Rediscovering Sappho - History
Literary writers and poets have long looked to history for inspiration. Consider almost any epic poem. The Iliad, Homer's amalgam of history, legend, myth and invention surrounding the Trojan War, remains a vibrant literary treasure more than ... [... more]
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Greek Lyric: Sappho and Alcaeus (Loeb Classical Library ...
 Author: Sappho Author: Alcaeus Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 884.0108 EAN: 9780674991576 ISBN: 0674991575 Number Of Pages: 512 Publication Date: 1982-01-01 [... more]
$24.00
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If Not, Winter
Of the nine books of lyrics the ancient Greek poet Sappho is said to have composed, only one poem has survived complete. The rest are fragments. In this miraculous new translation, acclaimed poet and classicist Anne Carson presents all of ... [... more]
Random House |
The Poetry of Sappho
A gentle morning breeze.: More or less 150 years after Homer's Iliad, Sappho lived on the island of Lesbos west off the coast of what is present Turkey. (Due to political upheavel she went two times in exile, the second time to Sicily for a short time ). [... more]
$20.00
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Sappho Through English Poetry
Author: Sappho Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 821.0080351 EAN: 9780856462733 ISBN: 085646273X Number Of Pages: 144 Publication Date: 2004-06-01 [... more]
$11.95
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The Love Songs of Sappho (Literary Classics)
Greatest lyric poet of Greece: Sappho was the greatest lyric poet of Greece, and any modern reader of her poetry can easily see why. Although she admittedly suffers in translation, one must learn to ignore the frustration caused by the occasional awkward [... more]
$13.98
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The Sappho Companion
Amazon.com Review: The ways in which this sparkling, unexpected anthology will be classified in libraries and bookstores--lesbian studies; classical studies--will strike anyone who reads it as absurd. A sweeping look at the persistence of the Greek poet [... more]
$18.95
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If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
Haunting and beautiful: Sadly, much of Sappho's work is lost to the ages. Fortunately, Anne Carson has translated what survives in a wonderful, comprehensive collection. All of Sappho's extant works are here in a dual-language book - the original Greek [... more]
$15.95
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Sappho - Poems, A New Version
Achingly Beautiful: "To Eros: You crush me." The tenderness and splendor of Sappho's poetry has never been so lusciously rendered as in this translation. Every little word sings with love and warmth. Thank you, Willis Barnstone, for omitting [... more]
$10.95
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Sappho: A New Translation
A pure earthy pleasure: Bernard's translation of Sappho is a translation of a poet who is down-to-earth, who pays attention to the detail. Some of the fragments are so brief that you are reminded of haiku: "The nightengale's / The soft-spoken / [... more]
$13.95
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Sappho: Poems & Fragments
Author: Sappho Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 884.01 EAN: 9781852242015 ISBN: 1852242019 Number Of Pages: 96 Publication Date: 1992-12-31 [... more]
$21.95
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Poems By Sappho
Author: Sappho Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 808 EAN: 9781419142093 ISBN: 1419142097 Number Of Pages: 48 Publication Date: 2004-06-30 [... more]
$15.95
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