In one poem by this author, the speaker claims that she cannot finish her weaving because a goddess has "almost killed me with love for that boy."
In one poem by this author, the speaker claims that she cannot finish her weaving because a goddess has "almost killed me with love for that boy." Another work by this poet claims that "enticing laughter makes my own heart beat fast" and begins "He is more than a hero/He is a god in my eyes." This poet, whose works are collected in If Not, Winter, asks a woman if (*) she is crying due to her lost maidenhead in one poem. The only completely extant work by this woman survives due to its full quotation by Dionysius of Halicarnassus. That poem is a "prayer to a lady of Paphos" and is usually titled "Hymn to Aphrodite". For 10 points, name this Greek "tenth muse", a poet from Lesbos.
In one poem by this author, the speaker claims that she cannot finish her weaving because a goddess has "almost killed me with love for that boy."
{Sappho}