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121. Re-versing Hystory Psappha, as sappho called herself, was an enigma calling to her across the A woman who challenged the conventions of her time, sappho redefined the role http://peggyullmanbell.com/

[ Home ] Women at Gettysburg FIXIN' THINGS FIXIN' THINGS Ch.1 Reader's Group Guides PSAPPHA, a fictionalized biography of Sappho ... About FIXIN' THINGS About the Author Born in the heart of the Great Depression, Peggy Ullman Bell grew up in books, dozens of books, as many as 12 a week the summer she was 15. Reared in historic Gettysburg and York, Pennsylvania, Ms. Bell wondered what women were doing while men were fighting battles and making revolutions. The history books did not tell her and the search for women's history had only just begun. Scholars everywhere worked to re-verse the men's reversals. For her own versing, Ms. Bell prefers the term hystory from the Greek hyst (uterus) and the English story, fully aware that most of what we call history is limited to his story. An accomplished poet in her own right, Ms. Bell became interested in Sappho, The Poetess of Lesbos in the flamboyant Hollywood of the 1960s when everyone around her seemed to know The Lesbian's name, but no one could answer any of Ms. Bell's questions about her. Long hours in the library, and an endless supply of books obtained through Interlibrary Loan showed Sappho to have been a woman of genius, so well respected that men quoted from her work three hundred years after her death, and yet what few of her words escaped the destruction of the Library of Alexandria were lost through the philosophical purges of an 11th century Pope.

122. Isle Of Lesbos: Poetry Of Anna Seward A brief biography of the poet, with the texts of several poems. http://www.sappho.com/poetry/a_lowell.html

Lesbian Poetry Historical Poetry Contemporary Poetry Resources for Poets and Readers Lesbian Poetry FAQ ... Historical : Amy Lowell Amy Lowell Amy Lowell ( 27k JPG image ), American Imagist poet, was a woman of great accomplishment. She was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, to a prominent family of high-achievers. Her environment was literary and sophisticated, and when she left private school at 17 to care for her elderly parents, she embarked on a program of self-education. Her poetic career began in 1902 when she saw Eleonora Duse, a famous actress, perform on stage. Overcome with Eleonora's beauty and talent, she wrote her first poem addressed to the actress. They met only a couple times and never developed a relationship, but Eleonora inspired many poems from Amy and triggered her career. Ada Russell, another actress, became the love of Amy's life. She met Ada in 1909 and they remained together until Amy's death in 1925. Amy wrote many, many poems about Ada. In the beginning, as with her previous poems about women, she wrote in such a way that only those who knew the inspiration for a poem would recognize its lesbian content. But as time went on, she censored her work less and less. By the time she wrote Pictures of the Floating World , her poems about Ada were much more blatantly erotic. The series "Planes of Personality: Two Speak Together" chronicles their relationship, including the intensely erotic poem

123. "Sappho" By Christina Rossetti sappho . Christina Rossetti. I sigh at daydawn, and I sigh When the dull day is passing by, I sigh at evening, and again I sigh when night brings sleep to http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/crossetti/sapho.html

"Sappho" Christina Rossetti I sigh at day-dawn, and I sigh When the dull day is passing by, I sigh at evening, and again I sigh when night brings sleep to men. Oh! It were better far to die Than thus for ever mourn and sigh, And in death's dreamless sleep to be Unconscious that none weep for me; Eased from my weight of heaviness, Forgetful of forgetfulness, Resting from pain and care and sorrow Thro' the long night that knows no morrow; Living unloved, to die unknown, Unwept, untended and alone. Sappho and Christina Rossetti (I) Sappho and Christina Rossetti (II) Last modified 26 November 2004

124. Sappho: Poem I Translation and transliteration of sappho's only surviving complete poem. http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/Texts/sappho.1.html

