The Poems of Sappho: 115: Than the lyre, far sweeter in t...
Πόλυ πάκιδοσ ᾽αδυμελεστέρα, χρύσω χρυσοτέρα. [transcription]
Than the lyre, far sweeter in tone, than gold, more golden.
Far sweeter than the throbbing lyre in sound,
A voice more golden than gold, new found.
Quoted by Demetrius to show the poetical value of hyperbolical phrase.