The Poems of Sappho

An Interpretative Rendition into English

De: Sappho

Narrado por: Veronica Ambrose

Are you looking for love poems? If so, you will really enjoy The Poems of Sappho: An Interpretative Rendition into English.

While very little remains of Sappho's poetry, existing fragments suggest that she had a romantic interest in those of her own sex. Her poems are written as words spoken from one person to another and speak about the joys and difficulties of romantic love.

A distinction was not made in ancient Greece between homosexual and heterosexual relationships. Nevertheless, the terms “sapphic” and “lesbian”, both of which refer to same-sex female attraction, were inspired by Sappho's life and work.

Sappho has had an enduring reputation as a lyric poet across the centuries. In modern times, she has come to be known as a great lesbian poet, and her work is enjoyed by many both within and outside the LGBTQ community.

The audiobook includes the following poems and fragments of Sappho:

Sapphics

• The Muses
• Love’s Banquet
• Moon and Stars
• Ode to Anactoria
• The Rose
• Ode to Aphrodite
• Summer
• The Garden of the Nymphs
• Aphrodite’s Doves
• Anacreon’s Song
• The Daughter of Cyprus
• The Distaff
• The Sleep Wind
• Long Ago

Epithalamia Threnodes

• Bridal Song
• Pieria’s Rose
• The Stricken Flower
• Death
• Persephone

Erotika Dithyrambs

• Hymn to Paphia
• Eros
• Passion
• Aphrodite’s Praise
• The First Kiss
• Ode to Atthis
• Comparison
• The Sacrifice
• Leda
• The Love of Selene
• Larichus
• Spring

Girl Friends

• Prelude
• Andromeda
• Euneica
• Gorgo
• Mnasidica
• Telesippa
• Gyrinno
• Megara
• Erinna
• Gongyla
• Damophyla
• Anagora

Phaon

• Philomel
• Golden Pulse
• The Swallow
• Tidings
• Hesperus
• Dawn
• The Farewell
• Dark-Eyed Sleep
• The Cliff of Leucas

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