The Fisherman's Tomb Poem by Sappho

The Fisherman's Tomb

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Over the fisher Pelagon Meniscus his father set
The oar worn by the wave, the trap, and the fishing net;--
For all men, and for ever, memorials there to be
Of the luckless life of the fisher, the labourer of the sea.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Topic(s) of this poem: father,fishing,sea
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dimitrios Galanis 04 July 2017

Ιt's not a faithful to the prototype translation.

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