Quick Facts
| Fact | Details |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Sappho |
| Greek Name | Σαπφώ (Sapphṓ) |
| Birth Date | Around 630 BC |
| Death Date | Around 570 BC |
| Birthplace | Eresos or Mytilene, Lesbos |
| Occupation | Lyric poet |
| Notable Works | Ode to Aphrodite (complete); numerous fragments of lyric poetry |
| Family | Uncertain parents’ names; three brothers: Charaxos, Larichos, Eurygios |
| Exile | Exiled to Sicily around 600 BC |
| Themes | Love, family, religion |
| Total Lines Composed | Around 10,000 |
| Influence | Highly esteemed in antiquity; known as one of the Nine Lyric Poets; continues to influence writers; a symbol of love and desire between women; the words “sapphic” and “lesbian” derive from her name and the name of her home island, Lesbos |
| Style | Clarity of language, vivid imagery, immediacy |
| Legacy | Considered extraordinary; works continue to influence literature |
Sappho Books
| Book Title | Year Published |
|---|---|
| Poems of Sappho | – |
| Ode to Aphrodite | – |
| Sappho poems | 1924 |
| Sappho 16 | – |
| Sappho, the poems and fragments | 1965 |
| If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho | 2002 |
| Midnight poem | – |
| The Poetry of Sappho | 2007 |
| Sappho | 1887 |
| Brothers Poem | – |
| Poems | 1924 |
| Tithonus poem | – |
| Sappho: Fragments | – |
| The poems of Sappho | 2017 |
| Sappho 2 | – |
| Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments | – |
| Sappho 44 | – |
| You Burn Me: Poems | – |
| The complete poems of Sappho | 2009 |
| Sappho : a New Translation | – |
| The Poems | – |
| Wild Nights: Heart Wisdom from Five Women Poets | – |
| Sweetbitter Love: Poems of Sappho | 2006 |
| When a Girl Loves a Girl | – |
| Delphi Complete Works of Sappho (Illustrated) | – |
| Idylls of Womanhood | 2016 |
| The Works of Anacreon, Sappho, and Musaeus Translated from the Greek by Francis Fawkes | – |
| Supplement Edition: Sappho: The Poems | – |
| Nooks and Corners of Cornwall | – |
