118: With rosy cheeks...
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118
Ρ᾽οδοπτήχεισ και ἐλικώπιδεσ καὶ καλλιπάρῃοι
καὶ μειλιχοφωνοι. [transcription]
With rosy cheeks and glancing eyes and voices sweet as honey.
Philostratus says that this indeed is Sappho's sweet salutation.
Aristaenetus says that Sappho in a hymeneal song uses the epithet μειλιχόφωνοι [transcription] , "soft voiced".
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