SAPPHO Poem I TRANSLATION and TRANSLITERATION (A detailed introduction to Sappho and her world is included in the article SAPPHO under the TRANSLATIONS index on the main index page. The following is the text/commentary section of that longer treatment. The Greek text is available at that location.) This poem is the only complete one we have from the several volumes of Sappho's poetry which were circulating as late as the 8th c.. A.D. It has always been prized as remarkably sensitive and elegant, but there are dimensions which I believe have not been explored or interpretated. Let me give you first the text in Roman letters for those who do not read Greek, so they can at least read the words aloud and get their general sound. The translation which follows is necessary since Sappho's Aeolic dialect is not the normal Attic Greek you learn in in school, and I believe some help is called for. Of course this translation loses immense detail, specifically the long and short vowels which make a real difference in Greek. There is no initial aspiration -h- in Aeolic so that no problem. The letters -ch- are of course more like -kh-, and the exact pronunciation of the consonants is not exactly known after the passage of two and a half millennia, not surprisingly. The accents which are printed in modern texts may not be the same as Aeolic intonation, but modern Classicists ignore the musical pitches completely, which again removes a critical part of Sappho's lyric poetry. But the poem is readable, singable, soundable as it is, with some imagination.

125. Sappho: Poem Of Jealousy 25 English translations of a poem by sappho. sappho’s poem of jealousy survives only because the ancient critic Longinus quoted it as a supreme example http://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passages/sappho.htm

B U R E A U O F P U B L I C S E C R E T S Sappho: Poem of Jealousy (26 Translations) Kenneth Rexroth, Classics Revisited a On the Sublime Below are some of the many translations of this poem (there have been well over 100 into English alone). Most of the early ones have little resemblance to the original, but I have included a few for their historical interest. Here are two slightly different versions of the original poem, transcribed in Roman characters (the differences presumably reflect different decisions regarding textual emendation or different styles of Romanization). I have replaced macrons (horizontal lines over vowels) with circumflexes, as macrons do not reproduce consistently in Internet formats. phainetai moi kênos îsos theoisin isdanei kai plâsion âdu phonei- sâs upakouei kardiân en stêthesin eptoaisen alla kam men glôssa eâge lepton paisan agrei khlôrotera de poiâs Alla pan tomaton . . . phainetai moi kênos isos theoisin isdanei kai plasion adu phônê- sas upakouei kardian en stêthesin eptoaisen alla kam men glôssa eage lepton paisan agrei, chlôrotera de poias

126. Isle Of Lesbos: Poetry Of Katharine Lee Bates Love poems of the ardently feminist writer best known for America the Beautiful. http://www.sappho.com/poetry/k_bates.html

Lesbian Poetry Historical Poetry Contemporary Poetry Resources for Poets and Readers Lesbian Poetry FAQ ... Historical : Katharine Lee Bates Katharine Lee Bates Katharine Lee Bates was an ardent feminist and the author of the song "America the Beautiful." She attended Wellesley college and later returned to join the faculty. While on staff she met Katharine Coman and began a relationship that lasted for 25 years. Bates and Coman's relationship might be best described as a romantic friendship. It is not clear whether their relationship was sexual, but it was intensely loving; Bates referred to Coman as her "Joy of Life" and wrote many poems about their love. Both women had successful careers at Wellesley collegeBates became chair of the English department, while Coman became chair of the Economics Department and Dean of the college. They kept contact with other educated women who lived in couples as they did, but they did not assume roles as lesbian activists. In 1912, Coman was diagnosed with cancer, and Bates nursed her until Coman died in 1915. In 1922, Bates published a limited volume of poetry entitled, "Yellow Clover," where she wrote of their relationship.

127. Isle Of Lesbos: Poetry Of Marie-Madeleine Short Biography and poetry in English translation. http://www.sappho.com/poetry/m_madeln.html

Lesbian Poetry Historical Poetry Contemporary Poetry Resources for Poets and Readers Lesbian Poetry FAQ ... Historical : Marie-Madeleine Marie-Madeleine (aka Baronness Von Puttkamer) Note: Biographical material on Marie-Madeleine was most graciously provided to me by one of Marie Madeleine's grandsons. He cautions that, at this time, some of this information is anecdotal. Marie Madeleine Gunther was born on April 4, 1881 in Eydtkuhnen (then East Prussia, today Russian) to Karl Gunther, a merchant, and Emmy Siemssen. On August 2, 1900, at age nineteen, Marie Madeleine married General Heinrich Georg Ludwig Freiherr (Baron) von Puttkamer. He was 35 years her senior. Three years later she gave birth to her only child, Jesco Gunther Heinrich. They lived in Grunewald, a top-grade suburb of Berlin. In her time, under the name of Marie Madeleine, she established a name for herself as a writer of unusually lyrical, stunningly sensual, shockingly erotic and hotly passionate poetry and prose (she wrote short stories and novellas). She published individual poems in journals (such as "Champagne frappe" in Das Narrenschiff [Ship of Fools]). In 1900, she published her first collection

