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Sappho
(c. 600 BCE)
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Blame Aphrodite
 
  It's no use
Mother dear, I
can't finish my
weaving
You may
blame Aphrodite

soft as she is

she has almost
killed me with
love for that boy

Sappho
tr. Barnard

Sappho


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A painful truth revealed! lol smiling ironic like Tai
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