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Now you've got me. It was a translation by Rexroth of 'Poems from The Greek
Anthology' - a book I've lost along the track. I should get it again - it
was a favourite some forty years ago! Andrew
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Not Sappho, then, and I can't think of any poems by Anacreon himself that
would fit. (Or Paulus Silentiarus, for what that's worth.) Still leaves a
hell of a lot of candidates, but, though my money would still be on one of
the Sons of Anacreon.
Robin
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On 9 March 2011 19:34, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> My guess is that it's Sappho
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> On 9 March 2011 11:21, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > enjoyable, Andrew.
> > Now kindly identify the great Greek poem you mention...
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