Sappho and her influence.
Series: Our debt to Greece and Rome
Publisher: Cooper Square Publishers
Published: 1963
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Sappho -- Influence.
Notes: "Selected bibliography of recent books on Sappho": p. 269-272.
Table of contents: title: Some appreciations, ancient and modern -- Sappho’s life, Lesbus, her love- affairs, her personality and pupils -- The legendary fringe. Sappho’s physical appearance, the phaon story, the vice idea -- The writings of Sappho -- Sappho in art -- Sappho’s influence on Greek and roman literature -- Sappho in the middle ages and the renaissance -- Sappho in Italy in the 18th and 19th centuries -- Sappho in Latin translations, in Spanish, and in German -- Sappho in French literature -- Sappho in English and American literature -- Sappho’s influence on music -- Epilogue and conclusion.