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Lesboum: the island of Lesbos, off the coast of Asia Minor in the northeastern part of the Aegean, was the birthplace of Alcaeus and Sappho and other famous Greek lyric poets. Cf. 3. 30. 13. n.; 4. 3. 12. n.—tendere: Herrick, 333, 'Aske me, why I do not sing | To the tension of the string.'


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