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Sappho: Fragments 2 · 2

But come, as you came before

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ἀλλά τυῖδ᾽ ἔλθ᾽, αἴ ποτα κἀτέρωτα τᾶς ἔμας αὔδως ἀίοισα πήλυι ἔκλυες, πάτρος δὲ δόμον λίποισα χρύσιον ἦλθες

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ἀλλάallábutτυῖδ᾽tyîd’hereἔλθ᾽élth’come,αἴifποταpotaeverκἀτέρωταkatérōtaat another time tooτᾶς ἔμαςtâs émasmyαὔδωςaúdōsvoiceἀίοισαaíoisahearingπήλυιpḗlyifrom afarἔκλυεςéklyesyou heeded,πάτροςpátrosof your fatherδὲandδόμονdómonthe houseλίποισαlípoisaleavingχρύσιονkhrýsionof goldἦλθεςēlthesyou came

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Sappho recalls a past epiphany: the goddess heard her from afar and left her golden house.

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