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    Sappho was an ancient Greek lyric poet from the island of Lesbos who lived from around 630 to 570 BCE. She was influential for her emotional and passionate poetry focused on themes of love and desire. Only fragments of her original works survive, but they had a significant impact and she is still considered a pioneer in lyric poetry.

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    Sappho was an ancient Greek lyric poet from the island of Lesbos who lived from around 630 to 570 BCE. She was influential for her emotional and passionate poetry focused on themes of love and desire. Only fragments of her original works survive, but they had a significant impact and she is still considered a pioneer in lyric poetry.

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    Sappho was an ancient Greek lyric poet from the island of Lesbos who lived from around 630 to 570 BCE. She was influential for her emotional and passionate poetry focused on themes of love and desire. Only fragments of her original works survive, but they had a significant impact and she is still considered a pioneer in lyric poetry.

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    Sappho

    Greek Poet
    APLIT: Darío Díaz 11.1 08/18/23
    Early Life

    Known as a lyrical
    Family:
    poet of ancient
    It is believed that
    Greece. She, as
    Sappho had two
    610 BCE - 570 BCE many others, was
    brothers, Larichus
    Lebos, Greece known to be
    and Charaxus. Was
    influenced by
    married to Cercylas,
    Homer. What is she
    and had a daughter.
    known for?
    Importance
    Sexuality in different historical
    Unique perspective.
    contexts

    Emotion and pioner of Lyric Poetry. Reflection of her hometown.

    Inspiration for modern poetry and


    Love and desire. literature.
    Important Works
    1.
    A Hymn to Venus

    2.
    Ode to Aphrodite & Hymn
    to Aphrodite

    3.
    Charaxus and
    Larichus
    Important
    Quotes
    “I declare
    That later on,
    Even in an age unlike our own,
    Someone will remember who we are.”
    ― Sappho, Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments
    References
    https://becomeawritertoday.com/best-greek-
    authors/
    https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/59712.
    Sappho
    https://interestingliterature.com/2023/02/best-
    sappho-poems/
    https://www.worldhistory.org/Sappho_of_Lesbos/
    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sappho-
    Greek-poet
    Sappho

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