METRICAL SCHEME

Sapphic Stanza

First 3 lines:  ˉ ˘ ˉ ˉ | ˉ ˘ ˘ ˉ | ˘ ˉ ˉ  or  ˉ ˘ ˉ ˘ | ˉ ˘ ˘ ˉ | ˘ ˉ ˉ

Last line:  ˉ ˘ ˘ ˉ ˉ (must carry over from 3rd line)

 

VOCABULARY NOTES

καλᾱν = καλην

σελαννᾱν = σεληνην

απυκρυπτοισι = αποκρυπτουσι

φαεννον = φαεινον

οπποταν = ὁποταν

πληθοισα = πληθυουσα

γᾶν = γην

παισαν = πᾱσαν

 

Textual Note

This fragment was preserved through quotation by Eustathius in his commentary on the Iliad Book 8, lines 555-6 (ὡς δ' ὁτ' εν ουρανωι αστρα φαεινην αμφι σεληνη / φαινετ' αριπρεπεα).