SAPPHO

Sappho



Sappho

Introduction

Sappho, the legendary Greek lyric poet, was born on the island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea around 630 B.C. Little about her life can be accurately tabulated. Who she really was remains concealed in a swirl of rumor, conjecture, and innuendo. Her family was likely wealthy and well-connected, a member of the ruling hierarchy of the island. Her father's name was Skamandronymous, her mother Kleis. She had two brothers, possibly three. She may have married a rich merchant from the nearby island of Andros named Kerkylas, who may have fathered a daughter with her, also named Kleis.Sappho.

The Great Poetess

        Sappho was a pioneer in numerous facets of Greek culture. One of the large Greek lyrists and little renowned feminine poets of the very vintage world, Sappho was born shortly after 630BC. Aristocratic herself, she wed a merchant and had a female child entitled Cleis. Her riches provided her the possibility to reside although she chose, and she chose to spend her life revising the creative pursuits on the isle of Lesbos which was a heritage center in the seventh 100 years BC(DuBois 1995). Sappho expended a most of her time here, but she furthermore traveled extensively through Greece. She expended time in Sicily too, because she was exiled due to certain undertakings of her family. The inhabitants of Syracuse were so respected of her occurrence that to yield homage to her they constructed a figurine of her because she had become a well-known bard(DuBois, 1995).

        Her innovative method was sensual and melodic. She mostly composed pieces of music of love, craving, and reflection. The aim of her affections were routinely females, and numerous times it aimed at women who had been dispatched to her to be enriched in the creative pursuits. Sappho nurtured for these women, composed verses of adoration to them, and when it came time for them to depart and wed, she composed their marriage pieces of music. 'I have not had one phrase from her' notifies of a miserable parting between Sappho and one of her students. She notifies her student to 'Go, and be joyous but recall . . . / Whom you leave shackled by love,' (Line 6-7) (Sappho 2004) . She furthermore inquires a women to arrive back to her in the verse 'Please.' She composes 'Come back to me, Gongyla, here this night, / You, my rose,' (Line 1-2) (Sappho 2004). Her ...