Fragment 101
πρὸς τὴν Ἀφροδίτην·
χερρόμακτρα δὲ †καγγόνων†
πορφύρα καταΰτμενα
3.†τατιμάσεις† ἔμπεμψ’ ἀπὺ Φωκάας
δῶρα τίμια †καγγόνων
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101A
ἐπὶ τοῦ τέττιγος·
πτερύγων δ’ ὔπα
κακχέει λιγύραν ἀοίδαν,
3.ὄπποτα φλόγιον †καθέ-
ταν† ἐπιπτάμενον †καταυδείη†
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Book V
Meter:
× × – ᴗ ᴗ – ᴗ –
× × – ᴗ ᴗ – ᴗ –
× × – ᴗ ᴗ – ᴗ ᴗ – ᴗ –
Text: Campbell, David A. 1982. Greek Lyric, Vol. I: Sappho and Alcaeus. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Source: Athenaeus, Deipnosophistes 9.410e"And when Sappho says in Book 5 of her lyric poems, addressing Aphrodite:" (trans. Campbell)
101A
Meter: Uncertain, but possibly (according to Voigt)
– ᴗ – ᴗ ᴗ – ᴗ ᴗ
– ᴗ – ᴗ ᴗ – –
Text: Voigt, Eva-Maria, ed. 1971. Sappho et Alcaeus. Amsterdam: Polak & Van Gennep.
= Alcaeus 347(b) in Campbell, and Lobel and Page).
Source: Demeterius, On Style 142
According to Campbell 383, "Demetrius quotes the passage anonymously after three examples from Sappho. Some editors ascribe it to her, but it more probably belongs to Alcaeus' poem after v. 3 'leaves.'"
Here ends Book V.