Poetry from Ancient Greece Sappho of Lesbos

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In antiquity Sappho was referred to as the Poetess, just as Homer was called the Poet. Plato hailed her as the tenth Muse, and she was honored on coins .
Sappho was a Greek lyric poet, born on the island of Lesbos. The Alexandrians included her in the list of nine lyric poets. Notice that the letter F represents here .
The song is ΕΠIΘAΛAMIO THΣ ΣAΠΦOYΣ (Epithalamio tis Sapfous), taken from the collection of recreated Greek music made by Petros Tabouris (ΠΕΤΡΟΣ .
Rossetti imagines the exile of the Greek lyric poet Sappho from Lesbos. The poem narration is by Jade Joddle and includes a slideshow of images from the .

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