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516 Sappho (with Diane Rayor)

The History of Literature

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Sappho: A Woman's Perspective on Love

A new collection of Sappho's poetry has been published by Cambridge University Press. The poems talk about passionate desire, but also a communal life of women. Diane: "What we have of her poetry is definitely from a woman's perspective"

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