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Sappho, the earliest and most famous Greek woman poet, sang her songs around 600 BCE on the island of Lesbos. Of the little that survives from the nine papyrus scrolls collected in antiquity, all is translated here: substantial poems, fragments, single words - and one nearly complete poem discovered in 2004. Yet the power of Sappho's poetry - her direct style, rich imagery, and passion - is apparent even in these remnants. Diane Rayor's translations of Greek poetry are graceful and poetic, modern in diction yet faithful to the originals. The full range of Sappho's voice is heard in these poems about desire, friendship, rivalry, family, and 'passion for the light of life'. In the introduction and notes, internationally respected Sappho scholar André Lardinois presents plausible reconstructions of Sappho's life and work, the importance of the recent discovery in understanding the performance of her songs, and the story of how these fragments survived.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Poetry Poetry by individual poets

• Full title: Sappho
• Subtitle: A New Translation of the Complete Works
• Author: Sappho, Diane Rayor, Andre Lardinois
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 184
• EAN: 9781107023598
• ISBN: 1107023599
• ID: 02120223
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 342 g
• Dimensions: 144 × 218 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 14. July 2014

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