50: Thus sometimes, the Cretan women, tender footed...
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Κρήσσαι νύ ποτ᾽ ὦδ᾽ ἐμμελέωσ πόδεσσιν
ὠρχεῦντ᾽ ἀπάλοισ ἀμφ᾽ επόεντα Βῶμον
πόασ τέπεν ἄνθοσ μάλακον μάτεισαι. [transcription]
Thus sometimes, the Cretan women, tender footed, dance in measure round the fair altar, crushing the fine bloom of the grass.
From Hephaestion as an example of metre. Blass things that this and the preceeding framgment belong together. The whole is another example of the delicate imagery of Sappho.
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