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Sappho: Fragments 7 · 7

Come to me now too, and be my ally

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ἔλθε μοι καὶ νῦν, χαλέπαν δὲ λῦσον ἐκ μερίμναν, ὄσσα δέ μοι τέλεσσαι θῦμος ἰμμέρρει, τέλεσον· σὺ δ᾽ αὔτα σύμμαχος ἔσσο.

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ἔλθεélthecomeμοιmoito meκαὶkaíalsoνῦνnŷnnow,χαλέπανkhalépanharshδὲandλῦσονlŷsonfree meἐκekfromμερίμνανmerímnancares,ὄσσαóssaall thatδέandμοιmoifor meτέλεσσαιtélessaito accomplishθῦμοςthŷmosmy heartἰμμέρρειimmérreilongs,τέλεσονtélesonaccomplish it·σὺyouδ᾽d’yourselfαὔταaútayourselfσύμμαχοςsýmmakhosmy allyἔσσοéssobe.

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The frame closes: the prayer returns to the present. Free me, fulfil what I long for, and stand with me — Aphrodite as σύμμαχος, "comrade-in-arms."

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