num_pages: 56
description: This translation by Sasha Newborn includes all the poems and fragments of more than two lines. Although Plato called her the "Tenth Muse," and her work essentially created the genre we now call personal or confessional poetry, later centuries condemned her forthrightness. All of Sappho's many works were destroyed by religious fervor, but a few of her poems, quoted in other works, have been saved. It appears that Sappho ran a girls school, and wrote music as well. She is credited with the invention of the plectrum for the lyre, which we know today as the guitar pick. Some of her verse was undoubtedly part of dance and music productions. Illustrations in this edition are by Jeanne Morgan. Sappho lived in Lesbos, an island off the coast of Turkey, more than a hundred years before the Golden Age of Athens. For teachers: a Supplement Edition of Sappho (ISBN 9780942208405) is also available. Both may be found on CreateSpace.comAn ebook edition of Sappho: The Poems is available at http://www.bandannabooks.com/bbooks/s...
language: English
title: Sappho: The Poems
titlecomplete: Sappho: The Poems
genres: Ancient, Poetry, Feminism, Queer, Classics, Lesbian, Mythology, Nonfiction, History, LGBT
ratings_count: 8726
places: Lesbos
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Poetry
publisher: Bandanna Books