128. Salon.com Books | "The Sappho Companion" By Margaret Reynolds 1, 2001 If people know anything at all about sappho these days, With The sappho Companion, British critic Margaret Reynolds has collected bits and http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/08/01/lesbos/

Search About Salon Table Talk Advertise in Salon ... Search All of Salon.com Only Books Directory Hot Topics Book Reviews Garrison Keillor J.R.R. Tolkien Harry Potter ... Dave Eggers Articles by date All of Salon.com By department The Movie Page Books ... Table Talk [Free, spirited Salon forums] What's your take on the latest "Harry Potter"? Mystery lovers: What's your latest fix? Posts of the week The Well [Pioneering members-only discussions] Sound Off E-mail Salon Send us a Letter to the Editor Today's letters Downloads Get Salon.com on your PDA "The Sappho Companion" by Margaret Reynolds Genius? Pervert? Seducer and murderer? Homely bluestocking? Nymphomaniac? Every age has its own version of the woman whose 2,600-year-old verses invented the poetry of love. By Laura Miller If people know anything at all about Sappho these days, it's probably that she was a lesbian. They're far less likely to know that she was first of all a Lesbian that is, a native of the Greek island of Lesbos or that she was one of the great poets of ancient times, or that her specialty was lyric verse about the ecstasies and torments of love. (In fact, she practically invented the form.) Only a few hundred years ago, though, an informal poll would likely have revealed an entirely different image of Sappho, whose life was a popular subject for paintings, operas, ballets and other pageants. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, she was mostly famous for having thrown herself from the top of an enormous cliff out of unrequited love for the beautiful (male) youth Phaon. In those days, she was sometimes depicted as having written verse, sometimes as having a great fondness for girls, but the heartbreak and the leap were the important things. This was only one of many incarnations. Throughout history, Sappho has been labeled a genius, a pervert, a lovely blushing maiden, a homely bluestocking, a nymphomaniac, an uptight schoolmistress, a solitary, a diva, a cult leader, an abandoned lover, an irresistible seducer, the "Tenth Muse," a mother, a feminist, a victim, a masochist and a sadist.

129. Isle Of Lesbos: Poetry Of Sor Juana Inés De La Cruz A small selection in English translation by Alan S. Trueblood. http://www.sappho.com/poetry/j_ines.html

Lesbian Poetry Historical Poetry Contemporary Poetry Resources for Poets and Readers Lesbian Poetry FAQ ... Historical Selected Works All poems translated by Alan S. Trueblood. Shown here in Spanish first, then the English translation. Phyllis My Divine Lysis My Lady I Approach and I Withdraw ... You Men Phyllis Lo atrevido de un pincel, Filis, dio a mi pluma alientos: que tan gloriosa desgracia Logros de errar por tu causa donde es el riesgo apreciable Permite, pues, a mi pluma segundo arriesgado vuelo, pues no es el primer delito que le disculpa el ejemplo de ti, peregrina Filis?, cuyo divino sujeto se dio por merced al mundo, se dio por ventaja al cielo; en cuyas divinas aras, ni sudor arde sabeo, ni sangre se efunde humana, ni bruto se corta cuello, los combatientes deseos son holocausto poluto, son materiales afectos, y solamente del alma en religiosos incendios arde sacrificio puro Yo, pues, mi adorada Filis

130. Sappho's Leap; Erica Jong Web Site: Her Works, Books, Poetry, And Life Erica Jong Website. The author of Fear of Flying, Fear of Fifty, other novels, nonfiction, and poetry. http://www.ericajong.com/sapphosleap.htm

Sappho's Leap In stores now! Read Booklist Kirkus' Review of ... Sappho's Leap If you could go back in time 2600 years and get inside the head of the greatest singer of love the world has ever known, Sappho's Leap would be the result. An odyssey of love and adventure which spans the ancient world, Erica Jong's witty, sensuous and compellingly readable new novel, tells the story of a passionate woman who was ahead of her time and whose songs have proven to be immortal. Jong's Sappho is a sort of female Odysseus, stretching the boundaries of time and space, journeying not only into the reality of the ancient world but also into lands of myth and legend which have shaped the way we imagine our lives today. Born on the island of Lesbos circa 600 BCE, Sappho falls madly in love with the dashing poet Alcaeus, plots with him to overthrow the dictator of her island, is caught and exiled and married off to a repellent older man in the hopes that matrimony will keep her out of trouble. It does no such thing, instead it starts her off on a series of amorous adventures with both women and men which take her from Syracuse to Delphi to Egypt and even to the Land of the Amazons and the shadowy realm of Hades. Fearless, heroic, yet full of vulnerability, Erica Jong's Sappho is one of her most unforgettable and exuberant heroines.

