Corinna - A Fragment of Corinna's Poetry

A Fragment of Corinna's Poetry

ἐπί με Τερψιχόρα [
καλὰ Ϝεροῖ’ ἀισομ[έναν
Ταναγρίδεσσι λε[υκοπέπλυς
μέγα δ’ ἐμῆς γέγ[αθε πόλις
λιγουροκωλυ[ς ἐνοπῆς. (fr. 2)		 Terpsichore me
 lovely old tales to sing

to the white-robed women of Tanagra
 and the city delighted greatly
 in my voice, clear as the swallow's.

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