Δέδυκε μὲν ἀ σελάννα
καὶ Πληΐαδες, μέσαι δέ
νύκτες, πάρα δ’ ἔρχετ’ ὤρα,
ἔγω δὲ μόνα κατεύδω.
“The moon and the Pleiades have set,
it is midnight,
time is passing,
but I sleep alone.”
~ Sappho ~
Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken near the island of Thera (Santorini) in 1992.
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