131. Isle Of Lesbos: Poetry Of Emily Dickinson A brief biography of Dickinson, as well as three of her poems and a selection of related reading material available both online and off. http://www.sappho.com/poetry/e_dickin.html

Lesbian Poetry Historical Poetry Contemporary Poetry Resources for Poets and Readers Lesbian Poetry FAQ ... Historical : Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson, one of America's most famous poets, was born in Amherst to a prominent family. She was educated at Amerherst Academy, the institution her grandfather helped found. She spent a year at the Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary, but left because she didn't like the religious environment and because her parents asked her home. In her twenties, Emily led a busy social life, but she became more reclusive with each passing year. By her thirties, she stayed to her home and withdrew when visitors arrived. She developed a reputation as a myth, because almost never seen and, when people did catch sight of her, she was always wearing white. But while she withdrew from physical contact with people, she did not withdraw from them mentally. Emily was an avid letter-writer who corresponded with a great number of friends and relatives. 1000 of these letters (a portion of what she wrote) survived her death, and they show her letter writing to be very similar to her poetic styleenigmatic and abstract, sometimes fragmented, and often forcefully sudden in emotion. Emily often included poetry with her letters to friends. Her friends encouraged her to publish, but after an attempt to do so in 1860 (when the publisher suggested she hold off) Emily did not appear to try again. The eight poems that were published in her lifetime were primarily poems submitted by her friends without her permission. Her death revealed 1768 more poems.

132. Rhododendron Sappho Rhododendron sappho , A Rhododendron. Family Ericaceae. Hybrid of garden origin, from parents of E Asian origin. Photographs a garden in the Ards http://www.habitas.org.uk/gardenflora/sappho.htm

Rhododendron 'Sappho' A Rhododendron Family: Ericaceae Hybrid of garden origin, from parents of E Asian origin. Photographs: a garden in the Ards Peninsula, Co Down 2003.

133. Sappho's Child : Selling A Book A Novel Way the novel, sappho s Child, is a intriguing feminist thriller the explosive story of a controversial miracle of medical technology, a lifeand-death http://www.sapphoschild.net/

what the concept who the author ... the miscellany "This may be the first web use of serialization to market a novel, and could be the invention of a whole new strategy on the internet. Being part of this event should be very exciting." Sept 12/04 quote from djinn fissure, author of Sappho's Child and owner of terraKOR web works site designed by terra KOR

134. About Sappho Of Lesbos sappho BibliographyHomepage opleiding Griekse en Latijnse taal en cultuur, informatie voor studenten, aankomend studenten, adres, bestuur, oikos. http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_sappho.htm

zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About Homework Help Women's History Art, Music. Writing. Media ... Sappho About Sappho of Lesbos Homework Help Women's History Essentials Biographies of Notable Women ... Help zau(256,140,140,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/C.htm','');w(xb+xb+' ');zau(256,140,140,'von','http://z.about.com/0/ip/496/6.htm','');w(xb+xb); FREE Newsletter Sign Up Now for the Women's History newsletter! See Online Courses Search Women's History Sappho of Lesbos (wrote about 610-580 B.C.E.) poet Sappho, a poet of ancient Greece, is known through her work: ten books of verse published by the third and second centuries B.C.E. By the Middle Ages, all copies were lost. Today what we know of the poetry of Sappho is only through quotations in the writings of others. Only one poem from Sappho survives in complete form, and the longest fragment of Sappho poetry is only 16 lines long. The poems of Sappho are more personal and emotional than political or civic or religious, especially compared to her contemporary, the poet Alcaeus. Sappho lived in Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, where women often congregated and, among other social activities, shared poetry they'd written. Sappho's poems usually focus on the relationships among women.

