Alkaios: poet, politician, priest, Lesbian
Alkaios (in Latin, Alcaeus) was a Lesbian poet, a friend and poet colleague of Psappho. Both lived on the island of Lesbos in the seventh century BC, and were among … Continue reading
Friday, 29 May, 2015 · Leave a comment
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
Words and meanings
When I read a translation of a poem I often want to shorten it. The translator makes too much effort to recreate the equivalent of the original form of the … Continue reading
Monday, 12 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
