Some say cavalry and others claim infantry or a fleet of long oars is the supreme sight on the black earth. I say it is the one you love.

Oi μὲν ἑππήων στρότον οἱ δὲ πέσδων οἱ δὲ νάων φαῖσ᾽ ἐπὶ γᾶν μέλαιναν ἔμμεναι κάλλιστον" ἔγω δὲ κῆν᾽ ὄτ- “ Tw τις ἔραται.

Sappho

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Topic

Loved ones

Author

Sappho

Medium

Poem

Language

Greek

Time

570 BC 570s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet

From

Greece Europe

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Original Citation

Sappho. Supreme Sight on the Black Earth. c. 570 BCE.

Current Citation

Sappho. The Complete Poems of Sappho, edited by Willis Barnstone. Shambhala Publications, 2009.

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