Το γάνος the brightness standing over the whole city, οὐ διαφθεῖρον τὰς ὄψεις not destroying the sight, as Sappho says, but developing at once and crowning and watering with cheerfulness; in no way ὑακινθίνω ἄνθει ὅμοιον like a hyacinth-flower, but such as earth and sun never yet showed to men.'
128
Pollux writes:—
'Anacreon ... says they are crowned also with dill, as both Sappho [cf. fr. [78]] and Alcaeus say; though these also say σελίνοις with parsley.'
129
Philostratus says:—
'Thus contend [the maidens] ῥοδοπήχεις καὶ ἑλικώπιδες καὶ καλλιπάρῃοι καὶ μελίφωνοι with rosy arms and glancing eyes and fair cheeks and honeyed voices—this indeed is Sappho's sweet salutation.'
And Aristaenĕtus:—
'Before the porch the most musical and μειλιχόφωνοι soft-voiced of the maidens sang the hymeneal song; this indeed is Sappho's sweetest utterance.'
Antipater of Sidon, Anthol. Pal. ix. 66, and others, call Sappho sweet-voiced.