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- The Cambridge Companion to Sappho
- Cambridge Companions to Literature
- The Cambridge Companion to Sappho
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Contexts
- Chapter 1 Sappho’s Lives
- Chapter 2 Sappho’s Lesbos
- Chapter 3 Sappho and Sexuality
- Chapter 4 Sappho and Epic
- Chapter 5 Sappho and Alcaeus
- Chapter 6 Sappho and Archaic Greek Song Culture
- Part II Poetics
- Part III Transmission
- Part IV Receptions
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Index to the Reception of Sappho
- Plate Section
- References
Chapter 1 - Sappho’s Lives
from Part I - Contexts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 April 2021
- The Cambridge Companion to Sappho
- Cambridge Companions to Literature
- The Cambridge Companion to Sappho
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Contexts
- Chapter 1 Sappho’s Lives
- Chapter 2 Sappho’s Lesbos
- Chapter 3 Sappho and Sexuality
- Chapter 4 Sappho and Epic
- Chapter 5 Sappho and Alcaeus
- Chapter 6 Sappho and Archaic Greek Song Culture
- Part II Poetics
- Part III Transmission
- Part IV Receptions
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Index to the Reception of Sappho
- Plate Section
- References
Summary
Chapter 1 of The Cambridge Companion to Sappho analyses Sappho’s biography, sifting the ancient texts which give us information about Sappho’s life, and considering just how reliable they are as sources for the poet of Lesbos.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Sappho , pp. 11 - 21Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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