Fragment 94

τεθνάκην δ’ ἀδόλως θέλω·

2.ἄ με ψισδομένα κατελίμπανεν

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πόλλα καὶ τόδ’ ἔειπέ̣ [μοι·

̔ ὤιμ’ ὠς δεῖνα πεπ[όνθ]αμεν,

5.Ψάπφ’, ἦ μάν σ’ ἀέκοισ΄ ἀπυλιμπάνω.’

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τὰν δ’ ἔγω τάδ’ ἀμειβόμαν·

̔ χαίροισ’ ἔρχεο κἄμεθεν

8.μέμναισ’, οἶσθα γὰρ ὤς σε πεδήπομεν·

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αἰ δὲ μή, ἀλλά σ’ ἔγω θέλω

ὄμναισαι [. . . .] . [. . .] . .αι

11.. . [ ] καὶ κάλ’ ἐπάσχομεν·

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πο̣[λλοις γὰρ στεφάν]οις ἴων

καὶ βρ[όδων κρο]κ̣ίων τ’ ὔμοι

14.κα . .[ ] πὰρ ἔμοι περεθήκαο,

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καὶ πό̣[λλαις ὐπα]θύμιδας

πλέκ[ταις ἀμφ’ ἀ]πάλᾳ δέρᾳ

17.ἀνθέων ἔ̣[βαλες] πεποημμέναις,

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καὶ πο̣λ̣λ̣ῳ[ ] . μύρῳ

βρενθείῳ . [ ]ρ̣υ[ . . ]ν

20.ἐξαλείψαο κα̣[ὶ βασ]ι̣ληίῳ,

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καὶ στρώμν[αν ἐ]πὶ μολθάκαν

ἀπάλαν πα . [ ] . . .ων

23.ἐξίης πόθο̣[ν ] . νίδων,

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κωὔτε τις[ οὔ]τ̣ε̣ τι

ἶρον οὐδυ[ ]

26.ἔπλετ’ ὄππ̣[οθεν ἄμ]μες ἀπέσκομεν,

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οὐκ ἄλσος . [ χ]ό̣ρος

]ψόφος

29. ] . . .οιδιαι

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Book V

Meter:

× × – 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.

Commentary: Page, Denys Lionel. 1955. Sappho and Alcaeus: An Introduction to the Study of Ancient Lesbian Poetry. Oxford: Clarendon Press

Source: P. Berol. 9722 fol. 2

1	τεθνάκην Aeol. for τεθνηκέναι (perf. act. inf. from θνήσκω) to be dead
	ἀδόλως honestly
	θέλω to wish, want, be willing
2	ἄ Aeol. for ἥ, she (nom. sg.)
	ψίσδομαι to weep (pres. mid. partic. nom. sg. fem.)
	καταλιμπάνω to leave (3rd sg. imperf. act. ind.)
3	πόλλα καὶ either an internal object of ψισδομένα (weeping many [tears] and ...) or adverbial with ἔειπε (often she said this too)
	τόδε this, object of ἔειπε
	εἶπον to say (3rd sg. aor. act. ind.)
4	ὤιμοι Ah me! Here begins the unnamed woman's quote.
	ὠς how
	δεινός, ή, όν terrible
	πεπόνθαμεν, 1st pl. perf. act. ind. from πάσχω to suffer
5	Ψάπφω (ἡ) Sappho (voc.)
	ἦ μάν truly
	σ’ = σε acc. of σύ, you
	ἀέκων, οισα, ον unwillingly (nom. sg. fem.)
	ἀπυλιμπάνω Aeol. for ἀπολείπω, to leave. This ends the woman's quote.
6	τάν Aeol. for τήν, her
	ἀμείβομαι to answer, reply (1st sg. imperf. act. ind., taking a double accusative)
7	χαίροισα = χαῖρε farewell. See Page's commentary for further discussion.¹ The narrator's quote begins here and doesn't end in what remains of the poem.
	ἔρχεο go (2nd sg. pres. mid. imper. from ἔρχομαι)
	κἄμεθεν = καί + ἐμέθεν, me, the gen. object of μέμναισ’
8	μέμναισο remember + gen. (2nd sg. perf. mid. imper. from μιμνήσκω)
	οἶσθα you know (2nd sg. perf. act. ind. from οἶδα)
	ὤς how, as in v. 4
	πεδέπω Aeol. for μεθέπω, to cherish (1st pl. imperf. act. ind.)
9	αἰ Aeol. for εἰ, if.
	μή ἀλλά The -η and α- contract to a single syllable (synecphronesis)
10	ὄμναισαι Aeol. for ἀναμνῆσαι to remind (aor. act. inf. from ἀναμιμνήσκω)
11	κάλ’ ἐπάσχομεν the good things we experienced (1st pl. imperf. act. ind. from πάσχω)
12	στέφανος (ὁ) garland (worn in the hair), crown (acc. pl.)
	ἴον (τό) violet
13	βρόδον (τό) Aeol. for ῥόδον rose
	κρόκος (ὁ) crocus. According to Page, "if the reading [κροκιων] is correct (it seems very doubtful), the supplement will be exceptionally difficult. After ἴων and βρόδων, we expect the name of a flower or plant."² The other possibilities do not seem any better.
	ὔμοι Aeol. for ὁμοῦ, together
14	πάρ’ ἔμοι beside me, with me, at my house,
	περεθήκαο, 2nd sg. aor. mid. ind. from περιτίθημι to put around
15	ὐπάθυμις, ίδος (ἡ) garland, worn around the neck (acc. pl.)
16	πλεκτός, ή, όν braided, twisted (acc. pl. fem.)
	ἀμφί + dat. around
	ἁπαλός, ή, όν soft, tender, delicate
	δέρα (ἡ) neck
17	ἄνθος, ους (τό) flower. Take after πεποημμέναις as a gen. of source: garlands made from flowers
	βάλλω to put, let fall (2nd sg. aor. act. ind.)
	πεποημμέναις, Aeol. for πεποιημένας (perf. pass. partic. acc. pl. fem. from ποιέω) [having been] made
18	μύρον (τό) perfume
19	βρένθειος, α, ον costly, precious
20	ἐξαλείφομαι to anoint ( 2nd sg. aor. mid. ind.)
	βασιλήϊος, η, ον royal
21	στρωμνή (ἡ) bed (gen. pl.)
	ἐπί + gen. upon
	μόλθακος, α, ον soft (gen. pl. fem.)
22	ἁπαλός, ή, όν soft, tender, delicate
23	ἐξίημι to satisfy (2nd sg. pres. act. subj.)
	πόθος (ὁ) desire
24	κωὔτε crasis for καί + οὔτε
	τις, τι anyone, anything
25	ἶρος, α, ον holy; ἶρον (τό) temple. According to Page, "probably adjectival: Sappho and Alcaeus call a temple ναῦος."³
26	ἔπλετε, 3rd sg. imperf. mid. ind. from πέλομαι to be
	ὄππ̣οθεν from where
	ἄμμες Aeol. for ἡμεῖς, we
	ἀπέσκομεν, 1st pl. imperf. mid. ind. iterative from ἄπειμι to be absent
27	ἄλσος, εος (τό) grove
	χορός (ὁ) chorus, dance
28	ψόφος (ὁ) sound

¹ D. L. Page, Sappho and Alcaeus: An Introduction to the Study of Ancient Lesbian Poetry (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1955), 77.

² Page, Sappho and Alcaeus (1955), 78.

³ Page, Sappho and Alcaeus (1955), 80.

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