We will give, says the father ...
From a Parisian MS. edited by Cramer.
98
Θυρώρῳ πόδες ἐπτορόγυιοι,
τὰ δὲ σάμβαλα πεμπεβόηα,
πίσυγγοι δὲ δέκ' ἐξεπόνασαν.
To the doorkeeper feet seven fathoms long, and sandals of five bulls' hides, the work of ten cobblers.
From Hephaestion, as an example of metre. Demetrius says: 'And elsewhere Sappho girds at the rustic bridegroom and the doorkeeper ready for the wedding, in prosaic rather than poetic phrase, as if she were reasoning rather than singing, using words out of harmony with dance and song.'
99
Ὄλβιε γάμβρε, σοὶ μὲν δὴ γάμος, ὠς ἄραο,