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Sappho: Writings
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Sappho was a model widely inspired by the lines of America. It was cut by William Townsend, the main modeller of the C. and R. Poillon Bros shipyard, situated in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York and then built in 1867 for Richard Poillon. In fact, he built it on speculation, without a commission, thinking he could quickly sell the beautiful schooner.
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Sappho is an unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington, United States. It is located in a largely forested area, and features parks and recreational facilities. Sappho is a former logging area. The town was founded by Martin Van Buren Lamoreux, who left St. John, Kansas in 1889 with 8 of his 10 children, his second wife and her 3 children from a prior marriage. Arriving in Seattle, some of the party settled on Lake Union, but Lamoreux, thinking that land worthless, set out for the Olympic Peninsula. Traveling by steamer from Seattle, they landed at an Indian settlement called Pysht on the Strait of Juan de Fuca and hiked inland 20 miles through the rainforest to their claim.
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The dates of Sappho or Psappho are not known. She is thought to have been born around 610 B.C. and to have died in about 570. Sappho is thought to have come from Mytilene on the island of Lesbos.
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The next year, Sappho returned to England. William P. Douglass, then NYYC Vice-Commodore, registered it for a race in the Channel, to Cherbourg, France, on July 12th, 1872 in which he was to race schooners Guinevre and Livonia. Guinevre withdrew at the last moment, and Douglass refused to sail against Ashbury, who had criticized the NYYC at the conclusion of the 1871 America’s Cup. Instead of racing, Douglas took the start, but 15 minutes after Livonia. By the time he reached Cherbourg, Sappho was nearly 90-minutes ahead of its opponent.
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Despite Sappho's fame, almost nothing can be said about her with any degree of certainty. She was born in the town of Eresus on the west shore of the island of Lesbos, the third largest island in the Aegean Sea situated a few miles off the coast of ancient Lydia (modern Turkey), possibly as early as 630 B.C.E. or as late as 609 B.C.E. She spent most of her life in Mytilene, the principal town of Lesbos, and was exiled to Sicily from 604/3 B.C.E. to 596/5 B.C.E. because of her family's political activities.
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Little is known for certain of Sappho's life, although there are many anecdotes. Her parents were of aristocratic origin. Sappho may have been born in 612 B.C. at Eresus, one of the towns of Lesbos. Her father was Scamandronymus, or according to some sources his name was Scamander. She had three brothers, Erigyius, Larichus and Charaxus, the eldest, who was a merchant. He sailed to Egypt with a cargo of wine.
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