Born: c. 610 BCE
Lesbos, Greece
Poet
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
Sappho death: c. 550 BCE