The Poems Of Sappho An Interpretative Rendition Into English

Credited by many as one of first and foremost pioneers of love poetry, Sappho was a female poet who is believed to have been born on the Greek island of Lesbos in the 6th century BCE. Though her work that survives today exists mostly in fragments, this skillful translation conveys the heartrending rawness that has won her verse so much acclaim from ancient times to the present.

The Poems of Sappho: An Interpretative Rendition into English is a collection of sensual poems by Sappho, an Archaic Greek poet known for her lyric poetry, written to be sung while accompanied by music.

Excerpt from The Poems of Sappho: An Interpretative Rendition Into English Ither now, 0 Muses, leaving the golden House of God unseen in the azure spaces, Come and breathe on bosom and brow and kindle Song like the sunglow. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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"The Tenth Muse" sings to both sexes of desire, rapture, and sorrow. This concise collection of the ancient Greek poet's surviving works was assembled and translated by a distinguished classicist.

Sappho: A New Rendering is a collection of poems by Sappho, who was known as the first author of lesbian eroticism. Excerpt: "And thus at times, in Crete, the women there Circle in dance around the altar fair; In measured movement, treading as they pass, With tender feet the soft bloom of the grass."