Sappho
Overview
| Works: | 639 works in 2,011 publications in 13 languages and 41,227 library holdings |
|---|---|
| Genres: | Poetry Musical settings Lyric poetry Biography Criticism, interpretation, etc Drama Songs Variations (Music) String quartets Requiems |
| Subject Headings: | Lesbians |
| Roles: | Author, Librettist, Contributor, Dedicatee, Other, Bibliographic antecedent, Lyricist, wat |
| Classifications: | PA4408.E5, 884.01 |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works about
Sappho
- Sappho's lyre : archaic lyric and women poets of ancient Greece by Diane J Rayor( )
- Early Greek poets' lives : the shaping of the tradition by Maarit Kivilo( )
- Ancient Greek lyrics by Willis Barnstone( )
- Sappho by Sappho( Book )
- Sappho's leap : a novel by Erica Jong( Book )
- The poetry of Sappho by Sappho( )
- Sappho and her influence by David M Robinson( Book )
- Poems and fragments by Sappho( Book )
- Art & lies : a piece for three voices and a bawd by Jeanette Winterson( Book )
- Sappho and Alcaeus; an introduction to the study of ancient Lesbian poetry by D. L Page( Book )
- Poems by Sappho( Book )
- Sappho : a play in verse by Lawrence Durrell( Book )
- Sappho : tragedy in five acts by Franz Grillparzer( Book )
- The poetic style of the Greek poet Sappho : a study in word playfulness by Harold Zellner( )
- Sappho : a new translation of the complete works by Sappho( Book )
- Sappho of Lesbos : her life and times by Arthur E. P. Brome Weigall( Book )
- The newest Sappho (P. Sapph. Obbink and P. GC inv. 105, frs. 1-4) by Bierl A.( )
- Sappho by Marguerite Johnson( )
- Sappho, a garland : the poems and fragments of Sappho by Sappho( Book )
- Fictions of Sappho, 1546-1937 by Joan E DeJean( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Sappho
If not, winter : fragments of Sappho by
Sappho(
Book
)
3 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and Greek, Ancient and held by 843 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A bilingual edition of the work of the Greek poet Sappho, in a new translation by Anne Carson. Sappho lived on the island of Lesbos from about 630 B.C. She was a musical genius who devoted her life to composing and performing songs. Of the nine books of lyrics Sappho is said to have composed, none of the music is extant and only one poem has survived complete. All the rest are fragments. In If Not, Winter Carson presents all of Sappho's fragments in Greek and in English. Brackets and space give the reader a sense of what is absent as well as what is present on the papyrus. Carson's translation illuminates Sappho's reflections on love, desire, marriage, exile, cushions, bees, old age, shame, time, chickpeas and many other aspects of the human situation."--Jacket
3 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and Greek, Ancient and held by 843 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A bilingual edition of the work of the Greek poet Sappho, in a new translation by Anne Carson. Sappho lived on the island of Lesbos from about 630 B.C. She was a musical genius who devoted her life to composing and performing songs. Of the nine books of lyrics Sappho is said to have composed, none of the music is extant and only one poem has survived complete. All the rest are fragments. In If Not, Winter Carson presents all of Sappho's fragments in Greek and in English. Brackets and space give the reader a sense of what is absent as well as what is present on the papyrus. Carson's translation illuminates Sappho's reflections on love, desire, marriage, exile, cushions, bees, old age, shame, time, chickpeas and many other aspects of the human situation."--Jacket
In shadow, in light : music of Steven Stucky by
Steven Stucky(
)
3 editions published between 2004 and 2008 in English and held by 368 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published between 2004 and 2008 in English and held by 368 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The poetry of Sappho by
Sappho(
Book
)
2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 337 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
2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 337 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 300 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1991 in Latin and held by 300 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Poems of sheer nothingness : vocal music by
Aaron Helgeson(
)
3 editions published in 2016 in Provenal and held by 253 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 2016 in Provenal and held by 253 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The complete Omar Khayyam by
Granville Bantock(
)
2 editions published in 2016 in English and held by 253 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The first edition of Fitzgerald's verse translation of "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám" had been on the scene since the mid-nineteenth century. By the end of that century it had achieved five editions and quasi-Shakespearean status. The quatrains are rich in quotations — extracts eventually took up multiple columns in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. The subject matter was also daringly anti-religious and must have had an appeal to the increasingly literate, sceptical, and professional classes. Havergal Brian quotes Ernest Newman on the subject of Bantock's Omar: "…it brings into English secular music, for the first time, the thoughts and feelings of men brought up in the full tide of modern culture and modern humanism." The work is scored for three soloists, a large chorus and a very large orchestra. The strings are divided into two complete string orchestras, one on either side of the conductor, a device by which Bantock procured a number of new a nd subtle effects. In the first decade of the twentieth century no other secularphilosophical work existed on such a scale. Omar was widely performed during the first half of the 20th century, but since Bantock's death in 1946, performances have been dependent on anniversaries and external historic events. This studio recording was the product of 11 years planning by a single BBC producer determined to preserve one of the most astounding choral works ever created. It remains, 37 years later, the only complete recording ever made of the work
