“Anacreon sings sweetly; Sappho sings sweetly; I hope someone mixes them up with Pindar and pours them out for me.”
ἡδυμελὴς Ἀνακρέων,
ἡδυμελὴς δὲ Σαπφώ
Πινδαρικὸν δέ μοι μέλος
συγκεράσας τις ἐγχέοι.
Anacreonta, 20. 1-4
“Anacreon sings sweetly; Sappho sings sweetly; I hope someone mixes them up with Pindar and pours them out for me.”
ἡδυμελὴς Ἀνακρέων,
ἡδυμελὴς δὲ Σαπφώ
Πινδαρικὸν δέ μοι μέλος
συγκεράσας τις ἐγχέοι.