SAPPHO

87 To Trmas

Athenaeus Jimewrs af Diner: Atel Sappho, when in the

fitth Book of her Lyric Poems sle says te Aphrodite :
and hanging on cither side thy face the

purple handkerchief which ‘Timas sent for thee froin
Phocaea. a precious gift from a precious giver: }
means the handkerchief as an adornment of the lead, as
is shown also by Hecatweus or the writer, whoever ae Was,
of the book entitled Pie ἐμ ἐν to Asta, in the word * Annd
the women wear handkerchiefs on their heads.’

88
Hesychius Glossary: Timadia :
little Timas

89
Julian Letter to Tamblichus :

You are come; it is well;* [ was longing for you,
and new you have made my heart to Hame up “and
burn with love. Bless you. 1 say, thrice bless you,
and for just so long as you and | have been parted.

proh. the description of a dream, T. having sent the
kerthier for S."s statue of Aphrodite (ef. Reuse Of. Matin
ΙΒ 404, 275. af. 7. ὁ. 270, 857. Ba. and this being
the lever of thanks; there is a pun om TVoee aml fiw
(previons); tie previous lines were perk. to this etfect (uf.
Je. 1250: * Lest wight thou apyeatedst to me in a dream, ©
voldtén-wreathed Aphrodite, plaiting the einbrosial hair of

thy immortal head,’ “Glob inseros “fur come yeu truly
have in your letter, though you are far away’ 5 the

Twtter half of the fragment is preserved Turther om in this
dlaptation. ἡ Bless vou ales, | sey, τ σία over. as the beantiful
S. says. and net only foe jus st so ᾿ς as you aud 1 have heen
parted, but rather for ever’