2 editions published in 2016 in English and held by 253 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The first edition of Fitzgerald's verse translation of "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám" had been on the scene since the mid-nineteenth century. By the end of that century it had achieved five editions and quasi-Shakespearean status. The quatrains are rich in quotations — extracts eventually took up multiple columns in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. The subject matter was also daringly anti-religious and must have had an appeal to the increasingly literate, sceptical, and professional classes. Havergal Brian quotes Ernest Newman on the subject of Bantock's Omar: "…it brings into English secular music, for the first time, the thoughts and feelings of men brought up in the full tide of modern culture and modern humanism." The work is scored for three soloists, a large chorus and a very large orchestra. The strings are divided into two complete string orchestras, one on either side of the conductor, a device by which Bantock procured a number of new a nd subtle effects. In the first decade of the twentieth century no other secularphilosophical work existed on such a scale. Omar was widely performed during the first half of the 20th century, but since Bantock's death in 1946, performances have been dependent on anniversaries and external historic events. This studio recording was the product of 11 years planning by a single BBC producer determined to preserve one of the most astounding choral works ever created. It remains, 37 years later, the only complete recording ever made of the work
Kleemation ; and other works by
Elizabeth Vercoe(
)
2 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 249 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 249 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The woman and the hare by
Harrison Birtwistle(
)
4 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 243 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 243 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Poetarum Lesbiorum fragmenta by
Edgar Lobel(
Book
)
20 editions published between 1955 and 1997 in 3 languages and held by 200 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
20 editions published between 1955 and 1997 in 3 languages and held by 200 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The songs of Sappho by
Sappho(
Book
)
11 editions published between 1891 and 1966 in English and Undetermined and held by 200 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
De meeste gedichten in verschillende vertaalversies onder elkaar
11 editions published between 1891 and 1966 in English and Undetermined and held by 200 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
De meeste gedichten in verschillende vertaalversies onder elkaar
Hai tou Anakreontos Ōdai : kai Ta tēs sapphous, kai Ta tou Alkaiou Leipsana by
Anacreon(
Book
)
27 editions published between 1751 and 1970 in 3 languages and held by 175 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
27 editions published between 1751 and 1970 in 3 languages and held by 175 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sappho : the poems and fragments by
Sappho(
Book
)
6 editions published in 1926 in English and held by 166 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
6 editions published in 1926 in English and held by 166 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Hai tou Anakreontos odai [sic], kai ta Sapphous, kai Erinnas leipsana by
Anacreon(
)
10 editions published between 1754 and 2005 in Latin and Greek, Ancient and held by 162 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
10 editions published between 1754 and 2005 in Latin and Greek, Ancient and held by 162 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sappho. Memoir, text, selected renderings and a literal translation by
Sappho(
Book
)
26 editions published between 1885 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 159 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
26 editions published between 1885 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 159 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Poems of Alcman, Sappho, Ibycus by
Alcman(
Book
)
3 editions published in 1945 in English and held by 142 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 1945 in English and held by 142 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sappho et Alcaeus by
Sappho(
Book
)
14 editions published in 1971 in 5 languages and held by 136 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
14 editions published in 1971 in 5 languages and held by 136 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sappho : one hundred lyrics by
Bliss Carman(
Book
)
21 editions published between 1904 and 1930 in English and held by 129 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
21 editions published between 1904 and 1930 in English and held by 129 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
LA variations ; Five images after Sappho ; Giro ; Mania ; Gambit by
Esa-Pekka Salonen(
Recording
)
2 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 129 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 129 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 120 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
10 editions published between 1965 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 120 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Soldier and the lady : poems of Archilochos and Sappho(
Book
)
3 editions published in 1975 in English and held by 117 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 1975 in English and held by 117 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- Barnstone, Willis 1927- Translator
- Rayor, Diane J. Other Translator Editor
- Archilochus Author
- Powell, Jim 1951- Translator
- Stesichorus Other
- Hesiod Author
- Kivilo, Maarit Author
- Terpander
- Hipponax active 540 B.C.-537 B.C.
