She lived on the island of Lesbos around 600 B.C.E. She composed lyric poetry, only fragments of which survive. And she was--and is--the most highly regarded woman poet of Greek and Roman antiquity.
She lived on the island of Lesbos around 600 BCE. She composed lyric poetry, only fragments of which survive. And she was - and is - one of the most highly regarded woman poets of Greek and Roman antiquity.