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Erminia: > idiom that says that enviousness turns you green, like bile. Since greenness > is the very color of someone's complexion when ravaged by such a feeling, > thus she would be greener than grass; since, being a poems of jealousy, as a > initially illuminated you All about, this is the effect on humans of this > debasing sentiment: Saffo is envious of the beauty of the young man. > Understood? The idiom runs in England too -- the green eyed monster (jealousy). But I'm still hesitant about this, and (pace Jon, and despite no support from the text) I'd go for the pale (dried) grass reading. The speaker (Sappho) is shocked, stunned, horrorstruck -- her tongue has snapped (Campbell) -- but jealous? Hm ... Robin Hamilton %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%