Sappho to Aphrodite, fragm-1, sung in reconstructed ancient Greek

The “1st fragment“, a poem by Sappho, sung in reconstructed ancient Greek, during our presentation of ancient Greek speech, on Nov. 8 2015, at the “Aition’ cultural caffe. Ἀπὸ τὴν ἐκδήλωσί μας στὸν Πολυχῶρο “Αἴτιον“ (Ἀθήνα). Downloadable at English translation by Gillian Spraggs : Intricately adorned with flowers, deathless child of Zeus, Aphrodite, weaver of plots: I beg of you, do not, my lady, wear down my spirit with heartache and grief, but come to me here, if ever before you caught my distant cry, and listened to me, and came, leaving your father’s golden house, your chariot yoked: sparrows, beautiful, swift, their packed wings beating, drew you down from the sky thr
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