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Erminia Passannanti wrote:
Dear All,being Mediterranean, can I disclose to you - Britts, Americans and
Australians -
what this mysterious greenness means? ( Am I now adding something very
essential to the understanding of Saffo's line? It is probable: We have an
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?For any other clarification, please, do not hesitate to contact me! ; )
Love and affection,
EP
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Sing so dogs bark, oxen bolt,
So a girl walks out on her lover.
Sing so dogs bark, bulls bellow,
So the old coot crawls out of his hut.
[Mekong Delta 1971, trans. John Balaban]