The Love Songs of Sappho

The Love Songs of Sappho
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Publisher : Prometheus Books
Total Pages : 254
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ISBN-10 : 9781616141059
ISBN-13 : 1616141050
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Book Synopsis The Love Songs of Sappho by : Sappho

Download or read book The Love Songs of Sappho written by Sappho and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-01-28 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Called the "Tenth Muse" by the ancients, Greece's greatest female lyric poet Sappho (ca. 610-580 B.C.E.) spent the majority of her life on the famed island of Lesbos. Passionate and breathtaking, her poems survive only in fragments, following religious conspiracies to silence her. This excellent translation includes Roche's brilliant essay, "Portrait of Sappho". Illustrations.


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