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Brothers Poem
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The Brothers Poem or Brothers Song is a series of lines of verse attributed to the archaic Greek poet Sappho, which had been lost since antiquity until being rediscovered in 2014. Most of its text, ap
P. Sapph. Obbink: the fragment of papyrus on which the Brothers Poem was discovered
P. Sapph. Obbink: the fragment of papyrus on which the Brothers Poem was discovered
A Roman-era mosaic of Sappho from Sparta
A Roman-era mosaic of Sappho from Sparta
Youth pouring wine, illustrated on a red-figure cup by the Cage Painter. According to Athenaeus, Larichos was Sappho's brother, and a wine-pourer in h
Youth pouring wine, illustrated on a red-figure cup by the Cage Painter. According to Athenaeus, Larichos was Sappho's brother, and a wine-pourer in his youth.
The role of the speaker (possibly Sappho herself) in the Brothers Poem has been compared to that of Penelope in the Odyssey; she awaits the return of
The role of the speaker (possibly Sappho herself) in the Brothers Poem has been compared to that of Penelope in the Odyssey; she awaits the return of Charaxos just as Penelope (depicted here by Heva Coomans) waits for her husband Odysseus.
Sapphic stanza
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The Sapphic stanza, named after the Ancient Greek poet Sappho, is an Aeolic verse form of four lines. Originally composed in quantitative verse and unrhymed, imitations of the form since the Middle Ag
Brothers Poem
…by the police in 2022. The related Green Collection fragments were returned to Egypt in 2020. The poem is 20 lines (five stanzas) long and written in Sapphic stanzas, a metre named after Sappho, which is composed of three long lines followed by one shorter line. The beginning of the poem is lost, but it is estimated…
A papyrus manuscript preserving Sappho's "Fragment 5", a poem written in Sapphic stanzas
A papyrus manuscript preserving Sappho's "Fragment 5", a poem written in Sapphic stanzas
Alcaeus and Sappho, the two great poets of Lesbos. Attic red-figure calathus, c. 470 BCE
Alcaeus and Sappho, the two great poets of Lesbos. Attic red-figure calathus, c. 470 BCE
Algernon Charles Swinburne, around the time he published "Sapphics"
Algernon Charles Swinburne, around the time he published "Sapphics"