Fragment 30
- νυκτ[ . . . ] . [
- πάρθενοι δ[
- παννυχίσδοι̣[σ]α̣ι̣[
- σὰν ἀείδοιε̣ν φ[ιλότατα καὶ νύμ-
- φας ἰοκόλπω.
- ἀλλ᾿ ἐγέρθε̣ι̣ς ἠϊθ[έοις
- στεῖχε σοὶς ὐμάλικ̣[ας, ὠς ἐλάσσω
- ἤπερ ὄσσον ἀ λιγ̣ύφω̣[νος ὄρνις
- ὔπνον [ἴ]δωμεν. ⊗
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Source: https://digitalsappho.org/fragments/fr30/
Comments
Book I
Meter: Sapphic Stanzas
– ᴗ – × | – ᴗ ᴗ – | 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: P. Oxy. 1231 fr. 56 + 2166(a) 6A
NB: ⊗ indicates the beginning or end of a new poem.