A translation of one of the two recently discovered poems by the divine Sappho, my eternal muse, to her brothers Charaxus and Larichos: But you’re always saying Charaxus is coming With a full ship. That much, I think, only Zeus knows, him and all of the gods. It isn’t right for you to think you know these things. But send me as a messenger, to offer many prayers to Queen Hera That Charaxus might arrive here with his ship unharmed And find us safe. As for everything else, let’s leave it to the gods, For calm comes suddenly out of a great hurricane. Those whose luck the Olympian King wants to turn from pain into something better, They are blessed and prosperous. For our part, if Larichos could ever become a man, noble in stature, We would be freed from much despair.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 07:44:34 +0000
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