Sappho's Ode to Aphrodite in ancient Greek | Performing

[@aussie_mozzie]

This is incredibly fascinating, I wish more of her poetry was preserved or at least found.

[@SEIKILO]

Thanks for the comment! Most of Sappho's poetry was indeed lost in the mists of time, but at least we have 600+ lines of her (fragmented, to say the true) poetry. There are many places online to find her poetry for anyone interested in her work! What's more, in case you haven't already, subscribe here to stay tuned as more videos like this premiere on our channel every week: kzbin.info

[@MayuMayuShell]

Read Turkish translations of her poems and I wondered how the original sounded like and this is very beautiful 🙏 Bless

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[@defne3476]

thanks to azra erhat and cengiz bektaş✨

[@AshofApocalypse]

This was really interesting to watch. I'm using this video as a source for a presentation I'm doing on Sappho's poetry so it's really cool to see it performed how it most likely was supposed to be done.

[@SEIKILO]

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[@rachelpapa9000]

this is so beautiful, probably one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard

[@SEIKILO]

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[@massabranca]

It's a pleasure beyond expression, to watch and listen to Evangelia doing Sappho. Would you consider, though, also putting the original text (even if smaller than the translation) on the screen? It would be a delight. If I'm not mistaken, some of your previous videos had it. With much love from a Brazilian classicist, Flora Mangini.

[@SEIKILO]

Hi Flora, and thank you very much for your kind words! We are planning to do more recitations with Evangelia. As for the original text, you can enable the Greek subtitles to read the text in Greek. Unfortunately, there is no Ancient Greek subs on KZbin to prepare them too! :/

[@alexisjackson8351]

We need more classical Greek. It is uncovering so much truth

[@scroobymovies]

Auroral immortal Aphrodite, child of God, artful weaver, I beg you, O my Queen, neither with ache nor anguish conquer my spirit! But come to me-come to me now! Once, long ago, you heard my cry from afar, and from the golden house of your father you came to me, swift and beautiful astride your chariot down to our dark world, escorted by sparrows with fast-fluttering wings whirling round in the heaven-heat of summer. Swiftly they came; and you, o blessed one, your undying face smiling, asked me: ‘Why yet again are you suffering? Why yet again have you called me?’ What most of all did I desire for myself in my passion-heated heart? ‘Who, this time, am I to persuade to love you? Who wrongs you, Sappho? If she flees, soon she shall pursue you. If she refuses your gifts, soon she shall give them. And if she does not love you, soon she shall love you even if she resists.’ Come to me now and free me from my delirious agony. Fulfil what my heart desires and be my ally in the wrestle of love.

[@SEIKILO]

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[@lianxie5582]

I love it! Which book edition was this translation from?

[@scroobymovies]

@@lianxie5582 FREE Sappho : Poems at my channel. A beautiful book created by two great-hearted women!

[@archniki_]

Что то среднее между заговором и молитвой )

[@jessicadixon6815]

This strikes on my heart as someone sapphic..

[@SEIKILO]

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[@cemprotecta]

How strange and mesmerizing it is, and so beautiful indeed!

[@SEIKILO]

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[@SOLSOUNDS_]

This was really interesting and amazing to hear. I am revising for an exam on Love and Relationships, including Sappho, so its useful to hear this performed!

[@SEIKILO]

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[@NeaeraNeaeraNeaera]

Something about the pacing/cadence reminds me of going to Ukrainian Orthodox Church and how they'd sing/sermon

[@SEIKILO]

Thanks for the comment, Neaera. Our thoughts during these disturbing times are with all those who lost their families, homes, friends, life course. As for your observation, many things are linked in ways that are not obvious, past to present, a place on earth with another far away, an ancient tragedy to 21st-century religious practices. More videos like this premiere to our channel every week, so, in case you haven't, subscribe here to stay tuned: kzbin.info

[@Moon-zq7jt]

I knew subscribing to this channel was a great idea. Great content as always. Thank you!

