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May 10, 2021 · – Sappho “You are, I think, an evening star, the fairest of all the stars.” – Sappho “Experience shows us wealth unchaperoned by virtue is never an innocuous neighbor.” – Sappho “May I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve.” – Sappho
Feb 4, 2024 · Quotes about Sappho [edit] Sappho speaks words mingled truly with fire; through her song she communicates the heat of her heart. ~ Plutarch The flowers of Sappho few, but roses ~ Meleager Among the mutilated poets of antiquity, there is none whose fragments are so beautiful as those of Sappho.
Although only a small amount of her poetry has survived, the ancient Greek poet Sappho (c. 630 – c. 570 BC) has had a posthumous literary reputation. She has become an icon for lyric poets, and, of course, a symbol for homosexual love between women.
Sep 7, 2023 · Sappho. 620 BCE–550 BCE. Little is known with certainty about the life of Sappho, or Psappha in her native Aeolic dialect. She was born probably about 620 BCE to an aristocratic family on the island of Lesbos during a great cultural flowering in the area. Apparently her birthplace was either Eressos or Mytilene, the main city on the island ...
Sappho Quotes - BrainyQuote. Greek - Poet. Would Jove appoint some flower to reign, in matchless beauty on the plain, the Rose (mankind will all agree). The Rose the queen of flowers should be. Enjoy the best Sappho Quotes at BrainyQuote. Quotations by Sappho, Greek Poet. Share with your friends.
9,487 ratings, 4.17 average rating, 1,013 reviews. Poems and Fragments Quotes Showing 1-23 of 23. “Sweet mother, I cannot weave –. slender Aphrodite has overcome me. with longing for a girl.”. ― Sappho, Sappho: A New Translation of the Complete Works. tags: gay , relatable. 480 likes.
What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon also be beautiful. Sappho. Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die. Sappho. Famous quotes of Sappho.