135. Prins, Y.: Victorian Sappho. of the book Victorian sappho by Prins, Y., published by Princeton University Press....... http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/6350.html

SEARCH: Keywords Author Title More Options Power Search Search Hints E-MAIL NOTICES NEW IN PRINT E-BOOKS ... HOME PAGE Winner of the 2001 Sonya Rudikoff First Book Prize of the Northeast Victorian Studies Association Honorable Mention, 2000 First Book Prize of the Modern Language Association Victorian Sappho Yopie Prins Shopping Cart Reviews Table of Contents What is Sappho, except a name? Although the Greek archaic lyrics attributed to Sappho of Lesbos survive only in fragments, she has been invoked for many centuries as the original woman poet, singing at the origins of a Western lyric tradition. Victorian Sappho traces the emergence of this idealized feminine figure through reconstructions of the Sapphic fragments in late-nineteenth-century England. Yopie Prins argues that the Victorian period is a critical turning point in the history of Sappho's reception; what we now call "Sappho" is in many ways an artifact of Victorian poetics. Prins reads the Sapphic fragments in Greek alongside various English translations and imitations, considering a wide range of Victorian poetsmale and female, famous and forgottenwho signed their poetry in the name of Sappho. By "declining" the name in each chapter, the book presents a theoretical argument about the Sapphic signature, as well as a historical account of its implications in Victorian England. Prins explores the relations between classical philology and Victorian poetics, the tropes of lesbian writing, the aesthetics of meter, and nineteenth-century personifications of the "Poetess." as current scholarship on Sappho and her afterlife. Offering a history and theory of lyric as a gendered literary form, the book is an exciting and original contribution to Victorian studies, classical studies, comparative literature, and women's studies.

136. Bantock Sappho: MusicWeb(UK) Sir Granville Bantock s Sapfw (sappho) When I heard the Hyperion recording of sappho I was Knocked Sideways , to use the words of the young Benjamin http://www.musicweb-international.com/bantock/sappho.htm

Classical Editor: Rob Barnett Music Webmaster Len Mullenger: Len@musicweb.uk.net Sir Granville Bantock's Sapfw (Sappho) Len Mullenger CD booklet With Permission Hyperion Records Sappho (Prelude and Nine Fragments for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra) Sapphic Poem Susan Bickley - mezzo soprano Julian Lloyd Webber - cello Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Vernon Handley Hyperion CDA66899 When I heard the Hyperion recording of Sappho I was "Knocked Sideways", to use the words of the young Benjamin Britten on his first hearing of Frank Bridge's "Enter Spring". When the record reviewers get round to this disc they will be reaching for the superlatives and it would not surprise me if it were to end up as Gramophone's Record of the Year. Sappho is a sensual and voluptuous orchestral song cycle for mezzo voice that has been virtually hidden for 90 years. Bantock creates a warm-textured thickly upholstered sound that has been caught to perfection by the engineer (Tony Faulkner) with a perfect balance between a large orchestra and the soloist, the mezzo, Susan Bickley. Following an orchestral prelude, there are nine songs and the work lasts fully an hour. Surviving fragments were collated and translated by Henry Wharton in 1885 and it was from this that Helen Bantock worked. One poem

137. The Space Books Feature: SAPPHO: The 10th Muse (PART I) TIME AND PLACE For two and a half thousand years sappho the greatest lyric poet of ancient Greece has fascinated writers and readers Although only fragments http://www.abc.net.au/arts/books/stories/s481402.htm

Local Radio - Melbourne Sunday Show NewsRadio - Arty Facts Radio National - AWAYE! - The Deep End - The Night Air - Sunday Morning TV - Sunday Afternoon - Arts Program Guide Local Radio - Short Stories Radio National - Airplay - Book Reading - Book Talk - Books and Writing - Lingua Franca - Poetica - Short Story TV - Words - DESIGN - Radio National - The Comfort Zone - FILM - Radio National - Movie Time TV - At The Movies - MUSIC - Classic FM - Jazz Track - Keys To Music - Perspectives Local Radio - Saturday Night Country - Fresh Air - Oztrax Radio National - Live On Stage - The Music Show - Music Deli - Nocturne - The Planet - Quiet Space - Singers Of Renown - Sound Quality - The Story Of Pop TV - Rage Sitemap Contact About Classical Cats: The Rise and Fall of the Sacred Cat 20 September 2001 One thing probably that helped to get the atmosphere right was actually living on the island while I was writing the novel because, as you were kind enough to say, I experienced the atmosphere and the landscape. SAPPHO: The 10th Muse (PART I) LESBOS, A TIME AND A PLACE

