Sappho
Overview
| Works: | 365 works in 1,047 publications in 13 languages and 27,733 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Poetry Musical settings Biography Drama Criticism, interpretation, etc Music Love poetry Songs Art music Song cycles |
| Subject Headings: | Lesbians |
| Roles: | Author, Librettist, Bibliographic antecedent, Other, Lyricist |
| Classifications: | PA4408.E5, 884.2 |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works about
Sappho
- Sappho's leap : a novel by Erica Jong( Book )
- Sappho and her influence by David M Robinson( Book )
- Art & lies : a piece for three voices and a bawd by Jeanette Winterson( Book )
- Reflections of women in antiquity by Helene P Foley( Book )
- Sappho's lyre : archaic lyric and women poets of ancient Greece by Safo( Book )
- Sappho of Lesbos : her life and times by Arthur E. P. Brome Weigall( Book )
- Sappho : tragedy in five acts by Franz Grillparzer( Book )
- Sappho, a garland : the poems and fragments of Sappho by Sappho( Book )
- Fictions of Sappho, 1546-1937 by Joan E DeJean( Book )
- Lyrics in the original Greek by Sappho( Book )
- 7 Greeks( Book )
- Notes on thought and vision : &, The wise Sappho by H. D( Book )
- Sappho : a new translation of the complete works by Sappho( Book )
- Sappho : a play in verse by Lawrence Durrell( Book )
- Sappho and the Virgin Mary : same-sex love and the English literary imagination by Ruth Vanita( Book )
- The songs of Sappho by Sappho( Book )
- Sappho : one hundred lyrics by Bliss Carman( Book )
- Early Greek poets' lives : the shaping of the tradition by Maarit Kivilo( Book )
- Poems and fragments by Sappho( Book )
- The poetry of Sappho by Sappho( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Sappho
Sappho by
Sappho(
Book
)
20 editions published between 1898 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 1,241 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Keuze uit het werk van de Griekse dichteres (600 v.Chr.) met vertaling
20 editions published between 1898 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 1,241 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Keuze uit het werk van de Griekse dichteres (600 v.Chr.) met vertaling
In shadow, in light : music of Steven Stucky by
Steven Stucky(
)
3 editions published between 2004 and 2008 in English and held by 350 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published between 2004 and 2008 in English and held by 350 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The poetry of Sappho by
Sappho(
Book
)
1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 332 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Today, thousands of years after her birth, in lands remote from her native island of Lesbos and in languages that did not exist when she wrote her poetry in Aeolic Greek, Sappho remains an important name among lovers of poetry and poets alike, . Celebrated throughout antiquity as the supreme Greek poet of love and of the personal lyric, noted especially for her limpid fusion of formal poise, lucid insight, and incandescent passion, today her poetry is also prized for its uniquely vivid participation in a living paganism. Collected in an edition of nine scrolls by scholars in the second century BC, Sappho's poetry largely disappeared when the Fourth Crusade sacked Constantinople in 1204. All that remained was one poem and a handful of quoted passages . A century ago papyrus fragments recovered in Egypt added a half dozen important texts to Sappho's surviving works. In 2004 a new complete poem was deciphered and published. By far the most significant discovery in a hundred years, it offers a new and tellingly different example of Sappho's poetic art and reveals another side of the poet, thinking about aging and about the transmission of culture from one generation to the next. Jim Powell's translations represent a unique combination of poetic mastery in English verse and a deep schlolarly engagement with Sappho's ancient Greek. They are incomparably faithful to the literal sense of the Greek poems and, simultaneously, to their forms, preserving the original meters and stanzas while exactly replicating the dramatic action of their sequences of disclosure and the passionate momentum of their sentences. Powell's translations have often been anthologized and selected for use in textbooks, winning recognition among discerning readers as far the best versions in English
1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 332 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Today, thousands of years after her birth, in lands remote from her native island of Lesbos and in languages that did not exist when she wrote her poetry in Aeolic Greek, Sappho remains an important name among lovers of poetry and poets alike, . Celebrated throughout antiquity as the supreme Greek poet of love and of the personal lyric, noted especially for her limpid fusion of formal poise, lucid insight, and incandescent passion, today her poetry is also prized for its uniquely vivid participation in a living paganism. Collected in an edition of nine scrolls by scholars in the second century BC, Sappho's poetry largely disappeared when the Fourth Crusade sacked Constantinople in 1204. All that remained was one poem and a handful of quoted passages . A century ago papyrus fragments recovered in Egypt added a half dozen important texts to Sappho's surviving works. In 2004 a new complete poem was deciphered and published. By far the most significant discovery in a hundred years, it offers a new and tellingly different example of Sappho's poetic art and reveals another side of the poet, thinking about aging and about the transmission of culture from one generation to the next. Jim Powell's translations represent a unique combination of poetic mastery in English verse and a deep schlolarly engagement with Sappho's ancient Greek. They are incomparably faithful to the literal sense of the Greek poems and, simultaneously, to their forms, preserving the original meters and stanzas while exactly replicating the dramatic action of their sequences of disclosure and the passionate momentum of their sentences. Powell's translations have often been anthologized and selected for use in textbooks, winning recognition among discerning readers as far the best versions in English
Messa di requiem ; Tre composizioni corali ; Due composizioni corali by
Ildebrando Pizzetti(
)
2 editions published in 1991 in Latin and held by 284 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1991 in Latin and held by 284 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ancient and modern images of Sappho : translations and studies in archaic Greek love lyric by
Jeffrey M Duban(
Book
)
4 editions published in 1983 in English and held by 246 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published in 1983 in English and held by 246 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Kleemation ; and other works by
Elizabeth Vercoe(
)
