Sappho Reading. On the left a companion holding a wreath over the reader's head. On the right, a companion holding out a lyre, and a third companion. On the rolled part of the scroll: EPEA PTEROETA (winged words). On the open sheet: THEOI HERIWN EPEWN ARKHOMAI (Oh gods, I begin with a story of heroes.) Attic red figure Hydria. 440-430 bce (classical). Group of Polynotos. Athens, National Museum CC1241.