Sappho 58
I really like how she describes aging. She speaks of beauty as gifts, and young children. Her once strong knees now can't hold her weight. But she knows that humans without aging is not possible.
Aphrodite
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Choose a poem by Sappho (1, 2, 16, 31, 58, or 96) and compare a couple of different translations of the poem. What is the poem about? How do the different translators approach the text?