- McCulloh, William E.
Associated Subjects
Alcaeus Archilochus Art and technology Artists Artists--Psychology Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied D'Annunzio, Gabriele, Egypt Flute music (Flutes (2)) French literature French literature--Greek influences Greece Greece--Lesbos (Municipality) Greek poetry Greek poetry--Women authors Greeks Harsent, David, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Intellectual life Isaiah--(Biblical prophet) Lamentations of Jeremiah (Music) Lesbianism in literature Lesbians in literature Literature Lost literature Love poetry, Greek Monologues Monologues with music (Voice with instrumental ensemble) Niedecker, Lorine Oboe and piano music Orchestral music Poets, Greek Poets, Greek--Homes and haunts Poets in literature Requiems 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 cello Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble String quartets Women Women and literature Women artists Women in literature Women poets Women poets, Greek
Covers
Alternative Names
Lesbos, Sappho von ca. v7./6. Jh.
Psafo.
Psappho.
Psappho ca. v7./6. Jh.
Psappho f. ca 630 f.Kr
Saffo.
Saffo, 0612?-0557? av. J.-C.
Saffo ca. 600 v.Chr
Saffo ca. v7./6. Jh.
Saffo da Mitilene ca. v7./6. Jh.
Saffo sec. VII-VI a.C.
Safo.
Safo ca. v7./6. Jh.
Safo de Lesbos
Safo de Mitilene
Safo sec. VII-VI a.C.
Safona.
Safona z Lesbos
Safu ca. 600 v.Chr
Sapfa
Sapfṓ
Sapfō, 0612?-0557? av. J.-C.
Sapfo ca. 600 v.Chr
Sapfo ca. v7./6. Jh.
Sapho.
Sapho, 0612?-0557? av. J.-C.
Sapho asi 630 př. Kr.-568 př. Kr
Sapho ca. 600 v.Chr
Sapho ca. v7./6. Jh.
Sapho de Lesbos.
Sapho de Lesbos ca. v7./6. Jh.
Sapho f. ca 630 f.Kr
Sapho sec. VII-VI a.C.
Sapʻo
Sapph.
Sappho.
Sappho 0625?-0580? av. J.-C.
Sappho, 610-580? f.Kr.
Sappho asi 630 př. Kr.-568 př. Kr
Sappho ca. 600 v.Chr van Lesbos
Sappho de Lesbos.
Sappho de Lesbos ca. v7./6. Jh.
Sappho [Lesbia]
Sappho Lesbia ca. v7./6. Jh.
Sappho lesbiaca
Sappho lesbiaca, 0612?-0557? av. J.-C.
Sappho Lesbiaca ca. v7./6. Jh.
Sappho Lyrica
Sappho Lyrica ca. v7./6. Jh.
Sappho [Mytilenaea]
Sappho Mytilenaea ca. v7./6. Jh.
Sappho of Lesbos.
Sappho of Lesbos ca. v7./6. Jh.
Sappho of Mytilene.
Sappho of Mytilene ca. v7./6. Jh.
Sappho van Lesbos.
Sappho, van Lesbos, ca. 600 v.Chr.
Sappho von Eresos.
Sappho von Eresos ca. v7./6. Jh.
Sappho von Lesbos.
Sappho von Lesbos ca. v7./6. Jh.
Sappho von Mytilene.
Sappho von Mytilene ca. v7./6. Jh.
Sapphus.
Sapphus ca. 600 v.Chr
Sapphus ca. v7./6. Jh.
Sapphus sec. VII-VI a.C.
Szapphó
Σαπφώ
Σαπφώ, 0612?-0557? av. J.-C.
Ψάπφω
Сапфо
Сафо
סאפפו
سيفو
صافو
사포 (시인)
サッポー
莎孚
萨福 ca. 600 v.Chr
Languages
English
(353)
Greek, Ancient (52)
Latin (22)
German (10)
Greek, Modern (6)
Provenal (3)
French (1)
Chinese (1)
Croatian (1)
Polish (1)
Russian (1)
Multiple languages (1)
Dutch (1)
Greek, Ancient (52)
Latin (22)
German (10)
Greek, Modern (6)
Provenal (3)
French (1)
Chinese (1)
Croatian (1)
Polish (1)
Russian (1)
Multiple languages (1)
Dutch (1)