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Sappho 16 is a fragment of a poem by the archaic Greek lyric poet Sappho. It is from Book I of the Alexandrian edition of Sappho's poetry, and is known from a second-century papyrus discovered at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt at the beginning of the twentieth century. Sappho 16 is a love poem – the genre for which Sappho was best known – which praises the beauty of the narrator's beloved, Anactoria, and expresses the speaker's desire for her now that she is absent. It makes the case that the most beautiful thing in the world is whatever one desires, using Helen of Troy's elopement with Paris as a mythological exemplum to support this argument. The poem is at least 20 lines long, though it is uncertain whether the poem ends at line 20 or continues for another stanza.

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  • Sappho 16 is a fragment of a poem by the archaic Greek lyric poet Sappho. It is from Book I of the Alexandrian edition of Sappho's poetry, and is known from a second-century papyrus discovered at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt at the beginning of the twentieth century. Sappho 16 is a love poem – the genre for which Sappho was best known – which praises the beauty of the narrator's beloved, Anactoria, and expresses the speaker's desire for her now that she is absent. It makes the case that the most beautiful thing in the world is whatever one desires, using Helen of Troy's elopement with Paris as a mythological exemplum to support this argument. The poem is at least 20 lines long, though it is uncertain whether the poem ends at line 20 or continues for another stanza. (en)
  • La cosa più bella è il titolo dato ad una lirica pressoché completa di Saffo, citata come Fr. 16 Voigt. Busto di Saffo conservato nei Musei capitolini a Roma Saffo, secondo una composizione tipica della lirica arcaica (il cosiddetto Priamel), enuncia una opinione di tipo generale, ossia quale possa essere la cosa più bellaː ai beni materiali essa oppone l'amore. E lo fa riferendo un assunto mitico esemplare, quello di Elena che, innamorata, abbandonò un ottimo marito e l'intera famiglia. Infine, dopo aver concluso che Afrodite è una dea a cui non si può resistere, chiude con una nota di nostalgia per Anattoria lontana, che preferirebbe a qualsiasi bene materiale. (it)
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  • Sappho 16 is a fragment of a poem by the archaic Greek lyric poet Sappho. It is from Book I of the Alexandrian edition of Sappho's poetry, and is known from a second-century papyrus discovered at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt at the beginning of the twentieth century. Sappho 16 is a love poem – the genre for which Sappho was best known – which praises the beauty of the narrator's beloved, Anactoria, and expresses the speaker's desire for her now that she is absent. It makes the case that the most beautiful thing in the world is whatever one desires, using Helen of Troy's elopement with Paris as a mythological exemplum to support this argument. The poem is at least 20 lines long, though it is uncertain whether the poem ends at line 20 or continues for another stanza. (en)
  • La cosa più bella è il titolo dato ad una lirica pressoché completa di Saffo, citata come Fr. 16 Voigt. Busto di Saffo conservato nei Musei capitolini a Roma Saffo, secondo una composizione tipica della lirica arcaica (il cosiddetto Priamel), enuncia una opinione di tipo generale, ossia quale possa essere la cosa più bellaː ai beni materiali essa oppone l'amore. E lo fa riferendo un assunto mitico esemplare, quello di Elena che, innamorata, abbandonò un ottimo marito e l'intera famiglia. Infine, dopo aver concluso che Afrodite è una dea a cui non si può resistere, chiude con una nota di nostalgia per Anattoria lontana, che preferirebbe a qualsiasi bene materiale. (it)
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  • La cosa più bella (it)
  • Sappho 16 (en)
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