or for any ancient Greek lyric poet. Sappho’s status as the most famous woman poet from Greco-Roman antiquity has naturally ensured a continuing fascination with her work, as has her association with ...

That anyone would even attempt to sit down and translate a significant chunk of all Greek or Latin lyric poetry, and cram ...

Lyric poetry is a genre of short hummable poems whose origins can be traced back to ancient Greece. The category includes sonnets, elegies, and odes, distinct from verse dramas and epic poems.