[@SEIKILO]

Thank you, Miya. More videos about the ancient rhythms are on their way! :)

[@svaira]

I really liked the representation of the metre and of the accents (although it's sometimes a bit difficult to make out the different pronounciations of Akut, Gravis and Circumflex, I find the variations also interesting and this is definitely in line with classical play as far as I understand). However, I do want to question you about the choice of pronounciation / phonemes. It seems that this is spoken as it would be in modern Greek, with Iota and Ypsilon merged, and not even in Koine, let alone classical pronounciation (which would require the long diphthongs for iota subscripts and other older features). I am just a bit confused by this choice. Why would you not pronounce the letters as they would be in classical Aeolic, the dialect of Sappho? Is there any particular rationale behind this choice?

[@evangeliathalassini]

Ηello!Happy new year! Indeed the prosody contains the element of the phonetic pronunciation of the letters but I have decided to deal only with the rhythm of the prosody and not with the phonetic pronunciation of the letters for which we know very little and the issue is "blurred". So the videos mainly present the rhythm of the prototype of ancient greek poetry and as far as the phonetics is concerned, the pronunciation that is applied is that of modern greek .I must emphasize that the rhythm is the only certain thing that is preserved with the ancient text so Ι decided only to deal with this element of prosody .Good luck in your research on prosody!Best wishes,Evangelia

[@TheGrmany69]

Increíble como el griego que hablas suena a español bien hablado, anonadado en verdad. I've been experimenting with Greek and Romance languages' phonetics and I have to say this is very similar to the results I've encountered to this point in time.

[@SEIKILO]

Thanks for the comment, Germán! Evangelia speaks Spanish pretty well too. What's more, Spanish are considered by many Greeks to be a relatively easy language to learn. This might be due to similar phonetics. What's more, in case you haven't already, subscribe here to stay tuned, as more videos like this premiere on our channel every week: kzbin.info

[@br1na332]

Phenomenal. Magical. Brilliant! ❤

[@SEIKILO]

Thank you so much for your comment, Br1na! Indeed, these epithets were reserved for Sappho even in her own time, with he contemporary, Alcaeus, going so far as to call her “divine”! In case you haven’t already, subscribe here to stay tuned, as more videos like this premiere on our channel every week: kzbin.info

[@redlipno3437]

So beautiful

[@SEIKILO]

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[@ChrysaPlati]

Εξαιρετική

[@SEIKILO]

Thanks, Chrysa!

[@ChrysaPlati]

@@SEIKILO Παρακαλώ, θα θέλαμε περισσότερες πληροφορίες για την αρχαία μας κληρονομιά! Καλούμαστε να μεταδώσουμε, όσοι είμαστε στο εξωτερικό! 🙏

[@learnvoiceart18]

So beautiful ! Thanks lots for beautiful sharing 💞🌹

[@SEIKILO]

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[@Reikidreams911]

Thank you

[@SEIKILO]

Glad you liked it!

[@sherylcrowe3255]

Beautiful! Thank you

[@SEIKILO]

Our pleasure, Sheryl! :)

[@RedFluffyFox]

Це дивовижно. Дякую ❤

[@SEIKILO]

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[@jj.04s]

incredible...

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[@Davod2139]

Wonderful

[@SEIKILO]

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[@lero9301]

This was amazing

[@SEIKILO]

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[@masssskkka]

ποικιλόθρον' ἀθανάτ' Αφρόδιτα, παῖ Δίος δολόπλοκε, λίσσομαί σε, μή μ' ἄσαισι μηδ' ὀνίαισι δάμνα, πότνια, θῦμον, 5 ἀλλὰ τυίδ' ἔλθ', αἴ ποτα κἀτέρωτα τὰς ἔμας αὔδας ἀίοισα πήλοι ἔκλυες, πάτρος δὲ δόμον λίποισα χρύσιον ἦλθες ἄρμ' ὐπασδεύξαισα· κάλοι δέ σ' ἆγον 10 ὤκεες στροῦθοι περὶ γᾶς μελαίνας πύκνα δίννεντες πτέρ' ἀπ' ὠράνωἴθε- ρος διὰ μέσσω, αἶψα δ' ἐξίκοντο· σὺ δ', ὦ μάκαιρα, μειδιαίσαισ' ἀθανάτωι προσώπωι 15 ἤρε' ὄττι δηὖτε πέπονθα κὤττι δηὖτε κάλημμι κὤττι μοι μάλιστα θέλω γένεσθαι μαινόλαι θύμωι· τίνα δηὖτε πείθω ἄψ σ' άγην ἐς ϝὰν φιλότατα; τίς σ', ὦ 20 Ψάπφ', ἀδικήει; καὶ γὰρ αἰ φεύγει, ταχέως διώξει, αἰ δὲ δῶρα μὴ δέκετ', ἀλλὰ δώσει, αἰ δὲ μὴ φίλει, ταχέως φιλήσει κωὐκ ἐθέλοισα. 25 ἔλθε μοι καὶ νῦν, χαλέπαν δὲ λῦσον ἐκ μερίμναν, ὄσσα δέ μοι τέλεσσαι θῦμος ἰμέρρει, τέλεσον, σὺ δ' αὔτα σύμμαχος ἔσσο. 🙏❤️💪

