Sappho 31 is an archaic Greek lyric poem by the ancient Greek poet Sappho of the island of Lesbos.[a] The poem is also known as phainetai moi (φαίνεταί μοι) after the opening words of its first line. It is one of Sappho's most famous poems, describing her love for a young woman.
Fragment 31 has been the subject of numerous translations and adaptations from ancient times to the present day. Celebrated for its portrayal of intense emotion, the poem has influenced modern conceptions of lyric poetry, and its depiction of desire continues to influence writers today.
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Sappho31 is an archaic Greek lyric poem by the ancient Greek poet Sappho of the island of Lesbos. The poem is also known as phainetai moi (φαίνεταί μοι)...
Sappho (/ˈsæfoʊ/; Greek: Σαπφώ Sapphṓ [sap.pʰɔ̌ː]; Aeolic Greek Ψάπφω Psápphō; c. 630 – c. 570 BC) was an Archaic Greek poet from Eresos or Mytilene on...
Another poem by Sappho, Fragment 31, is traditionally called the "Ode to Anactoria", though no name appears in it. As portrayed in Sappho's work, she is...
54 BC). It is an adaptation of one of Sappho's fragmentary lyric poems, Sappho31. Catullus replaces Sappho's beloved with his own beloved Lesbia. Unlike...
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an admirer of Sappho, a female poet of the seventh century BC. Catullus 51 partly translates, partly imitates, and transforms Sappho31. Some hypothesize...
poetry preserved by Hephaestion. It is possibly by the archaic Greek poet Sappho, and is fragment 168 B in Eva-Maria Voigt's edition of her works. It is...
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70. Poem 51, on the other hand, is an adaptation and re-imagining of Sappho31. Poems 51 and 11 are the only poems of Catullus written in the meter of...
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this type, written in the Aeolic dialect spoken in Sappho's time on the island of Lesbos, is Sappho31, which begins as follows: φαίνεταί μοι κῆνος ἴσος...
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widely known as the language of Sappho and of Alcaeus of Mytilene. Aeolic poetry, which is exemplified in the works of Sappho, mostly uses four classical...
distinct verse forms characteristic of the two great poets of Archaic Lesbos, Sappho and Alcaeus, who composed in their native Aeolic dialect. These verse forms...
poets by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria. He was a contemporary of Sappho, with whom he may have exchanged poems. He was born into the aristocratic...
described or narrativized as gay icons by contemporary or historical media. Sappho of Lesbos was an Archaic Greek poet known for composing sentimental lyrics...
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available at topostext.org. Sappho; Alcaeus (1982). David A. Campbell (ed.). Greek Lyric. Loeb Classical Library 142. Vol. I: Sappho and Alcaeus. Translated...