PublishedPenguin Classics, September 2009 |
ISBN9780140455571 |
FormatSoftcover, 160 pages |
Dimensions19.7cm × 12.8cm × 0.9cm |
For the first time in Penguin Classics, a new translation of Sappho's complete poetry
More or less 150 years after Homer's Iliad, Sappho lived on the island of Lesbos, west off the coast of what is present Turkey. Little remains today of her writings, which are said to have filled nine papyrus rolls in the great library at Alexandria some 500 years after her death. The surviving texts consist of a lamentably small and fragmented body of lyric poetry - among them poems of invocation, desire, spite, celebration, resignation and remembrance - that nevertheless enables us to hear the living voice of the poet Plato called the tenth Muse. This is a new translation of her surviving poetry.
If she’s not busy being the Specialist Non-Fiction and Children’s and Young Adult Boffin, you’ll find Cadence curled up with one of the four books she usually has on the go. Feel free to talk to her about ancient history, middle-grade fiction or fantasy reads!
From the legend who inspired the word 'sapphic' comes this incredible collection. Not only is it a fascinating historical document, it's a passionate expression of feeling, creativity and empowerment for female perspectives.
