Fragment 129

‘Thus contend [the maidens] ῥοδοπήχεις καὶ ἑλικώπιδες καὶ καλλιπάρῃοι καὶ μελίφωνοι with rosy arms and glancing eyes and fair cheeks and honeyed voices—this indeed is Sappho’s sweet salutation.’

And Aristaenĕtus:—

‘Before the porch the most musical and μειλιχόφωνοι soft-voiced of the maidens sang the hymeneal song; this indeed is Sappho’s sweetest utterance.’

Antipater of Sidon, Anthol. Pal. ix. 66, and others, call Sappho sweet-voiced.