Biography of Sappho

Born: c. 610 BCE
Lesbos, Greece
Poet

Sappho

Popular poems by Sappho

Like the very gods in my sight is he
Ode To Aphrodite
To Anactoria, Who Has Forsaken A Once-Loved Girlfriend Of Sappho
To A Youth Who Wooed A Woman Older Than Himself
To A Rich Vulgarian
To A Bride
The Death Of Adonis
To Atthis The Inconstant
On The Tomb Of A Priestess Of Artemis
The Fisherman’s Tomb

biography Sappho

Sappho death: c. 550 BCE

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