly in love, she carried the virile young man all the way back to her home at the edge of the world. Yet old age managed to get hold of him even there; zealous, hoary-bearded Time finds even the bed partners of the immortals. (Mary Maxwell) Seek the gifts in the violet clad arms of the Muses. Cultivate the excellence of the turtle shell harp. For me it s over, my once delicate skin has been blemished by The sands of time; my hair ripen, brittle white from blazing dark. Burdensome spirit, for my knees too heavy to bear, That once would whirl me, dancing, like deer. Often I mourn, howling but what can be done: Nothing, immortal men are never born And Tithonus, the tale holds, that rose-breasted Dawn Love-smitten, carried off to the ends of the worlds, Tithonus, alluring and youthful, still subdued into time Despite sharing an eternity with amaranthine Dawn.... (Jesus Kalergis) (65aD / 58LP (P.Oxy.1787 fr.1 und 2))

90 (Also translated by Powell) Source: Papyrus from the University of Cologne. Lobel-Page 59 ]ἐπιν[ ].[...]ν ό.[ ]φίλει.[... ]καιν[ Lobel-Page 60 [ ]τύχοισα [ ] θέλ' ὦν τ' απαίσαν [ ].εσον νόημμα [ ]έτων κάλημ μ ι [ ] πεδὰ θῦμον αἶψα

91 [ ὄ]σ σα τύχην θελήση[ις [ ]ρ ἔμοι μάχεσθα[ι [χ]λιδάναι πίθεισα[ [ ]ι, σὺ δ' εὖ γὰρ οἶσθα [ ]έτει τα[.].λε.. [ ]κλ ασ[... Lobel-Page ἔγεντ.[ οὐ γάρ κ[ Lobel-Page 62 ἐπτάξατε [ δάφνας ὄτα [ πὰν δ' ἄδιον[

92 ἢ κῆνον ἐλο[ καὶ ταῖσι μὲν ἀ [ ὀδοίπορος ἄν[...]..[ μύγις δέ ποτ' εἰσάιον ἐκλ [ ψύχα δ' ἀγαπάτασυ.[ τέαυτα δὲ νῦν ἔμμ [ ἴκεσθ' ἀγανα[ ἔφθατε κάλαν[ τά τ' ἔμματα κα [ Lobel-Page 63? / Voigt 63 O Dream on your dark wings / [etc.] (Powell) Lobel-Page 64 (a)

93 ... [ ]λ ακ [ [ ] [ ]νί.[ [α]λίκεσ σι[ [ ] [ ]παίδων[ [ ]δηο ν [ ] [ ] [ ]θεντ[ [ ].θέοισ [ [ ]ν αἰσχρ[ [ ] [ ]α μοῖ[ [ ]τετι[... (b)... [].α[ []αίγα[ [ ].δο.[

94 [ ] [... Lobel-Page 65 O Sappho, I love you / [etc.] (Powell) Lobel-Page 66 (a)... ζ αταν [ ἄμ' ἐξα[.]α[... (b)...

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99 Lobel-Page 71 [ ]μισσε Μίκα [ ]ελα[...]λά σ' ἔγωὐκ ἐάσω []ν φιλότ[ατ'] ἤλεο Πενθιλήαν [ [ ]δα κα [κό]τροπ', ἄμμα[ 5 [ ] μέλ [ος] τι γλύκερον.[ [ ]α μελλιχόφων[ [ ]δει, λίγυραι δ' ἄη[ [ ] δροσ[ό]εσσα[... Lobel-Page []ανό ρ [ []αμμε [ []νπε[

100 []λην[ []τες τ [ [].ωνω[ [ ]μώ[ [ ].[... Lobel-Page 73 (a)... [ ]ν β.[.].[.]υ [ ]α [ ]αν Ἀφροδι[τα [ ἀ]δύλογοι δ' ἐρ[ [ ]β αλλοι [ ]ισ ἔχοισα [ ].έ να θαασ[ς [ ]άλλει []ας ἐέρσασ[ (b)

101 ... [ ]ω.[ [ ]ασ[ []ισ' ἐ[... Lobel-Page 74 (a)... []ων ἔκα[ []αιπόλ[ []μ.[ []βροδο[ 5 [ ].νθ[ []φ αιμ[... (b)... [ ]α[ []ποθο [

