Hymn to Aphrodite Throned in splendor, immortal Aphrodite!Child of Zeus, Enchantress, I implore theeSlay me not in this distress and anguish,Lady of beauty. Hither come as once before thou camest,When from afar thou heard’st my voice lamenting,Heard’st and camest, leaving thy glorious father’s Palace golden, Yoking thy chariot. Fair the doves that bore thee;Swift toContinue reading “Hymn to Aphrodite”
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September 21st – Our Lady of Pucha, Valencia Spain.( 1223)
Δέδυκε μεν ἀ σελάννα καὶ Πληΐαδεσ, μέσαι δὲ νύκτεσ πάρα δ᾽ ἔρχετ᾽ ὤρα, ἔγω δὲ μόνα κατεύδω [Sappho] The Moon has left the sky, Lost is the Pleiads’ light; It is midnight, And time slips by, But on my couch alone I lie. [trans. J Addington Symonds]
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