Poetry of Sappho

14 the poetry of sappho
[LP 43.5–9]
] throws peace into turmoil
] weariness overcomes the heart
] settles down
] but come now, friends, dear girls,
] for day is near.
THE MARRIAGE OF HEKTOR AND
ANDROMACHE
Cyprus [
The herald came [
Idaíos the swift messenger
[ ]
“... and all the rest of Asia [ ] undying glory.
Hektor and his companions escort a dartingeyed
woman from sacred Thebë and fair Plakía’s streams,
delicate Andrómache, aboard their ship
on the salt sea, and with her many golden bracelets
and scented purple robes and intricate adornments,
silver goblets past numbering and ivory.”
So he said. His father leapt up eagerly