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103 [ ]..[.].[ [ ]η σαδ.[ [ ]λ α.[ [ ]νίαν[ [ ]δ ύ.[ []ιμεδα [ []μαστε [ [ ].κ[... (b)... [ ]κα[ [].πιτα [ [ ]νεσ θα [ [ ]τῶ.[ [ ]αν [... (c)... [ ].[ [ ]δετα [ [ ]δέ...[ [] μμι.[ []ταμέ.[

104 Lobel-Page []αν πα [ []λέσειε κ [ []ίηλελα[ []ε θέλω[ []εχην[ []η ἔφα.[ [ ]αλίκ[... Lobel-Page 77 (a)... [ ]α.[ [ ]σετα[

105 [ ]υ μαι..[ [ ]τεχαρα [ [ ]ι δι δοῖσ[ [ ]δεν ἀμεσ[ [ ]ος σύγ' ἀ[ [ ].λονα[ [ ].δαλ[ (b)... [ ]. [ [ ]μήτε [ []δίαισα [ [ ]ες ἀλλ[ [ ]φρα[ [ ].[... (c)... [ ]α τω[ []ηας [] []τ ας...

106 Lobel-Page [].οναυ[ []ην οὐδε[ [ ]ης ἴμερ[ [].αι δ' ἄμα[ [].ανθος [ [ ]μερον[ [ ]ετερπ[... Lobel-Page [ ]ν μ [ [ ]ω [ [ ]το.[ []τ' αὖτ ον.[

107 []ω πέλετ[ [ ]να[... Lobel-Page [ ].[ [ ].τ οσεσ.[ []παντα[ []ι δ' ἀτέρα[ [ ]λοκα[ [ ].[... Lobel-Page 81 And you, my Dika, [etc.] (Powell)

108 Lobel-Page 81b / Voigt 81 / Gallavotti 71 / Diehl 80 / Bergk -... Lobel-Page 82 / 80D / Cox 75 σὺ δὲ στεφάνοις, ὦ Δίκα, πέρθεσθ' ἐράτοις φόβαισιν ὄρπακας ἀνήτω συναέρραις' ἀπάλαισι χέρσιν εὐάνθεα γὰρ πέλεται καὶ Χάριτες μάκαιραι μᾶλλον προτερην, ἀστεφανώτοισι δ' ἀπυστρέφονται. Do thou, O Dica, set garlands upon thy lovely hair, weaving sprigs of dill with thy delicate hands; for those who wear fair blossoms may surely stand first, even in the presence of Goddesses who look without favour upon those who come ungarlanded. (Cox) Source: Athenaeus.

109 Lobel-Page 82a / 63D εὐμορφοτέρα Μνασιδίκα τὰς ἀπάλας Γυρίννως Mnasidika is more well-shaped than soft Gurinna. Sappho's Supra-Superlatives Lobel-Page 91 Never yet, O Írana, [etc.] (Powell) Lobel-Page 92 This version is from With some amendations to make it more like Carson's Greek text.

110 [ [ πε... χρ[...]περ[ πέπλον[...]πυσχ[ χαι χλε[ ιι]ς..σαω[ χροχόεντα[ πέπλον πορφυ[ρ...]δεξω, χλαιναι περ σ[ στέφανοι περ[ χαλ[. ]οσσαμ[ φρυ.. πορφ[... τάπα [ π[ augsburg.de: πε[ κρ[ ]περ[ πέπλον[...]πυσχ[

111 καὶ κλε[..]σαω κροκόεντα[ πέπλον πορφυ[ρ ]δεξω[.] χλαιναι περσ[ στέφανοι περ[ καλ[.]οσσαμ[ φρυ[ πορφ[υρταπα[ [ π[ * * * This corresponds to Edmonds Frags. (1909) beta:... Sappho, I swear, if thou come not forth I will love thee no more. O rise and shine upon us, and from thy bed set free thy beloved strength, and then with water by the bank, like the lily that dwells in the marsh, hold aloof thy Chian robe and wash thee. And Cleïs for thy adorning

112 shall cast down from thy press saffron smock and purple robe.... (Edmonds, 1909) Carson's translation is very different! robe and colored with saffron purple robe cloaks crowns beautiful ] purple rugs (Carson, 2000, p.181) Here's a version annotated with apparent Edmonds line correspondances: [01] [ [02] [ [03] πε...

