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GREEK POETESSES by ANTIPATER OF THESSALONICA

First Line: THESE THE MAIDS OF HEAVENLY TONGUE
Last Line: AND NINE TO MORTALS EARTH HAS GIVEN.
Subject(s): WOMEN;
THESE the maids of heavenly tongue,
Reared Pierian cliffs among:
Anyte, as Homer strong,
Sappho, star of Lesbian song;
Erinna, famous Telesilla,
Myro fair, and fair Praxilla;
Corinna, -- she, that sang of yore
The dreadful shield Minerva bore.
Myrtis sweet, and Nossis, known
For tender thought and melting tone;
Framers all of deathless pages,
Joys, that live for endless ages, --
Nine the Muses famed in heaven,
And nine to mortals earth has given.



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