{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/usappho/sph12.htm","path":"cla/usappho/sph12.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/usappho/sph12.htm","text":"... \u03a4\u03ac\u03b4\u03b5 \u03bd\u1fe6\u03bd \u1f10\u03c4\u03b1\u03af\u03c1\u03b1\u03b9\u03c3\n \u03c4\u03b1\u1fd6\u03c3 \u1f14\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9\u03c3\u03b9 \u03c4\u03ad\u03c1\u03c0\u03bd\u03b1 \u03ba\u03ac\u03bb\u03c9\u03c3 \u1f00\u03b5\u03af\u03c3\u03c9.\u00a0[transcription]\n \nThis will I now sing skilfully to please my friends.\nAthanaeus quotes this to show that there is not necessarily any reproach in the word \u1f10\u03c4\u03b1\u03af\u03c1\u03b1\u03b9 [transcription] . Like many others, the fragment is unfortunately too short for anything but a literal translation. The breathing of the word in question in Attic Greek would of course be rough.","title":"The Poems of Sappho: 11: This will I now sing...","type":"page"}