Δέδυκε μεν ἀ σελάννα
καὶ Πληΐαδεσ, μέσαι δὲ
νύκτεσ πάρα δ᾽ ἔρχετ᾽ ὤρα,
ἔγω δὲ μόνα κατεύδω
The moon and the Pleiades have set,
it is midnight,
and the time is passing,
but I sleep alone.
-- Sappho, quoted by Hephaestionto
Sunday, December 16, 2018
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