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Partheneia: Didaktika: The Dye

The Poems of Sappho ยท 1 passage

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From Scythian wood they brew The dye whose yellow hue Turns gold the lovely hair Of Lesbians fair. So, Zanthis, slave of mine, Shall dip the fleeces fine, And dye the robes I made A saffron shade.

Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file cla/pos/pos37.htm.

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