Psappho: priestess, prostitute, poet, Lesbian
I’ve just finished reading Arthur Weigall’s Sappho of Lesbos again. I’m a poor sifter through second hand book stalls, and I picked it up over ten years ago and enjoyed … Continue reading
Thursday, 14 July, 2011 · Leave a comment
The shadow of your scorn: Archilochus
The ancient Greeks thought Archilochus (spoken something like arkíll o’kos) was one of their greatest poets. The three they most admired were Homer, Archilochus and Sappho, in that order. The … Continue reading
Thursday, 1 October, 2009 · Leave a comment
Sappho’s invisible poetry
The literature of ancient Greece was the foundation of modern Western culture, yet we don’t know much about it, aside from the fragments which have survived into modern times. We … Continue reading
Tuesday, 29 September, 2009 · Leave a comment
