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Sappho (fl. c. 610–580 B.C.)

Sappho (saf’ō). A renowned Greek poet; born in the island of Lesbos about 610 B.C. Of her life little is known. Besides some small fragments of her poems, we have in complete form a ‘Hymn to Aphrodite’ and an ‘Ode to a Beautiful Girl.’ In antiquity, as Homer was ever “The Poet” par excellence, so Sappho was “The Poetess.” (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).

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