Sappho

[ saf-oh ]

/ ˈsæf oʊ /

c620–c565 b.c., Greek poet, born in Lesbos.

Example sentences from the Web for sappho

One of the poems is remarkably well preserved and adds greatly to what is known about Sappho and her poetic technique.

Scholars Discover New Poems from Ancient Greek Poetess Sappho |James Romm |January 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
"Sappho" was performed for the first time on April 16, 1851, just before my thirty-second birthday.

Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music |Charles Gounod
It may have been the direct influence from her peep-hole on Olympus of Sappho's own Aphrodite.

Yellowstone Nights |Herbert Quick
The youth here by my side cannot be weary of the fragments from the life of Sappho.

Woman in the Nineteenth Century |Margaret Fuller Ossoli

The mind of Sappho runs through all literature like a spangled thread.

Sappho |Sappho
Her letters were exposed, her expostulatory verses read at clubs and taverns, and the unhappy Sappho toasted in derision.

Coelebs In Search of a Wife |Hannah More

Sappho

/ (ˈsæfəʊ) /

6th century bc, Greek lyric poetess of Lesbos

Sappho

[ (saf-oh) ]

An ancient Greek poet known for her love lyrics.

The word lesbian is derived from the island of Lesbos, the birthplace of Sappho, who was a homosexual.