Fragment 63
⊗ ὄνοιρε μελαινα[,
φ[ο]ίταις ὄτα τ’ ὔπνος[
γλύκυς̣ θ̣[έ]ο̣ς, ἦ δεῖν’ ὀνίας μ]
4.ζά χῶρις ἔχην τάν δυναμ[
ἔλπις δέ μ’ ἔχει μὴ πεδέχη[ν
μηδὲν μακάρων ἐλ̣[
ο̣ὐ̣ γάρ κ’ ἔον οὔτω[ . ́.
8.ἀθύρματα κα . [
γένοιτο δέ μοι[
τοὶς πάντα[ ⊗
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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 = 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: P. Oxy. 1787 fr. 3 col. ii 15-24
NB: Fragments 60-86 all come from P. Oxy. 1787.
NB: ⊗ indicates the beginning or end of a new poem.