 Modern copy (16th–18th centuries) after a Greek original,
Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome, Italy
(Credit: Marie Lan-Nguyen, 2006) | SapphoIncludes the names: Sapfó, Sappho, Sappho, Safona, Sappho, Sappho, Sapho.,, Sapphô, Σαπφώ, Sapphô ... (see complete list), Sappho of Lesbos, Sappho of Lesbos, Anne (translator) Sappho; Carson, Sappho; Translated By Anne Carson | 4,723 (7,768) | 104 | 4,557 |  (4) | 42 | 0 | Sappho, whom Plato (see Vols. 3 and 4) called "the tenth Muse," was the greatest of the early Greek lyric poets. She was born at Mytilene on Lesbos and was a member---perhaps the head---of a group of women who honored the Muses and Aphrodite. Her family was aristocratic; it is said that she was married and had a daughter. Her brilliant love lyrics, marriage songs, and hymns to the gods are written in Aeolic dialect in many meters, one of which is named for her---the Sapphic. Mostly fragments survive of the nine books she is thought to have authored. Her verse is simple and direct, exquisitely passionate and vivid. Catullus, Ovid, and Swinburne (see Vol. 1) were among the many later poets she influenced. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho … (more) |
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Sappho has 5 past events. (show)  Anne Carson Anne Carson Anne Carson Anne Carson Ancient Greek Poetry Anne Carson, If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho.; Yopie Prins discusses Homer and Sappho. • 6:30pm A Performance of Bracko with Anne Carson, Robert Currie and friends • 7:00pm Passwords: Yopie Prins on Homer and Sappho This evening dedicated to classical Greek poetry begins with a performance of Bracko, orchestrated by poet/translator Anne Carson and artist Robert Currie, based on Carson's translations If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho. Scholar Yopie Prins, author of Victorian Sappho and several essays on the poet, will present a talk on Homer's influence on Sappho. $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members (rmharris)… (more)
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