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Sappho, the earliest and most famous Greek woman poet, sang her songs about love, friendship, rivalry, and family around 600 BCE on the island of Lesbos. Everything that survives - substantial poems and fragments, including three recently discovered poems - is here presented in a graceful modern translation, together with professional recordings.

Table of Contents
Note on the 2014 papyri; Introduction; Note on translation: from Sappho to Sappho; Sappho; Notes.

Sappho

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 2/2/2023 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781108926973, 978-1108926973
      ISBN10: 1108926975
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Sappho, the earliest and most famous Greek woman poet, sang her songs about love, friendship, rivalry, and family around 600 BCE on the island of Lesbos. Everything that survives - substantial poems and fragments, including three recently discovered poems - is here presented in a graceful modern translation, together with professional recordings.

      Table of Contents
      Note on the 2014 papyri; Introduction; Note on translation: from Sappho to Sappho; Sappho; Notes.

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