Sophron, Mime fr. 1. 3-5

 

“Grief overcomes me every time I remember that he was planning to leave me even as he kissed me”

 

ὀδύνη μ᾿ ἔχει,

ὅταν ἀναμνησθῶ

ὥς με κατεφίλει ᾿πιβούλως μέλλων

με καταλιμπάν[ει]ν

 

Sophron? Mimes? Yeah, not part of our usual fare…But Plato read them to help himself sleep.

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