[@kemalesadiqova5418]

incredibly!!!

[@SEIKILO]

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[@aoifetography8267]

wonderful

[@SEIKILO]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@alexisjackson8351]

Bring back the old Greek

[@Gekkko]

what type of English is this? English not my first language but I want to make a book with English Language with that types of English, i searched about it before it's from Middle English but it's sounds more like Shakespearean to me.

[@SEIKILO]

Hi Belisarius, and thanks for your comment. If you refer to the spoken language, then it is ancient Greek! If you refer to the English translation of Sappho's poem, then it is the work of J. M. O'Hara. Most of the words can be considered modern English, with the use of a few archaic ones such as "thou" and "thee". You can look for "archaic English" or "Old English", and you will find plenty of sources on Google. Here is an example: academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/List_of_archaic_English_words_and_their_modern_equivalents Hope that helped! Good luck with your book :)

[@Gekkko]

@@SEIKILO thank you so much for the answer, yes! i mean the English translation! I'm just confused by the way it's translated since most of my time reading some Medieval history account with the exact same translation with Thou, Art, Thee, Dub Thee etc but i don't know what it's called except Middle English or Shakespearean, also thanks for the source 🙏 I'm writing a fantasy historical books with Old English language it just more beautiful and interesting to me personally. also I'm on my first year in History Major and currently studying about Ancient Greek we reading some Sappho poem and Theogony, this channel is doing a great job for recreating the Ancient lyrics poems! Keep the great content for us! 👍❤️

[@svyatoslavrurikovich8831]

@@Gekkko That's Early Modern English.

[@EDAA45]

Enchanting, I have always liked Greek culture, mainly mythology, the gods and the epitaphic songs to the gods and goddesses, I like the sapho one, I wonder if it would be possible that he composed one for Aphrodite, from one man to another man ? Thank you very much in advance for such beautiful compositions

[@SEIKILO]

Thanks for the great comment, Egan! We didn't get your question, so can you please explain it a little bit more? This poem (ode) is written by Sappho and it is dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite, isn't this what you were looking for? What's more, in case you haven't already, subscribe here to stay tuned, as more videos like this premiere on our channel every week: kzbin.info

[@masssskkka]

Im ukranian poetman, and this sapphic meter is: ─ ◡ ─ ─ ─ | ◡ ◡ ─ ◡ ─ ◡ ─ ◡ ─ ─ ─ | ◡ ◡ ─ ◡ ─ ◡ ─ ◡ ─ ─ ─ | ◡ ◡ ─ ◡ ─ ◡ ─ ◡ ◡ ─ ◡ You can wrote poems with this sapphic meter. Its just dont look like poetry - that is music + rythm + word in beautifuls❤

[@SEIKILO]

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[@masssskkka]

@@SEIKILO please can you sing this poem to aphrodite with lyra? I must want to hear it !😍❤️

[@SEIKILO]

We will pass the messages to our lyre players, be sure about that! :)

[@mickgorro]

Actually, the fourth and last syllable of the first three lines, and the last syllables of line 4, can be either short or long. So: ─ ◡ ─ X ─ | ◡ ◡ ─ ◡ ─ X ─ ◡ ─ X ─ | ◡ ◡ ─ ◡ ─ X ─ ◡ ─ X ─ | ◡ ◡ ─ ◡ ─ X ─ ◡ ◡ ─ X In this poem, final syllables tend to be short (with some exceptions, like μήτ' ἄσαισι μήτ' ὀνίαισι δάμνᾱ and -ρος διὰ μέσσω), and fourth syllables tend to be short too (just look at l. 1, Ποικιλόθρον' ἀθανάτ' Ἀφρόδιτα). In what sense does it "not look like poetry"?

