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An exploration of the fascinating poetry, life and world of Sappho, including a complete translation of all her poems.

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"... plain and elegant translations of Sappho’s fragments..." -- Times Higher Education
"This short book provides an admirably clear and compact introduction to Sappho, while offering as a bonus a complete new translation of her frustratingly incomplete known oeuvre..." -- The Independent

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      Publisher: WW Norton & Co
      Publication Date: 11/03/2016
      ISBN13: 9780393242232, 978-0393242232
      ISBN10: 0393242234
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      Biography: writers ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: ancient, classical

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An exploration of the fascinating poetry, life and world of Sappho, including a complete translation of all her poems.

      Trade Review
      "... plain and elegant translations of Sappho’s fragments..." -- Times Higher Education
      "This short book provides an admirably clear and compact introduction to Sappho, while offering as a bonus a complete new translation of her frustratingly incomplete known oeuvre..." -- The Independent

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