Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANDROMACHE'S WEDDING, by SAPPHO Poet's Biography First Line: Hector and his men bring the girl, her eyes gleaming Last Line: Singing for hector and for andromache divine. Subject(s): Aphrodite; Love - Erotic; Love; Marriage; Mythology - Classical; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
'HECTOR and his men bring the girl, her eyes gleaming, From Thebe the Holy, from Placia fount unfailing, Andromache the beautiful, over the salt sea sailing With whorls and roundlets golden, with robes for her arraying Purple embroidered daintily, away on the wind streaming; And silver cups uncountable and carven ivory.' This was the herald's story. And Hector's father heard it, and gay he rose, and the saying Went the round of Troy Town for all friends' knowing. Then the men of Troy put their mules into harnessing Back against the chariots, and then mounted pressing The rout of young women, and of lightfoot girls going, Then Priam's daughters apart; and then the soldiers Were harnessing their horses under the chariot rim, The young men in their prime. . . . And the sweet piping with lyreplay was blending, With castanets clashing; and the maidens high singing Sang the holy song to heaven ascending With strange din ringing. . . . There were myrrh and cassia with frankincense smoking; There the elder women their chant were choiring; There all the men sang their high song invoking The God far-darting, Paean of the lyring, Singing for Hector and for Andromache divine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX |
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