Alas, unlike you, I can't pretend to classical scholarship (and
Anaktoria is left out, as those verses are fragmentary, and I was
using the poem for other purposes). Though I haven't done anything
much to the first stanza, which has always haunted me, in the many
variations in which I've read it. It's a beautiful poem.
xA
> Hi Alison,
>
> Most importantly, it's quite fine on its own, and rich in expressions that
> would not be a step amiss in Classical Greek.
>
> It took me a little while, because I think it's a very liberal adaptation,
> to twig that it's based on Sappho's lyric being reminded of Helen while
> missing Anactoria.
>
> I'm sure she wouldn't have minded. All her work speaks of her remarkable
> generosity.
>
>
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