For the sad chains with which his limbs were bound.
GARLANDS.
And again, in the play entitled the Sphinx, he says—
Give the stranger a στέφανος (garland), the ancient στέφος,—
This is the best of chains, as we may judge
From great Prometheus.
But Sappho gives a more simple reason for our wearing garlands, speaking as follows—
But place those garlands on thy lovely hair,
Twining the tender sprouts of anise green
With skilful hand; for offerings of flowers