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Sappho
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Sappho was an ancient Greek poet from Eresos or Mytilene on the island of Lesbos. She is known for her lyric poetry, written to be sung while accompanied by music. In ancient times, she was widely reg
Kalpis painting of Sappho by the Sappho Painter (c. 510 BC)
Kalpis painting of Sappho by the Sappho Painter (c. 510 BC)
Head of a woman from the Glyptothek in Munich, possibly a copy of Silanion's fourth-century BC imaginative portrait of Sappho
Head of a woman from the Glyptothek in Munich, possibly a copy of Silanion's fourth-century BC imaginative portrait of Sappho
Sappho, by Enrique Simonet.
Sappho, by Enrique Simonet.
Sappho (1877) by Charles Mengin (1853–1933). One tradition claims that Sappho committed suicide by jumping off the Leucadian cliff.
Sappho (1877) by Charles Mengin (1853–1933). One tradition claims that Sappho committed suicide by jumping off the Leucadian cliff.
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
Sappho
…uncertain. Ancient sources say that she had three brothers: Charaxos, Larichos and Eurygios. Two of them, Charaxos and Larichos, are mentioned in the Brothers Poem discovered in 2014. She also appears to have had a daughter, traditionally identified with Cleïs, who is mentioned in two of Sappho's fragments, 98 and…
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.