138. Sappho, The Poetess Of Lesbos To Sappho, Kolkata (Calcutta) Introduced the sappho Helpline (033 2281 3462, Mondays, Formed an extended support group sappho For Equality, where anyone who supports our cause can http://www.sacw.net/SexualityMinorities/AboutSapho.html

Sappho, the poetess of Lesbos to Sappho, Kolkata (Calcutta) Deriving its name from the legendary character of ancient Greek literature, Sappho is a support group for lesbian, bisexual and transgender women. With its base in Kolkata, West Bengal, it is the only group of its kind in the whole of eastern India. Founded on 20th June 1999 on the initiative of just one lesbian couple wanting to find a space for social interaction without needing to conceal their sexual preference and their real relationship, today Sappho has more than 50 regular members. and provides safe space for many more through its helpline, email service and website information. The primary goal of the organization was to provide safe space for women with same sex preference but gradually it moved into a rights oriented movement to fight discrimination and hatred against marginalized women with same sex preference so that free, fair and fearless life does not remain a utopia. SAPPHO IS COMITTED TO: 1.Creating a safe space for women with same-sex preference, irrespective of their economic background, caste, class, religion and language differences. 2.Reaching out to more community sisters.

139. CLAS/WMST 2100: Women In Antiquity: Greece Translations of sappho by Scott Michael Craig, a recent graduate of Colorado College. Translations of sappho from the Lesbian Poetry Page. http://www.colorado.edu/Classics/clas2100/2100-Sappho.html

CLAS/WMST 2100: Women in Ancient Greece University of Colorado SAPPHO Poems and fragments translated by M. R. Lefkowitz for Women's life in Greece and Rome Sappho 1 Sappho 31 Sappho 16 Sappho 94 ... Sappho 44 Additional translations Translations by various hands, including Two translations of Sappho 1 One translation each of Sappho 16 Sappho 44 , and Sappho 94 Five translations of Sappho 31 A Sappho page with translations by W. D. Myatt and Mary Barnard . Here is another site from which you can retrieve the translations by Barnard , including Sappho 1 Sappho 31 Sappho 16 Sappho 96 Translations of Sappho by Scott Michael Craig, a recent graduate of Colorado College. Translations of Sappho from the Lesbian Poetry Page Other A series of Sappho web pages from Temple University, with much to offer. Course notes on Sappho provided by Professor John Porter (University of Saskatchewan) fora class on Greek Lyric Poets. Some links to translations of Greek texts having to do with Sappho provided by the Perseus Encyclopedia Return to the course home page

140. Languagehat.com: THE NEW SAPPHO. Here are two new TLS translations of the new sappho poem. sappho and the Weight of Years. Girls, be good to these spirits of music and poetry http://www.languagehat.com/archives/001966.php

Main June 30, 2005 THE NEW SAPPHO. Back when I first heard about the new Sappho poem (or, to be more accurate, filled-out version of Lobel-Page's fragment 58) I said I'd love to see the Greek; now, thanks to serendipity (and I'm very happy to report that Chris is back and blogging up a storm ), I can reproduce it here: Martin West's translation [You for] the fragrant-blossomed Muses’ lovely gifts [be zealous,] girls, [and the] clear melodious lyre: [but my once tender] body old age now [has seized;] my hair’s turned [white] instead of dark; my heart’s grown heavy, my knees will not support me, that once on a time were fleet for the dance as fawns. This state I oft bemoan; but what’s to do? Not to grow old, being human, there’s no way. Tithonus once, the tale was, rose-armed Dawn, love-smitten, carried off to the world’s end, handsome and young then, yet in time grey age o’ertook him, husband of immortal wife. (Via Sauvage Noble Posted by languagehat at June 30, 2005 06:22 PM Comments The Greek text of this is a fascinating example of modern textual corruption. :) Your text is originally from the classics-l list. There are two typos. There should be a space on line 5 (a spacing problem: "the spirit") and there's a pi-for-rho substitution in the last word of line 11.