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''Yes, we did many things, then - all
Beautiful ...''

Lyrical, powerful poems about love, sexuality, sun-soaked Greece and the gods.

Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin''s 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

Sappho (c.630-570 BCE). Sappho''s Stung with Love is available in Penguin Classics.

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    A Paperback / softback by Sappho, Aaron Poochigian

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 26/02/2015
      ISBN13: 9780141398693, 978-0141398693
      ISBN10: 0141398698
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      Non Fiction ELT & Literary Studies Ancient, classical and medieval texts

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Yes, we did many things, then - all
      Beautiful ...''

      Lyrical, powerful poems about love, sexuality, sun-soaked Greece and the gods.

      Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin''s 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

      Sappho (c.630-570 BCE). Sappho''s Stung with Love is available in Penguin Classics.

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