I can’t remember when I first heard of Sappho; seems I have always known that she was a very early lyric poet who wrote love poetry addressed to women. As did millions of people who weren’t ...

meaning love is also an everyday decision ... but together make up something short and profoundly sweet. Tragically much of Sappho’s poetry has been lost, but she continues to be celebrated ...

Sappho’s status as the most famous woman poet from Greco-Roman antiquity has naturally ensured a continuing fascination with her work, as has her association with same-sex love. The ancient edition of ...

Here the female poet, Sappho, composed passionate love poems addressed to young women in the 7th century BC. Unfortunately only one of her completed odes survives, and in another of these she ...