Fragment 54

ἐλθόντ᾿ ἐξ ὀράνω πορφυρίαν περθέμενον χλάμυν

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Book III

Meter: Greater Asclepiad (gl^2c)

× × – ᴗ ᴗ – – ᴗ ᴗ – – ᴗ ᴗ – ᴗ – (in distichs)

Texts: Campbell = Voigt

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.

Source: Pollux, Vocabulary 10.124 (ii 227 Bethe)

1	ἐλθόντα (aor. act. partic. acc. sg. masc. from ἔρχομαι) to come, go. The Greek rhetorician Pollux tells us that Sappho is speaking of Eros here.
	ἐξ + gen. from
	ὄρανος (ὁ) heaven, sky (gen. sg.)
	πορφύριος, α, ον purple
	περιτίθημι to put on (aor. mid. partic. acc. sg. masc.)
	χλάμυς (ή) chlamys, a kind of short mantle or cloak (direct object of περθέμενον)

Source: https://digitalsappho.org/fragments/fr54/