[@masssskkka]

@@mickgorro thank you so much! Thanks for greek example sillabes😉

[@serviustullus7204]

But the barbiton was played

[@SEIKILO]

Thanks for the comment, Servius. Sappho was indeed closely related to the barbiton lyre, according to the ancient sources. In case you haven't already, subscribe to stay tuned, as more videos like this premiere on our channel every week: kzbin.info

[@sklenLo]

Rozgovornyj gospoжy Evangelii zvuчit krasivєє єɵ safiчєskoj dєklamacyi.

[@SEIKILO]

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[@princekrazie]

What is this heresy? Slavic & Latin writing at the same time?

[@sklenLo]

@@princekrazie komu єrєsь, a komu futurizm

[@TheGrmany69]

@@sklenLo "¿como herejía o como futurismo?" ? Is this some kind of semi Slavic for Romanian... or the Moldovan version of Romanian writing?

[@TheGrmany69]

I'm sure there is some kind of para phonetics going on here, like Catalonian and Spanish.

[@princekrazie]

Επίγραμμα 1 Επεξεργασία εἰς Ἀφροδίτην Ποικιλόθρον᾽ ἀθάνατ᾽ Ἀφρόδιτα, παῖ Δίος δολόπλοκα, λίσσομαί σε· μή μ᾽ ἄσαισι μηδ᾽ ὀνίαισι δάμνα, πότυια, θῦμον, ἀλλὰ τυίδ᾽ ἔλθ᾽, αἴ ποτα κἀτέροττα τᾶς ἔμας αὔδως ἀΐοισα πήλυι ἔκλυες, πάτρος δὲ δόμον λίποισα χρύσιον ἦλθες ἄρμ᾽ ὐπασδεύξαισα, κάλω δέ σ᾽ ἆγον ὤκεε στρούθω προτὶ γᾶν μέλαιναν πύκνα δίννεντε πτέρ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὀρράνω αἴθε- ρος διὰ μέσσω, αἶψα δ᾽ ἐξίκοντο· σὺ δ᾽, ὦ μάκαιρα, μειδιάσαισ᾽ ἀθανάτῳ προσώπῳ ἤρε᾽ ὄττι δηὖτε πέπονθα, κὤττι δηὖτε κάλημι, κὤττ᾽ ἔμῳ μάλιστα θέλω γένεσθαι μαινόλᾳ θύμῳ· 'τίνα δηὖτε πείθω καὶ σ᾽ ἄγην ἐς ϝὰν φιλότατα; τίς τ᾽, ὦ Ψάπφ᾽, ἀδικήει; καὶ γὰρ αἰ φεύγει, ταχέως διώξει, αἰ δὲ δῶρα μὴ δέκετ᾽, ἀλλὰ δώσει, αἰ δὲ μὴ φίλει, ταχέως φιλήσει κωὐκ ἐθέλοισα·' ἔλθε μοι καὶ νῦν, χαλέπαν δὲ λῦσον ἐκ μερίμναν, ὄσσα δέ μοι τέλεσσαι θῦμος ἰμμέρρει, τέλεσον, σὺ δ᾽ αὔτα σύμμαχος ἔσσο.

[@SEIKILO]

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[@msjuier]

i was perplexed by the fact that you didn’t really play the lyre but perhaps that would’ve taken away from your voice!

[@SEIKILO]

Thank you for listening, msjuier! Indeed, this particular video is meant to express how ancient Greek would sound, showcasing the rhythm of the Sapphic meter. A more musical interpretation of the Ode to Aphrodite can be found, hare, with the lyre played by our own virtuoso lyre player, Lina Palera: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2fPZ6ywor6dl6c&lc=UgyHeV6GeX6PV7YAnY54AaABAg More videos like this premiere to our channel every week, so subscribe here to stay tuned: kzbin.info