Fragment 81
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]χισταλ̣[
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4.σὺ δὲ στεφάνοις, ὦ Δίκα, πέρθεσθ’ ἐράτοις φόβαισιν
ὄρπακας ἀνήτω συν⟨α⟩έρραισ’ ἀπάλαισι χέρσιν·
εὐάνθεα †γὰρ πέλεται† καὶ Χάριτες μάκαιραι
μᾶλλον προτόρην,1 ἀστεφανώτοισι δ’ ἀπυστρέφονται.
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Comments
Book IV
Meter: acephalus hipponactean with a double choriambic expansion (^hipp2c)
× – ᴗ ᴗ – – ᴗ ᴗ – – ᴗ ᴗ – ᴗ – – (in distichs)
Texts:
Campbell, David A. 1982. Greek Lyric, Vol. I: Sappho and Alcaeus. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Voigt, Eva-Maria, ed. 1971. Sappho et Alcaeus. Amsterdam: Polak & Van Gennep.
Sources: Athenaeus, Scholars at Dinner 15.647e (iii 491 Kaibel) (vv. 4-7) + P. Oxy. 1787 fr. 33 (vv. 1-5)
NB: Fragments 60-86 all come from P. Oxy. 1787.