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Searching for Sappho : the lost songs and world of the first woman poet

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The daughter of an aristocratic family, a wife, a devoted mother and a lover of women, Sappho was one of the greatest writers of her own or any age.

Although most people have heard of Sappho, the story of her lost poems and the lives of ancient women they celebrate has never been told for a general audience. Philip Freeman paints a vivid picture of Sappho’s world.

He delves into religious rites, customs, the role of women in the family, medical knowledge and the experience of motherhood at the time.

Through this contextual knowledge, a picture of Sappho’s life emerges.

Freeman uses his vast historical research, in conjunction with Sappho’s poems and other Greek works of fiction, to bring us the closest we can come to knowing the biographical details of this most famous woman poet.

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WW Norton & Co
0393353826 / 9780393353822
Paperback / softback
884.01
02/05/2017
United States
English
336 pages : illustrations