Sappho

Helen’s “Judgement of Paris” and Greek Marriage Ritual in Sappho 16, an article written by Eric Dodson-Robinson from Johns Hopkins University, explores how Homer’s writings and Greek marriage rituals feed into the meaning of Sappho’s sixteenth fragment. Primarily through exploring the parallel roles of the characters in Sappho’s fragment and Homeric tales, Dodson-Robinson begins to decipher what is beautiful in Sappho’s eyes. Exploring the subjective role of Helen in the poem, the author reveals how abducting Helen could be a possible reference to archaic Greek marriage ritual. Ultimately, it concludes that the relationship between traditional judgment roles and desire are far more complex than it seems. Written By Ilja Leonard Pfeiffjer,…

The Poetics of Sex stands as a prevalent piece of writing that sheds light on the truth and relevance of LGBTQ+ social justice and awareness. The text addresses a series of frequently asked questions that a member of the lesbian community could find both redundant and slightly offensive. Through symbolic writing, Winterson paints a picture of two lovers not bound by society’s conceptions or structures. Using the pseudonyms for herself and her lover Winterson depicts them as the artist Picasso…

have changed the face of lesbianism and brought out homosexuality to life. I want to bring to life two women, that quite frankly, I had no idea existed. One woman that changed the face of “womanly love” goes by the name “Sappho”. She was born around 615-630 bc in the Greek Island of Lesbos. (Brekke and Sopelsa) She was an Alexandrian poet that wrote about her desire for women. Her style of poetry which was “lyrical” poetry was both inventive and amazing for that time. Lyrical poetry was combined…

arguing that time is currently a "charriot of gold", yet she has a longing desire to "flee" and "pursue" the future. Sappho juxtaposes the feelings within the poem on a frequent basis, "If she doesn't love you, soon she shall love". This line in particular suggests that you will enjoy time changing because you have to, it is going to happen whether you like it or not, "even if she's unwilling". This poem could show an extended metaphor, forming an allegory for wanting certain elements of time to…

In her work “Some there are (Who Say that the Fairest thing seen)” Sappho attempts to explain the feelings of young women and the idea of falling in love around the time of ancient Greece. She partly does this with the two halves of her work complementing one another. The first half relating the idea of the young female mind being like that of Helen from the Homer's Iliad. In her work Sappho states that “Helen, once forsaking / her lordly husband, / fled away to Troy—land across the water. /…

In the fragments of poetry assigned for the class, the poetess Sappho originally wrote on papyrus and not all of its parts survived to our days. In the first fragment, Sappho is asking the goddess Aphrodite to hear and respond to her prayers. Sappho is asking for assistance with the matters of the heart. In another fragment, Sappho is inviting her beloved to come over to a place she is describing so they can spend time together in "festivities and pour the libation." (What is confusing here is…

Curious pattern of the lines three long line sequences with a short fourth. The dialect , Greek meter verses were all work of Sappho. Often distressed songs about her influence to honoring young women left her as sapphic or lesbian, from the island Lesbos. Sapphic stanza, the four-line stanza she is said to have invented. The style of the poem along with the meaning is carefully studied. She isn't an ordinary poet, Sappho’s sexuality has been the subject of many disputes. Critics ridiculed her…

Sappho & Enheduanna Throughout history we have shown praise to many well-known poets who of most turn out to be men. while there is nothing wrong with this praise to male poets, it is important to give homage and focus on the contributions that women poets have made in society, particularly ancient female poets not just 1800s to present day female poets. Female poets are often attributed with themes of love and sorrow and while they are one many roles, they aren’t the only ones represented by…

of her reflections on the ardent emotions of love and desire. Sappho continues to ask and search for love, but she becomes consumed with desire. Sappho’s inability to control these emotions causes her to be caught in a battle between love and desire. Throughout the text Sappho uses “eros” to express her lust for an individual; this causes a conflict with in the word eros because it is defined as fluid term in which desire and love are synonymous with one other. This implies that love and desire…

and familiar view of gods is challenged by Sappho in her poems. Sappho advocates for a novel type of thinking in which the gods exist to serve the humans, which can clearly be seen in what Sappho asks of Aphrodite and how she imagines Aphrodite will react, that provides a new way of interpreting Greek mythology. Sappho first introduces us to this idea through what she explicitly asks of Aphrodite. The story begins with Sappho begging for Aphrodite to “not break with hard pains, / O lady, [her]…