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More or less 150 years after Homer's Iliad, Sappho lived on the island of Lesbos, west off the coast of what is present Turkey. Little remains today of her writings, which are said to have filled nine papyrus rolls in the great library at Alexandria some 500 years after... Read Full Overview

Plato hailed her as "the Tenth Muse," and 2,500 years later her voice remains dazzling as well as direct and honest. Sappho, a lyric poet from the Greek island of Lesbos, wrote verse that sings to both sexes of desire, rapture, and sorrow. Praised for their simplicity and sincerity,... Read Full Overview

This second, expanded edition of Josephine Balmer's classic translation of the Greek poet Sappho has new, recently-discovered fragments, including the Brothers Poem, the Kypris Song and the Cologne Fragment. In a new essay on these additions she discusses the issues raised in... Read Full Overview

Sappho, the earliest and most famous Greek woman poet, sang her songs around 600 BCE on the island of Lesbos. Of the little that survives from the approximately nine papyrus scrolls collected in antiquity, all is translated here: substantial poems, fragments, single words - and,... Read Full Overview

Poems By Sappho is a collection of poems written by the ancient Greek poet Sappho, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest lyric poets of all time. The book includes a selection of her surviving works, which were originally composed on the island of Lesbos in the 6th century... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

""Poems By Sappho"" is a collection of poems written by the ancient Greek poet Sappho. Sappho was a highly respected poet in her time, and her work has had a lasting impact on the world of literature. This collection includes a variety of her poems, ranging from love poems to... Read Full Overview

Poems By Sappho is a collection of poems written by the ancient Greek poet, Sappho. Sappho is considered one of the greatest lyric poets of all time, and her work is renowned for its emotional depth and beauty. The poems in this collection cover a range of themes, including love,... Read Full Overview