Fragment 34
- ἄστερες μὲν ἀμφὶ κάλαν σελάνναν
- ἂψ ἀπυκρύπτοισι φάεννον εἶδος
- ὄπποτα πλήθοισα μάλιστα λάμπη
- γᾶν
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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: Eustathius 729.20 (on Iliad 8.555)
Testimonium:Julian, Letters 194, 387a
Σαπφὼ ... τήν σελήνην ἀργυρέαν φησὶ καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τῶν ἄλλων ἀστέρων ἀποκρύπτειν τὴν ὄψιν.
Sappho...says the moon is silver and because of this conceals the other stars from view (trans. Campbell 83).