The Cambridge companion to Sappho /
"No ancient poet has a wider following today than Sappho; her status as the most famous woman poet from Greco-Roman antiquity has, down the centuries, ensured a continuing fascination with her work. The ancient edition of her poems, which filled probably nine books and thus over 10,000 lines, d...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2021.
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| Series: | Cambridge companions to literature
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| Summary: | "No ancient poet has a wider following today than Sappho; her status as the most famous woman poet from Greco-Roman antiquity has, down the centuries, ensured a continuing fascination with her work. The ancient edition of her poems, which filled probably nine books and thus over 10,000 lines, did not survive; but the fragments of those poems which have been preserved, both as quotations in authors whose works did outlast antiquity, and on ancient papyrus manuscripts recovered from the sands of Egypt, offer many glimpses of her poetic brilliance"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xxxii, 553 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-546) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781107189058 1107189055 1316638774 9781316638774 |