summer haiku = virgin of the sea, in Mycenaean Linear B, ancient Greek, English and French

summer haiku = virgin of the sea, in Mycenaean Linear B, ancient Greek, English and French



virgin of the sea,
the priestess of the winds
blesses our fleet

vièrge de la mer,
la prêtresse des vents
bénit notre flotte 
 
Richard Vallance

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 The latinized Linear B texts of these haiku read as follows:

soteria *
aneu Akireyo
mene Toroya

Omero
Toroyade
peree

* Note that the archaic dative termination -i- does not appear in Mycenaean Greek.