Sappho
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Sappho
A biography of the ancient Greek poet Sappho who live around 610 to 580 B.C.E. on the island of Lesbos. Though little remains of Sappho's works, her poems are believed to explore the theme of significant love between women.
Re-Reading Sappho
The essays in this volume review the seemingly endless permutations wrought on Sappho through centuries of readings and re-writings.
The Poetry of Sappho
Author: Jim Powell
language: en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: 2007-09-06
Sappho is celebrated as the supreme ancient Greek poet of love and of the personal lyric, and noted also for her vivid participation in a living paganism. Jim Powell's translation is recognized for its unique combination of poetic mastery and scholarly penetration of the original. This edition includes his translation of the newly discovered poem, the most important addition to Sappho's surviving work in a century.
