Sappho is a piece of digital artwork by Walter Neal which was uploaded on February 17th, 2015.
Sappho
Sappho was a Greek lyric poetess, born on the island of Lesbos. The Alexandrians included her in the list of nine lyric poets. Her birth was sometime... more
by Walter Neal
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Sappho
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Walter Neal
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Sappho was a Greek lyric poetess, born on the island of Lesbos. The Alexandrians included her in the list of nine lyric poets. Her birth was sometime between 630 and 612 BCE, and it is said that she died around 570 BCE, but little is known for certain about her life. The bulk of her poetry, which was well-known and greatly admired through much of antiquity, has been lost; however, her immense reputation has endured through surviving fragments. Sappho's poetry centers on passion and love for various people and both sexes. The word lesbian derives from the name of the island of her birth, Lesbos, while her name is also the origin of the word sapphic; neither word was applied to female homosexuality until the 19th century.
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