Искусствоед
Sappho
Sappho in Exile
May I behold before me in a dream
your gracious form in answer to my plea,
O goddess Hera, whom the noble sons
of Atreus did see
when, after the downfall of warlike Troy,
the could not leave from swift Scamander's shore
to hurry eagerly towards their homes,
till they bowed before
you and great Zeus, the highest of the gods,
together with Thyone's child divine.
So now, dear Lady, I implore you, hear
once more this prayer of mine:
Let me return to Mytelene's fields
among the maidens whom, in other days,
I taught to dance before your holy shrine
and sing your joyous praise.
As once the ships of Atridae sailed
from Ilium, saved by your protecting hand,
likewise, O Hera, guard me on my way
to my own native land.
(from "Sweet -voiced Sappho. Poems of Sappho and other Ancient Greek Authors translated into English Verse by Theodore Stephanides", 2015)
Sappho in Exile
May I behold before me in a dream
your gracious form in answer to my plea,
O goddess Hera, whom the noble sons
of Atreus did see
when, after the downfall of warlike Troy,
the could not leave from swift Scamander's shore
to hurry eagerly towards their homes,
till they bowed before
you and great Zeus, the highest of the gods,
together with Thyone's child divine.
So now, dear Lady, I implore you, hear
once more this prayer of mine:
Let me return to Mytelene's fields
among the maidens whom, in other days,
I taught to dance before your holy shrine
and sing your joyous praise.
As once the ships of Atridae sailed
from Ilium, saved by your protecting hand,
likewise, O Hera, guard me on my way
to my own native land.
(from "Sweet -voiced Sappho. Poems of Sappho and other Ancient Greek Authors translated into English Verse by Theodore Stephanides", 2015)