Questions tagged [aeolian-dialect]
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What was Sappho's name?
I've seen the name of the famous Aeolian poet written as both "Ψαπφω" and "Σαπφω". The latter seems universal in Attic, and hence she's known as "Sappho" in English.
Which of these names is "more ...
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What does "περσκέθοισᾱ" mean?
The second stanza of Sappho's Poem 16 is reconstructed as follows:
πάγχυ δ' εὔμᾱρες σύνετον πόησαι
πάντι τοῦτ', ᾱ γὰρ πόλυ περσκέθοισα
κάλλος ἀνθρώπων Ἐλένᾱ τὸν ἄνδρα
τὸν πανάριστον
I'm ...
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