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Bookmark or Share- Guide to the classics: Sappho, a poet in fragmentsSappho, following the poetic traditions of Archaic Greece, tended towards floral and natural imagery to depict feminine beauty and youth.
- SAPPHO OF LESBOS | BIOGRAPHY, WRITINGS & FACTS - Ancient LiteratureSappho was the quintessential lyric poet of ancient Greece. Although the bulk of her poetry has been lost, she was well-known and greatly admired throughout antiquity as one of the greatest of lyric poets, and her immense reputation has endured through surviving fragments.
- Sappho | The Poetry FoundationIn antiquity Sappho was regularly counted among the greatest of poets and was often referred to as "the Poetess," just as Homer was called "the Poet." Plato hailed her as "the tenth Muse," and she was honored on coins and with civic statuary.
- Sappho of Lesbos - World History EncyclopediaSappho of Lesbos (l. c. 620-570 BCE) was a lyric poet whose work was so popular in ancient Greece that she was honored in statuary, coinage, and pottery centuries after her death. Little remains of her work, and these fragments suggest she was gay. Her name inspired the terms 'sapphic' and 'lesbian', both referencing female same-sex relationships.
- Sappho: The Poetess of Ancient Greece - Poem AnalysisSappho was an iconic Ancient Greek poet who wrote on the themes of love, passion, and sexuality. Her works put the island of Lesbos on the map.
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