Sappho was an ancient Greek lyric poet from the island of Lesbos. She wrote around 10,000 lines of poetry, only a small fraction of which survives. Only one poem is known to be complete; in some cases as little as a single word survives. Modern editions of Sappho's poetry are the product of centuries of scholarship, first compiling quotations from surviving ancient works, and from the late 19th century rediscovering her works preserved on fragments of ancient papyri and parchment. Along with the poems which can be attributed with confidence to Sappho, a small number of surviving fragments in her Aeolic dialect may be by either her or her contemporary Alcaeus. Modern editions of Sappho also collect ancient "testimonia" which discuss Sappho's life and works.
Sappho was an ancient Greek lyric poet from the island of Lesbos. She wrote around 10,000 lines ofpoetry, only a small fraction of which survives. Only...
on the island of Lesbos. Sappho is known for her lyric poetry, written to be sung while accompanied by music. In ancient times, Sappho was widely regarded...
Sappho 31 is an archaic Greek lyric poem by the ancient Greek poet Sapphoof the island of Lesbos. The poem is also known as phainetai moi (φαίνεταί μοι)...
the Ancient Greek poet Sappho, who wrote in the late seventh and early sixth centuries BCE. Sappho names Anactoria as the object of her desire in a poem...
The Ode to Aphrodite (or Sappho fragment 1) is a lyric poem by the archaic Greek poet Sappho, who wrote in the late seventh and early sixth centuries...
Sappho 16 is a fragment of a poem by the archaic Greek lyric poet Sappho. It is from Book I of the Alexandrian edition ofSappho'spoetry, and is known...
Sappho 94, sometimes known as Sappho's Confession, is a fragment of a poem by the archaic Greek poet Sappho. The poem is written as a conversation between...
companion ofSappho on Lesbos during the late 7th century BC (a common misconception at that time, possibly due to a fragment ofSappho'spoetry mentioning...
included in Paragraph 175 of the German criminal code). The color violet became associated with lesbians via the poetryofSappho. The lipstick lesbian flag...
included in Paragraph 175 of the German criminal code). The color violet became associated with lesbians via the poetryofSappho. The lipstick lesbian flag...
eloquence, respectively, onto male lovers. In the poetryofSappho, Aphrodite is identified as the patron of lesbians. Achilles and Patroclus Achilles and...
Catullus' poems, the meter of this poem is the sapphic meter. This meter is more musical, seeing as Sappho mainly sang her poetry. Catullus is not the only...
classification of Ancient Greek lyric poetry referring to the distinct verse forms characteristic of the two great poets of Archaic Lesbos, Sappho and Alcaeus...
Orestes, and The Bacchae) – as well as the poetryofSappho in English. First editions of Carson's seven books of translations have been published by Alfred...
Sappho and Phaon was traditionally identified as being a sketch for Paris and Helen. It may also have recalled the painting Sappho Singing her Poetry...
Sappho 2 is a fragment of a poem by the archaic Greek lyric poet Sappho. In antiquity it was part of Book I of the Alexandrian edition ofSappho's poetry...
Ibycus' role in the development of Greek lyric poetry was as a mediator between eastern and western styles: Sappho and Alcaeus wrote while Stesichorus...
in the case of the poetryofSappho, as well as quotations from works that have never been found, such as in the work of Heraclitus. Sappho Heraclitus...
Modern lyric poetry is a formal type ofpoetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person. It is not equivalent...
small sampling of lyric poetry from Archaic Greece, the period when it first flourished, survives. For example, the poems ofSappho are said to have filled...
festival. The Lesbian or Aeolic school ofpoetry "reached in the songs ofSappho and Alcaeus that high point of brilliancy to which it never after-wards...
endearment such as a parent might use, found also in the poetryofSappho and a designation of only relative age. Both art and other literary references...