2009年3月10日 · A vivid, contemporary translation of the greatest Greek love poet — with a wealth of materials for understanding her work — by a prize-winning poet and translator Sappho’s thrilling lyric verse has been unremittingly popular for more than 2,600 years—certainly a record for poetry of any kind—and love for her art only increases as time ...

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.

2020年4月24日 · "An abridged edition of the hardcover book Sweetbitter love : poems of Sappho"--T.p. verso Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-204) and index Translated from the Ancient Greek

2011年4月14日 · Customers enjoy the poetry in this book. They find it a concise collection of Sappho's poems, with varied rhyme schemes and rich meters. The book includes her biography along with her poems and songs, which is delightful and entertaining.

2022年11月20日 · In antiquity Sappho was regularly counted among the greatest of poets and was often referred to as "the Poetess," just as Homer was called "the Poet. Sappho (Aeolic Greek Ψάπφω Psápphō; c. 630 – c. 570 BC) was an Archaic Greek poet from Eresos or Mytilene on the island of Lesbos.

A vivid, contemporary translation of the greatest Greek love poet—with a wealth of materials for understanding her work—by a prize-winning poet and translator Sappho’s...

2009年3月10日 · Though her extant work consists only of a collection of fragments and a handful of complete poems, her mystique endures to be discovered anew by each generation, and to inspire new efforts at bringing the spirit of her Greek words faithfully into English.

2009年1月1日 · Whether a scholar of the classics or an admirer of fine poetry, this is the only Kindle version of Sappho's work that presents each fragment in the original Greek alongside a concise brand new English translation.

2009年3月10日 · A vivid, contemporary translation of the greatest Greek love poet—with a wealth of materials for understanding her work—by a prize-winning poet and translator Sappho’s thrilling lyric verse...