Искусствоед
Attributed to Plato
Laïs' Mirror
I, Laïs, who once smiled so proud
upon my lovers' eager crowd,
To Aphrodite dedicate
this mirror I have come to hate...
For what it tells I dare not know
and what I was it cannot show.
from "Sweet-voiced Sappho. Poems of Sappho and other Ancient Greek Authors translated into English Verse by Theodore Stephanides", 2015)
Laïs' Mirror
I, Laïs, who once smiled so proud
upon my lovers' eager crowd,
To Aphrodite dedicate
this mirror I have come to hate...
For what it tells I dare not know
and what I was it cannot show.
from "Sweet-voiced Sappho. Poems of Sappho and other Ancient Greek Authors translated into English Verse by Theodore Stephanides", 2015)