{"id":11660,"date":"2014-02-22T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-22T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/?p=11660"},"modified":"2014-02-22T10:01:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-22T14:01:00","slug":"sappho-criticizes-her-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/sappho-criticizes-her-brother\/","title":{"rendered":"Sappho Criticizes Her Brother"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sappho\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Recently two as yet unknown poems by Sappho were discovered, one of which, btw, confirms our man Herodotus \u2014 the father of prose \u2014 as a better historian than he is usually given credit for by the champions of Thucydides (i.e. historians in the employ of the state that won.) Indeed, Herodotus spoke of the so-called “brother poem” a poem in which Sappho criticized her brother Charaxos or his mistress, which is one of the two poems just discovered\u00a0& readable for the first time. “Readable” \u2014 if you have ancient Greek: the one English translation I have seen so far doesn’t\u00a0really\u00a0cut the mustard. It is given in a TLS blog piece by Dirk Obbink that does \u00a0offer a fair amount of context for the two poems \u2014 to read it, click here<\/a>. I’ll just reproduce the Greek below & maybe someone will propose a better translation & send it to me?<\/p>\n

\u00a0The Brothers Poem<\/b><\/p>\n

[. . .]<\/p>\n

\u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u2019 \u1f04\u03ca \u03b8\u03c1\u03cd\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1 \u03a7\u03ac\u03c1\u03b1\u03be\u03bf\u03bd \u1f14\u03bb\u03b8\u03b7\u03bd
\n\u03bd\u1fb6\u03ca \u03c3\u1f7a\u03bd \u03c0\u03bb\u03ae\u03b1\u03b9. \u03c4\u1f70 \u03bc\u03ad\u03bd \u03bf\u1f34\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 \u0396\u03b5\u1fe6\u03c2
\n\u03bf\u1f36\u03b4\u03b5 \u03c3\u03cd\u03bc\u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03ad\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b5 \u03b8\u03ad\u03bf\u03b9\u0387 \u03c3\u1f72 \u03b4\u1fbd\u03bf\u1f50 \u03c7\u03c1\u1fc6
\n\u03c4\u03b1\u1fe6\u03c4\u03b1 \u03bd\u03cc\u03b7\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9,<\/p>\n

\u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03ad\u03bc\u03c0\u03b7\u03bd \u1f14\u03bc\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03ad\u03bb\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9
\n\u03c0\u03cc\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1 \u03bb\u03af\u03c3\u03c3\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03af\u03bb\u03b7\u03b1\u03bd \u1f2c\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd
\n\u1f10\u03be\u03af\u03ba\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03c5\u03af\u03b4\u03b5 \u03c3\u03ac\u03b1\u03bd \u1f04\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1
\n\u03bd\u1fb6\u03b1 \u03a7\u03ac\u03c1\u03b1\u03be\u03bf\u03bd<\/p>\n

\u03ba\u1f04\u03bc\u03bc\u2019 \u1f10\u03c0\u03b5\u03cd\u03c1\u03b7\u03bd \u1f00\u03c1\u03c4\u03ad\u03bc\u03b5\u03b1\u03c2. \u03c4\u1f70 \u03b4\u2019 \u1f04\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1
\n\u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b4\u03b1\u03b9\u03bc\u03cc\u03bd\u03b5\u03c3\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03c4\u03c1\u03cc\u03c0\u03c9\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u0387
\n\u03b5\u1f50\u03b4\u03af\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b3\u1f70\u03c1 \u1f10\u03ba \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd \u1f00\u03ae\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd
\n\u03b1\u1f36\u03c8\u03b1 \u03c0\u03ad\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9.<\/p>\n

\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03ba\u03b5 \u03b2\u03cc\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03af\u03bb\u03b5\u03c5\u03c2 \u1f48\u03bb\u03cd\u03bc\u03c0\u03c9
\n\u03b4\u03b1\u03af\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u2019 \u1f10\u03ba \u03c0\u03cc\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u03ac\u03c1\u03c9\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd \u1f24\u03b4\u03b7
\n\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03c4\u03c1\u03cc\u03c0\u03b7\u03bd, \u03ba\u1fc6\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9 \u03bc\u03ac\u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b5\u03c2 \u03c0\u03ad\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9
\n\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03cd\u03bf\u03bb\u03b2\u03bf\u03b9\u0387<\/p>\n

\u03ba\u1f04\u03bc\u03bc\u03b5\u03c2, \u03b1\u1f34 \u03ba\u03b5 \u03c4\u1f70\u03bd \u03ba\u03b5\u03c6\u03ac\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd \u1f00\u03ad\u03c1\u03c1\u03b7
\n\u039b\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9\u03c7\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b4\u03ae \u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u1fbd \u1f04\u03bd\u03b7\u03c1 \u03b3\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9,
\n\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bc\u03ac\u03bb\u2019 \u1f10\u03ba \u03c0\u03cc\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd \u03b2\u03b1\u03c1\u03c5\u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u03af\u03b1\u03bd \u03ba\u03b5\u03bd
\n\u03b1\u1f36\u03c8\u03b1 \u03bb\u03cd\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recently two as yet unknown poems by Sappho were discovered, one of which, btw, confirms our man Herodotus \u2014 the father of prose \u2014 as a better historian than he is usually given credit...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1117,103],"tags":[1498,1497],"class_list":["post-11660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem","category-translation","tag-herodotus","tag-sappho"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11660"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11666,"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11660\/revisions\/11666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}