
Sappho
Usually paired with Homer as one of the two greatest ancient Greek poets, Sappho's poety has come down to us only in fragments. Even these fragments are so evocative, however, that Sappho has become a mirror which each generation uses to reinterpret the question: "What is erotic?"
Sappho and PhaonThe doomed love of Sappho for Phaon, by the 18th century 'English Sappho,' Mary Robinson
The Poems of SapphoA modern interpretive rendition of Sappho into English
The Poems of SapphoA collection of Sappho interpretations
The Songs of BilitisA famous hoax, which has had a huge impact on our modern perception of Sappho.
Aphrodite (Ancient Manners)Tragic loves of a courtesan in Ptolemaic Egypt, from the author of Bilitis.

Sappho
Usually paired with Homer as one of the two greatest ancient Greek poets, Sappho's poety has come down to us only in fragments. Even these fragments are so evocative, however, that Sappho has become a mirror which each generation uses to reinterpret the question: "What is erotic?"
Sappho and PhaonThe doomed love of Sappho for Phaon, by the 18th century 'English Sappho,' Mary Robinson
The Poems of SapphoA modern interpretive rendition of Sappho into English
The Poems of SapphoA collection of Sappho interpretations
The Songs of BilitisA famous hoax, which has had a huge impact on our modern perception of Sappho.
Aphrodite (Ancient Manners)Tragic loves of a courtesan in Ptolemaic Egypt, from the author of Bilitis.

Sappho
Usually paired with Homer as one of the two greatest ancient Greek poets, Sappho's poety has come down to us only in fragments. Even these fragments are so evocative, however, that Sappho has become a mirror which each generation uses to reinterpret the question: "What is erotic?"
Sappho and PhaonThe doomed love of Sappho for Phaon, by the 18th century 'English Sappho,' Mary Robinson
The Poems of SapphoA modern interpretive rendition of Sappho into English
The Poems of SapphoA collection of Sappho interpretations
The Songs of BilitisA famous hoax, which has had a huge impact on our modern perception of Sappho.
Aphrodite (Ancient Manners)Tragic loves of a courtesan in Ptolemaic Egypt, from the author of Bilitis.
