Two or three complete poems and scattered fragments are the only physical remains to anchor the vast legends surrounding the Greek poet Sappho, who lived on the island of Lesbos in the late
seventh and early sixth centuries BCE. In many cases, says Pamela Gordon in her 40-page introduction, the stories of how the poems and fragments survived or did not are the most intriguing,
especially because so little is known about Sappho herself. After the poems and fragments, the volume presents imitations of and homages to her. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR
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