113 [04] χρ[...]περ[ [05] πέπλον[...]πυσχ[ [06] χαι χλε[ ιι]ς..σαω[ [07] χροχόεντα[ [08] πέπλον πορφυ[ρ...]δεξω, [09] χλαιναι περ σ[ [10] στέφανοι περ[ [11] χαλ[. ]οσσαμ[ [12] φρυ.. [13] πορφ[... [14] τάπα [15] [ [16] π[ I'm surprised at how much of Edmonds's text is missing. E.g. [04] in Edmonds starts κρίνον (flower, lily). Source: P. Berol fol. 1 (BKT V, 2 p. 12)

114 Lobel-Page 94 / Voigt 94 / Diehl τεθνάκην ἀδόλως, θέλω ἀ με ψισδομένα κατελίμπανεν πόλλα καὶ τόδ ἔειπέ μοι ὤιμ ὠς δεῖνα πεπόνθαμεν, Ψάπφ, ἦ μάν σ ἀέκοισ ἀπυλιμπάνω. τὰν δ ἔγω τάδ ἀμειβόμαν χαίροισ ἔρχεο κἄμεθεν μέμναισ, οἶσθα γὰρ ὤς σε πεδήπομεν αἰ δὲ μή, ἀλλά σ ἔγω θέλω ὄμναισαι... ὄσα μάλθακα καὶ κάλ ἐπάσχομεν πόλλοις γὰρ στεφάνοις ἴων καὶ βρόδων πλοκίων τε ὔμοι κἀνήτω πὰρ ἔμοι παρεθήκαο καὶ πόλλαις ὐπαθύμιδας

115 πλέκταις ἀμφ ἀπάλαι δέραι ἀνθέων ἐρατῶν πεποημέναις. καὶ πολλῷ λιπαρῶς μύρῳ βρενθείῳ τε κάλον χρόα ἀξαλείψαο καὶ βασιληίῳ καὶ στρώμναν ἐπὶ μολθάκαν ἀπάλαν παρ ὀπαυόνοων ἐξίης πόθον αἶψα νεανίδων κωὔτε τις οὔ τε τι ἶρον οὐδ ὐ.... ἔπλετ ὄπποθεν ἄμμες ἀπέσκομεν, οὐκ ἄλσος ρος ψοφος οιδιαι So my Atthis is not come back, and in sooth I would I were dead. And yet she wept full sore to leave me behind, and said, 'Alas! how sad our lot, Sappho; I swear 'tis all against my will I leave thee.' To her I answered, 'Go thy way rejoicing and

116 remember me; for thou knowest how I doted upon thee. And if thou rememberest not, O then I am fain to remind thee of what thou forgettest, how dear and beautiful was the life we led together. For with many a garland of violets and sweet roses mingled thou hast decked thy flowing locks by my side, and with many a woven necklet made of a hundred blossoms thy dainty throat; and with many a jar of myrrh both of the precious and the royal hast thou anointed thy fair young skin before me, and lying upon the couch hast taken thy fill of dainty meats and of sweet drinks....' (Edmonds, 1909) (Gallavotti 78 / Bergk -) This is given as "new" in Edmonds (1909) 1. (Also translated by Powell) Lobel-Page 95 / Diehl 97

117 ου[ ᾖρ ἀ[ δηρατ.[ Γογγυλα.[ ἦ τι σᾶμ ἐθε.[ παισι μάλιστα.[ μας γ εἴσηλθ ἐπ.[ εἶπον ὦ δέσποτ, ἐπ.[ ο]ὐ μὰ γὰρ μάκαιραν [ ο]ὐδὲν ἄδομ ἔραρθ ἀγα[ κατθάνην δ ἴμερός τις [ἔχει με καὶ λωτίνοις δροσόεντας [ὄ- χ[θ]οις ἴδην Ἀχερ[.]..δετο.[ μητι..[... And Gongyla [asked me '...]

