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TO ATTHIS by SAPPHO

First Line: I LOVED YOU, ATTHIS, ONCE, LONG, LONG AGO
Last Line: YOU SEEMED TO ME A SMALL, UNGAINLY CHILD.
Subject(s): APHRODITE; LOVE - EROTIC; LOVE; LOVE - AGE DIFFERENCES; MYTHOLOGY - CLASSICAL;

I loved you, Atthis, once, long, long ago ...
You seemed to me a small, ungainly child.



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