γλύκηα μᾶτερ, οὔτοι δύναμαι κρέκην τὸν ἴστον
πόθῳ δάμεισα παῖδος βραδίναν δι’ Ἀφροδίταν.
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Sweet mother, I cannot weave —
slender Aphrodite has overcome me
with longing for a girl.

—Sappho, translated by Stanley Lombardo

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