2 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 231 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 231 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Poetarum Lesbiorum fragmenta by
Edgar Lobel(
Book
)
20 editions published between 1955 and 1997 in 3 languages and held by 206 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
20 editions published between 1955 and 1997 in 3 languages and held by 206 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The songs of Sappho by
Sappho(
Book
)
7 editions published between 1891 and 1942 in English and held by 194 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
De meeste gedichten in verschillende vertaalversies onder elkaar
7 editions published between 1891 and 1942 in English and held by 194 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
De meeste gedichten in verschillende vertaalversies onder elkaar
Cinque frammenti di Saffo : per una voce e orchestra da camera by
Luigi Dallapiccola(
)
15 editions published between 1943 and 1996 in 5 languages and held by 185 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
15 editions published between 1943 and 1996 in 5 languages and held by 185 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Another sleep : nineteen songs for medium voice and piano by
Ned Rorem(
)
2 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 137 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 137 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
LA variations ; Five images after Sappho ; Giro ; Mania ; Gambit by
Esa-Pekka Salonen(
Recording
)
1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 123 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 123 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Entr'actes and Sappho fragments by
Harrison Birtwistle(
)
10 editions published between 1965 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 116 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
10 editions published between 1965 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 116 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sappho : one hundred lyrics by
Bliss Carman(
Book
)
20 editions published between 1904 and 1930 in English and held by 108 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
20 editions published between 1904 and 1930 in English and held by 108 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Poems and fragments by
Sappho(
Book
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4 editions published between 1927 and 2002 in English and held by 93 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published between 1927 and 2002 in English and held by 93 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sketches of Greece by
Stella Doufexis(
)
4 editions published in 2006 in German and French and held by 85 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published in 2006 in German and French and held by 85 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Irreveries from Sappho by
Elizabeth Vercoe(
)
10 editions published between 1982 and 1985 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 81 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
10 editions published between 1982 and 1985 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 81 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Saffo e Alceo : testimonianze e frammenti by
Sappho(
Book
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22 editions published between 1947 and 1962 in 4 languages and held by 71 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
22 editions published between 1947 and 1962 in 4 languages and held by 71 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Les poésies d'Anacréon et de Sapho by
Anacreon(
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25 editions published between 1681 and 1882 in 3 languages and held by 67 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
25 editions published between 1681 and 1882 in 3 languages and held by 67 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The poems of Sappho; an interpretative rendition into English by
John Myers O'Hara(
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6 editions published between 1907 and 2013 in English and held by 62 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is an early 20th century attempt to weave the fragments of Sappho into a set of complete poems. The translator is building on the consensus view of Sappho at the time
6 editions published between 1907 and 2013 in English and held by 62 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is an early 20th century attempt to weave the fragments of Sappho into a set of complete poems. The translator is building on the consensus view of Sappho at the time
Poems of sheer nothingness : vocal music by
Aaron Helgeson(
Recording
)
2 editions published in 2016 in Provenal and held by 15 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 2016 in Provenal and held by 15 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- Rayor, Diane J. Other Translator
- Powell, Jim 1951- Translator
- Archilochus Author
- Hesiod Author
- Stesichorus Other
- Terpander
- Hipponax active 540 B.C.-537 B.C.
- Kivilo, Maarit Author
- Jong, Erica Author
- Barnard, Mary 1909-2001 Translator Author
Associated Subjects
Alcman Anacreon Archilochus Art and technology Artists Artists--Psychology Diogenes, Egypt English literature French literature French literature--Greek influences Great Britain Greece Greece--Lesbos (Municipality) Greek literature Greek poetry Greek poetry--Women authors Greeks Heraclitus,--of Ephesus Herodas Homosexuality and literature Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Intellectual life Lesbianism in literature Lesbians' writings, English Lesbians in literature Lesbians--Intellectual life Literature Lost literature Love in literature Love poetry, Greek Mary,--Blessed Virgin, Saint Monologues Poets, Greek Poets, Greek--Homes and haunts Poets in literature Psychological fiction Sappho Septets (Piano, clarinet, flute, percussion, violin, viola, cello) Sextets (Piano, clarinet, flute, percussion, violin, cello) Sextets (Piano, clarinet, violins (2), viola, cello) Song cycles Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble String quartets Women Women and literature Women artists Women in literature Women poets Women poets, Greek
Alternative Names
Psappho
Saffo
Saffo, ca. 600 v.Chr.
Safo
Safo de Lesbos
Safo de Mitilene
Safona
Safu, ca. 600 v.Chr.
Sapfa
Sapfó
Sapfo, ca. 600 v.Chr.
Sapho
Sapho, ca. 600 v.Chr.
Sapʻo
Sapph.
Sappho Lyrica
Sappho, van Lesbos, ca. 600 v.Chr.
Sapphus
Sapphus, ca. 600 v.Chr.
Szapphó
Σαπφώ
Ψάπφω
Сапфо
Сафо
סאפפו
سيفو
صافو
사포 (시인)
サッポー
莎孚
萨福, ca. 600 v.Chr.
Languages
English
(181)
Greek, Ancient (34)
French (25)
German (23)
Italian (17)
Latin (10)
Provenal (2)
Greek, Modern (2)
Dutch (2)
Chinese (1)
Croatian (1)
Polish (1)
Russian (1)
Greek, Ancient (34)
French (25)
German (23)
Italian (17)
Latin (10)
Provenal (2)
Greek, Modern (2)
Dutch (2)
Chinese (1)
Croatian (1)
Polish (1)
Russian (1)
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