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516 Sappho (with Diane Rayor)

The History of Literature

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Sappho's Life and Dialect

Biographical information can help translate a poet. We have more than a blank page on Sappho, we know where she lives and her particular dialect. But from her poems and the poems of her contemporary male poet, Alceus, we can't tell a lot. So it definitely would help to know more. Knowing when and where matters a lot. And that helps a lot.

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