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Also known as Psappho, Sapphus, Sapho

poetessa greca antica

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Sappho (Σαπφώ) was a female poet, composer, author, and writer who lived during the floruit of 600 BCE. She wrote in Ancient Greek, a language she also spoke and used as her native tongue. Her notable works include the Ode to Aphrodite and Sappho fr. 31 Voigt. She resided in Syracuse and Lesbos, with Lesbos identified as a significant place. She died in Lefkada.

Her work is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and Pauly–Wissowa. Her works are held in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. She is identified as a lesbian.

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Gender
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Origin
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Sappho (pronounced /ˈsæfoʊ/ in English; Attic Greek Σαπφώ IPA: , Aeolic Greek Ψάπφω ) was an Ancient Greek poet, born on the island of Lesbos. Later Greeks included her in the canonical list of nine lyric poets. Her birth was sometime between 630 and 612 BC, and it is said that she died around 570 BC, but little is known for certain about her life. The bulk of her poetry, which was well-known and greatly admired throughout antiquity, has been lost, but her immense reputation has endured through surviving fragments. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sappho">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Place of death
Lefkada
Occupation
writer
Languages spoken
Ancient Greek
Native language
Ancient Greek
Field of work
poetry
Image
Bust Sappho Musei Capitolini MC1164.jpg
Residence
Lesbos
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topic's main category
Category:Sappho
Commons category
Sappho
described by source
Pauly–Wissowa
name in native language
Σαπφώ
sexual orientation
lesbianism
writing language
Ancient Greek
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Commons Creator page
Sappho
floruit
0600-00-00
date of death
0557-00-00
date of birth
0450-00-00
has works in the collection
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
significant place
Lesbos
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Works in European collections

25 objects attributed to Saffo, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Article · Italiano

Saffo (in greco antico: Σαπφώ, Sapphṓ, Sapfṓ; Eresos, 630 a.C. circa – Leucade, 570 a.C. circa) è stata una poetessa greca antica.

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