#fragment 16

[slips-of-sappho]

"Some men say an army of horse

and some men say an army on foot

and some men say an army of ships

is the most beautiful thing

on the black earth. But I say it is

what you love."

~ Sappho, fragment 16

[harrypotterhousequotes]

HUFFLEPUFF:

"Some say cavalry and others claim infantry or a fleet of long oars is the supreme sight on the black earth. I say it is

the one you love"

–Sappho (Fragment 16)

[mun-dane]

Sappho, Fragment 16 / Achilles Lamenting The Death of Patroclus, Gavin Hamilton (1760) / Sappho, Fragment 147

[sparklingwinesupernova]

My classmates are so straight, I wrote a literary analysis about Sappho’s Fragment 16 and nobody realised I’m

How??

[merulae]

... and some men say an army of ships is the most beautiful thing on the black earth. But I say it is what you love.

Sappho, from Fragment 16 (tr. Anne Carson)

[slips-of-sappho]

"Some men say an army of horse and some men say an army on foot and some men say an army of ships is the most beautiful thing

on the black earth. But I say it is

what you love.

Easy to make this understood by all.

For she who overcame everyone

in beauty (Helen)

left her fine husband

behind and went sailing to Troy.

Not for her children nor her dear parents

had she a thought, no -

... led her astray

... for

... lightly

... reminded me now of Anaktoria

who is gone."

~ Sappho, fragment 16 (full remaining text)

[harrypotterhousequotes]

HUFFLEPUFF:

“Some men say an army of horsemen, others Say foot soldiers, still others say a fleet Is the finest thing on the dark earth. I say it is whatever one loves.”

–Sappho (Fragment 16)

[wrylylichen]

If not, winter // Sappho tr. Anne Carson, excerpt from fragment 16

[image text:

Some men say an army of horse and some men say an army on foot

and some men say an army of ships is the most beautiful thing

on the black earth. But I say it is

what you love.]