Sappho
A New Translation of the Complete Works
2nd Edition
Published on 10. May 2023
978-1-108-93476-3 (ISBN)
Description
Sappho, the earliest and most famous Greek woman poet, sang her songs around 600 BCE on the island of Lesbos. Of what survives from the approximately nine papyrus scrolls collected in antiquity, all is translated here: substantial poems and fragments, including three poems discovered in the last two decades. The power of Sappho's poetry - her direct style, rich imagery, and passion - is apparent even in these remnants. Diane Rayor's translations of Greek poetry are graceful, modern in diction yet faithful to the originals. Sappho's voice is heard in these poems about love, friendship, rivalry, and family. In the introduction and notes, Andre Lardinois plausibly reconstructs Sappho's life and work, the performance of her songs, and how these fragments survived. This second edition incorporates thirty-two more fragments primarily based on Camillo Neri's 2021 Greek edition and revisions of over seventy fragments.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 2 Halftones, black and white
File size
3,37 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-108-93476-3 (9781108934763)
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Content
Note on the 2014 papyri; Introduction; Note on translation: from Sappho to Sappho; Sappho; Notes.
