Fragment 19
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]μενοισα[
]θ᾿ ἐν θύοισι[
4.]ἔχοσισαν ἔσλ[
]
]εἰ δὲ βαισα[
]ὐ γὰρ ἴδμεν[
8.]ιν ἔργων[
]
]δ᾿ ὐπίσσω[
κ]ἀπικυδ[
12. ]τοδ᾿ εἴπη[
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Text and Commentary
Comments
Book I
Meter: Sapphic Stanzas
– ᴗ – × | – ᴗ ᴗ – | ᴗ – ×
– ᴗ – × | – ᴗ ᴗ – | ᴗ – ×
– ᴗ – × | – ᴗ ᴗ – | ᴗ – ×
– ᴗ ᴗ – ×
Text: Voigt, Eva-Maria, ed. 1971. Sappho et Alcaeus. Amsterdam: Polak & Van Gennep.
Source: P. Oxy. 1231 fr. 2