{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/usappho/sph83.htm","path":"cla/usappho/sph83.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/usappho/sph83.htm","text":"\u1f1d\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9 \u03bc\u03bf\u03b9 \u03ba\u03ac\u03bb\u03b1 \u03c0\u03ac\u03b9\u03c3 \u03c7\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u03af\u03bf\u03b9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03ad\u03bc\u03bf\u03b9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd\n \u1f10\u03bc\u03c6\u03ad\u03c1\u03b7\u03bd \u1f14\u03c7\u03bf\u03b9\u03c3\u03b1 \u03bc\u03cc\u03c1\u03c6\u03b1\u03bd, \u039a\u03bb\u1fc6\u03b9\u03c3 \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03ac\u03c4\u03b1,\n \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9 \u03c4\u1fb6\u03c3 \u1f14\u03b3\u03c9 \u03bf\u1f50\u03b4\u1f72 \u039b\u03c5\u03b4\u03af\u03b1\u03bd \u03c0\u03b1\u1fd6\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03bf\u1f50\u03b4\u1fbd \u1f14\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd.\u00a0[transcription]\n \nI have a fair daughter with a form like golden flowers, Cleis the belovedest whom I cherish more than all Lydia or lovely [Lesbos].\nA fair daughter have I, Cleis by name,\n Like a golden flower she seems to me.\n Far more than all Lydia, her do I love,\n Or Lesbos shimmering in the sea.\nQuoted and commented upon by Hephaestion.","title":"The Poems of Sappho: 82: I have a fair daughter...","type":"page"}