The largest portion of the reconstructed nearly complete poem was copied early in the third century bce making this the earliest manuscript of her work so far known img img2 you for the fragrant blossomed muses lovely gifts be zealous girls and the clear melodious lyre but my once tender body old age now has seized my hairs turned white instead of dark my hearts grown heavy my knees will not support me that once on a time were fleet for the dance as fawns . The complete poems of sappho barnstone willis isbn 9781590306130 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Sappho is widely recognized as one of the great poets of world literature an author whose works have caused her readers to repeat in many different forms strabos amazed epithet when he wrote that she could only be called a marvelthe reception of sapphos poetry even through the twentieth century offers a case study of the conflicts induced by the sexual preferences sh. Sapphos thrilling lyric verse has been unremittingly popular for more than 2600 years certainly a record for poetry of any kind and love for her art only increases as time goes on though her extant work consists only of a collection of fragments and a handful of complete poems her mystique endures to be discovered anew by each generation and to inspire new efforts at bringing the . The complete poems of sappho barnstone willis language english isbn 13 978 1 59030 613 0 file epub 150 mb send to kindle or email please login to your account first need help please read our short guide how to send a book to kindle save for later you may be interested in powered by rec2me most frequently terms sappho 394 greek 139 poems 136 afroditi 90 poem 88 papyri 68