118 or what sign wilt thou show thy children?' 'Yea, I will tell you,' I answered; 'Hermes came in unto me, and looking upon him I said "O master, I am altogether undone. For by the holy mistress I swear to thee, I care nothing any more that I am exalted unto prosperity, but a desire hath taken me to die. I would fain have thee set me in the dewy meadow wither aforetime thou leddest Atreus' son Agamemnon...."' (Edmonds, 1909) ] ] Gongyla surely a sign for children mostly came in [ I said, O master I swear no I take no pleasure

119 but a kind of yearning has hold of me to die and to look upon the dewy lotus banks of Acheron (Anne Carson, 2000, p.189) Was this inspiration for Pound's Papyrus? Lobel, via Bolling (1926), supplies Ἀχερ[οντος. (Also translated by Powell) Lobel-Page 96 / Voigt 96 / Diehl ἀπὺ Σαρδίων πόλλακι τυῖδε νῶν ἔχοισα ὤς ποτ ἐζώομεν.... σε θέᾳ σ ἰκέλαν, Ἀρι-

120 γνώτα σᾷ δἐ μάλιστ ἔχαιρε μόλπᾳ νῦν δἐ Λύδαισιν ἐμπρέπεται γυναί- κεσσιν ὤς ποτ ἀελίω δύντος ἀ βροδοδάκτυλος σελάννα; πάντα παρρέχοισ ἄστρα φάος δ ἐπί- σχει θάλασσαν ἐπ ἀλμύραν ἴσως καὶ πολυανθέμοις ἀρούραις ἀ δ ἐέρσα κάλα κέχυται, τεθά- λαισι δὲ βρόδα κἄπαλ ἄν- θρυσκα καὶ μελίλωτος ἀνθεμώδης πόλλα δὲ ζαφοίταισ ἀγάνας ἐπι- μνάσθεισ Ἄθτιδος ἰμέρῳ λέπταν ποι φρένα κῆρ δ ἄσα βόρηται κῆθι δ ἔλθην ἄμμ.... or, augsburg.de: ^ ^ ἀπὺ] Σαρδ[ίων ^ πόλ]λακι τυῖδε [ν]ῶν ἔχοισα.

121 ὠς πε[δε]ζώομεν β[εβάω]ς ἔχεν σὲ θέα<ι>σ ἰκέλαν Ἀρι- γνώτα, σᾶι δὲ μάλιστ ἔχαιρε μόλπαι. νῦν δὲ Λύδαισιν ἐνπρέπεται γυναί- κεσσιν, ὠς ὄτ ἀελίω δύντος ἀ βροδοδάκτυλος <σελάννα> πάντα περρέχοισ ἄστρα, φάος δ ἐπί- σχει θάλασσαν ἐπ ἀλμύραν ἴσως καὶ πολυανθέμοις ἀρούραις. ἀ δ ἐέρσα κάλα κέχυται, τεθά- λαισι δὲ βρόδα κἄπαλ ἄν- θρυσκα καὶ μελίλωτος ἀνθεμώδης. πόλλα δὲ ζαφοίταισ ἀγάνας ἐπι- μνάσθεισ Ἄτθιδος ἰμέρωι λέπταν ποι φρένα, κῆρ <δ > ἄσα βόρηται. κῆθι δ ἔλθην ἄμμε [..].. ισα τὸ δ οὐ νῶντ ἄ[π]υστον ὐμ[..] πόλυς γαρύε[ι..]αλον π[... ὂ]ν τὸ μέσσον.

122 [ε]ὔμ[α]ρ[ες μ]ὲν ου[.] σ αἰμιθέαισι μόρ- φαν ἐπή[ρατο]ν ἐξίσω- σθ αἰ συ[..]ρος ἐχησθα[...]νιδηον ]το[...]ρα τι- μαλ[ δι α]ἴθερος καὶ δ[.]μ[ ]ος Ἀφροδίτα καμ[ ]νέκταρ ἔχευ ἀπὺ χρυσίας [ ]ναν [....]απουρ[ ]χέρσι Πείθω ]θ[..]ησεν η πόλλ[ακις ]εδαην μαι ]ες τὸ Γεραΐστιον ]ν φίλαι ἄπ]υστον οὔδενο[ς] ]ερον ἴξο[μ ^ ] (Edmonds actually prints a bit more of this: