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Sappho the lesbian: Born in Eresos on the island of Lesvos, Sappho was a famous poet, whose work is popular even today because of its unique style. Believed to have been born in a noble family and later married to a wealthy man, Sappho was ... said to have had a daughter names Cleis. The life of Sappho or as she was originally named, Psapfa, is not completely documented and leaves a lot of room for assumptions.
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From ancient times to today, Sappho has remained an important literary and cultural figure. Her works continued to be studied and translated, new poets are inspired by her constantly, and speculation on her life remains popular in the form of fictionalized tales and ardent research. For a woman who has been dead for over two thousand years, this is quite an achievement.
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What is the significance of Sappho's belonging to the Ionian Greek culture (in and around Asia Minor). In what way may that have affected her perceptions and attitudes toward the dominant culture of the Greek mainland? Are there any similarities in Sappho's ideas and themes and those found in the works of Homer (who ... appears to have lived in Asia Minor)? How may one characterize the situation and thinking of a poet living in a sort of borderland between different cultures?
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Every fragment of Sappho's work is presented in this book, and there are sketches included that the author himself has drawn. Weigall comes out and admits in the very beginning that there is the tendency for the text to stray from main topics to go into detail Sappho’s contemporaries and of the Greek world of the period. These tangents are rather insightful ... and help gain insight into the full impact Sappho’s work has had on Western culture. Due to the fact that the information available on Sappho from ancient texts is so limited, by looking at the world in which she lived it is easier to put the pieces together of what her life was like.
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The earliest woman writer whose work survives and the most famous, Sappho has been admired throughout the ages. To the ancients, she needed no introduction: She was known simply as the poetess, the female equivalent to Homer, the poet. She was so esteemed by her compatriots that her portrait graced the coins of her native Lesbos.
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Is the love that Sappho sings about an expression of wider social and/or gender concerns? Is it in any way a sort of counter- or sub-culture in the ancient Greek context? How does it relate to the mainstream male culture of martial prowess and violent heroic action? May Sappho's work be read in any way as the expression of an alternative voice? If so, what specific values and visions of human life are upheld in her works?
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