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The Complete Poems of Sappho

Shambhala

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Sappho’s thrilling lyric verse has been unremittingly popular for more than 2,600 years—certainly a record for poetry of any kind—and love for her art only increases as time goes on. Though her extant work consists only of a collection of fragments and a handful of complete poems, her mystique endures to be discovered anew by each generation, and to inspire new efforts at bringing the spirit of her Greek words faithfully into English.

In the past, translators have taken two basic approaches to Sappho: either very literally translating only the words in the fragments, or taking the liberty of reconstructing the missing parts. Willis Barnstone has taken a middle course, in which he remains faithful to the words of the fragments, only very judiciously filling in a word or phrase in cases where the meaning is obvious. This edition includes extensive notes and a special section of “Testimonia”: appreciations of Sappho in the words of ancient writers from Plato to Plutarch. Also included are a glossary of all the figures mentioned in the poems, and suggestions for further reading.
Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics



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This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho

Vintage

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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 Sappho’s fragments, in Greek and in English, as if on the ragged scraps of papyrus that preserve them, inviting a thrill of discovery and conjecture that can be described only as electric—or, to use Sappho’s words, as “thin fire . . . racing under skin.” By combining the ancient mysteries of Sappho with the contemporary wizardry of one of our most fearless and original poets, If Not, Winter provides a tantalizing window onto the genius of a woman whose lyric power spans millennia.
Poems and Fragments

Hackett Pub Co

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Little remains today of the writings of the archaic Greek poet Sappho (fl. late 7th and early 6th centuries B.C.E.), whose work is said to have filled nine papyrus rolls in the great library at Alexandria some 500 years after her death. The surviving texts consist of a lamentably small and fragmented body of lyric poetry--among them, poems of invocation, desire, spite, celebration, resignation, and remembrance--that nevertheless enables us to hear the living voice of the poet Plato called the tenth Muse.

Stanley Lombardo's translations give us a virtuoso embodiment of Sappho's voice, whose telltale charm, authority, immediacy, directness, intensity, and sudden changes of tone are among the hallmarks of his masterly translation.

Pamela Gordon introduces us to the world of Sappho, discusses questions surrounding the transmission of her manuscripts, offers advice on reading these texts, and concludes with an enlightening discussion of same-sex desire in Sappho.

Sappho: A New Translation

University of California Press

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These hundred poems and fragments constitute virtually all of Sappho that survives and effectively bring to life the woman whom the Greeks consider to be their greatest lyric poet. Mary Barnard's translations are lean, incisive, direct--the best ever published. She has rendered the beloved poet's verses, long the bane of translators, more authentically than anyone else in English.
Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments (Penguin Classics)

Penguin Classics

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For the first time in Penguin Classics-the incomparable verse of the ancient Greek lyric poet Sappho, in a brilliant new translation

Sapho's writings are said to have filled nine papyrus rolls in the great library at Alexandria, but only one poem survives complete. This new translation of all of Sappho's extant poetry showcases the wide variety of themes in her work, from amorous songs celebrating adolescent females to poems of invocation, desire, spite, celebration, resignation, and remembrance. Aaron Poochigian captures the eros and mystery of Sappho's verse, bringing to readers of English the living voice of the poet Plato called "the tenth Muse," whose lyric power remains undiminished after 2,500 years.

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Tribes - Sappho
Clickmusic - Sep 22, 2011
Tribes - Sappho For their recent Reading Festival appearance, Tribes asked their loyal fan brigade to cross-dress in appreciation of their new video and current single 'Sappho'. This is a band who aren't scared of trying new things, but only in the underwear

Bossert's Belmont Analysis: Sept. 16
New York Daily News - Sep 16, 2011
Bossert's Belmont Analysis: Sept. 16Flying Sappho stopped badly in return at the Spa going longer; was sharp scoring at this distance two back at Belmont. Ushuaia ships in for Tony Dutrow in solid form; never worse than second from three turf tries. Margaret Smile ran well to be second

Bossert's Belmont Analysis
New York Daily News - Sep 22, 2011
Bossert's Belmont AnalysisFlying Sappho wheels back in six days after scoring here on Friday; right back for Rodriguez. Sextant wired them two back over this strip; came up empty in last as the chalk at the Spa. Lights Out Lisa came up a length short when second; may appreciate

NSFW Sunday: A Lesbosexy History Lesson
Autostraddle - Sep 26, 2011
Speaking of the 1500s, and let's face it who isn't, Sappho's texts began circulating in the 1540s. One of her poems (fragment 110) is this: Sappho: ever the sentimentalist (spoiler: in fragment 109 in my edition, Andromeda acts like a trollop).