Sappho poem

Greek Learning Greek
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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…

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hi kasper, have a look at Prof Harris’ discussion of this line on pgs 80-81 of this .pdf: :slight_smile:

http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/Sappho.pdf

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Thanks Chad! No wonder I couldn’t figure this one out!!