AEschylus, Persians 403.Laert.Diog.IV.22.

In the Frogs of Aristophanes the inhabitants of the marshes are made to sing the Keleusma, v.205.The melody, to the measure of which the Greek boatmen usually timed their strokes.] Ailinos rang across the water from a thousand voices.

Bartja stood on the deck, and waved a last loving farewell to his betrothed; while Sappho prayed in silence to Aphrodite Euploia, the protectress of those who go down to the sea in ships.

A tear rolled down her cheek, but around her lips played a smile of love and hope, though her old slave Melitta, who accompanied her to carry her parasol, was weeping as if her heart would break.

On seeing, however, a few leaves fall from her darling's wreath, she forgot her tears for a moment and whispered softly: "Yes, dear heart, it is easy to see that you are in love; when the leaves fall from a maiden's wreath, 'tis a sure sign that her heart has been touched by Eros..