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118: With rosy cheeks...

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Ρ᾽οδοπτήχεισ και ἐλικώπιδεσ καὶ καλλιπάρῃοι
καὶ μειλιχοφωνοι. [transcription]

With rosy cheeks and glancing eyes and voices sweet as honey.

Philostratus says that this indeed is Sappho's sweet salutation.

Aristaenetus says that Sappho in a hymeneal song uses the epithet μειλιχόφωνοι [transcription] , "soft voiced".

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