This line is from Sappho and I do not understand it:
"ti/na dhu~te pei/qw mai~s s) a/ghn es san filo/para;"
my attempted translation is:
"whom now again I believe ('mai~s' I don't have a translation for) to you should bring it, beloved?"
Any help please? I'm really clueless on this one....
Sappho poem
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Kasper
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Sappho poem
“Cum ego verbo utar,” Humpty Dumpty dixit voce contempta, “indicat illud quod optem – nec plus nec minus.”
“Est tamen rogatio” dixit Alice, “an efficere verba tot res indicare possis.”
“Rogatio est, “Humpty Dumpty responsit, “quae fiat magister – id cunctum est.”
“Est tamen rogatio” dixit Alice, “an efficere verba tot res indicare possis.”
“Rogatio est, “Humpty Dumpty responsit, “quae fiat magister – id cunctum est.”
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chad
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hi kasper, have a look at Prof Harris' discussion of this line on pgs 80-81 of this .pdf: 
http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/Sappho.pdf
http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/Sappho.pdf
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Kasper
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Thanks Chad! No wonder I couldn't figure this one out!!
“Cum ego verbo utar,” Humpty Dumpty dixit voce contempta, “indicat illud quod optem – nec plus nec minus.”
“Est tamen rogatio” dixit Alice, “an efficere verba tot res indicare possis.”
“Rogatio est, “Humpty Dumpty responsit, “quae fiat magister – id cunctum est.”
“Est tamen rogatio” dixit Alice, “an efficere verba tot res indicare possis.”
“Rogatio est, “Humpty Dumpty responsit, “quae fiat magister – id cunctum est.”