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Sappho - Selected Poems and Fragments compiled in a new freely downloadable translation.
Sappho was an ancient Greek lyric poet from the island of Lesbos. She wrote around 10,000 lines of poetry, only a small fraction of which survives. Only one poem is known to be complete; in some cases as little as a single word survives.
Poetry of Sappho. Translated by Gregory Nagy. Sappho 1 (“Prayer to Aphrodite”) Sappho 1.3–4. Revised translation. 3 Do not dominate with hurts [ asai] and pains [ oniai ], 4 O Queen [ potnia ], my heart [ thūmos ]. Sappho Song 5.1–11.
One Girl. By Sappho. Translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. I. Like the sweet apple which reddens upon the topmost bough, Atop on the topmost twig, — which the pluckers forgot, somehow, — Forget it not, nay; but got it not, for none could get it till now. II. Like the wild hyacinth flower which on the hills is found,
The Anactoria Poem. By Sappho. Translated by Jim Powell. Some say thronging cavalry, some say foot soldiers, others call a fleet the most beautiful of. sights the dark earth offers, but I say it's what-. ever you love best. And it's easy to make this understood by. everyone, for she who surpassed all human.
Sappho (630 BC–570 BC) - Poems: Translated by George Theodoridis. ‘Amphora’ - "Pottery and porcelain" (p51, 1876): Internet Archive Book Images. Home. Download. Translated by George Theodoridis © Copyright 2012, all rights reserved - Bacchicstage.
Apr 5, 2024 · Sappho (born c. 610, Lesbos [Greece]—died c. 570 bce) was a Greek lyric poet greatly admired in all ages for the beauty of her writing style. She ranks with Archilochus and Alcaeus, among Greek poets, for her ability to impress readers with a lively sense of her personality.
