P. Oxy. 1787

P. Oxy. 1787 was a papyrus document on which was discovered the following lines of poetry, by Sappho.
:... and this ... (destructive) spirit,
:Of barbarian legend,
:Truly did not love,
:... destroyed on account of order,
:His master the cause neither.
:... nothing much...
:... an iron boxed spirit.
:—Sappho, P. Oxy. 1787, tr. 5 (PROSE: The Eighth Wonder of the World)
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