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Sappho was the founder of the Western lyric tradition. Sappho's all-female academy was for Western lyric poetry what Plato's all-male academy was for Western philosophy-its point of origin in the form that we know and understand it.Plato himself hailed Sappho as the tenth muse.Yet... Read Full Overview

Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics is a book of poetry by Canadian poet Bliss Carman. It was first printed in 1904 in Boston by L.C. Page. Carman's cousin, and fellow Canadian poet, Charles G.D. Roberts wrote an introductory essay, "The Poetry of Sappho." Sappho was an Ancient Greek... Read Full Overview

Perhaps the most perilous and the most alluring venture in the whole field of poetry is that which Mr. Carman has undertaken in attempting to give us in English verse those lost poems of Sappho of which fragments have survived. The task is obviously not one of translation... Read Full Overview

Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics is a book of poetry by Canadian poet Bliss Carman. It was first printed in 1904 in Boston by L.C. Page. Carman's cousin, and fellow Canadian poet, Charles G.D. Roberts wrote an introductory essay, "The Poetry of Sappho."

Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics is a book of poetry by Canadian poet Bliss Carman. It was first printed in 1904 in Boston by L.C. Page. Carman's cousin, and fellow Canadian poet, Charles G.D. Roberts wrote an introductory essay, "The Poetry of Sappho."

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics is a collection of poems written by the ancient Greek poet Sappho, translated into English by Canadian poet Bliss Carman. The book was first published in 1904 and contains 100 of Sappho's most famous and influential works.Sappho was a poet who lived... Read Full Overview

Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics is a book of poetry written by Bliss Carman, first published in 1904. The poems are translations of the works of Sappho, a Greek poet from the island of Lesbos who lived in the 7th century BC. Sappho is known for her lyrical poetry that often explores... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics by Bliss Carman

Reproduction of the original: Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics by Bliss Carman

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics is a book of poetry by Canadian poet Bliss Carman. It was first printed in 1904 in Boston by L.C. Page. Carman's cousin, and fellow Canadian poet, Charles G.D. Roberts wrote an introductory essay, "The Poetry of Sappho."

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics is a collection of poetry translated by Canadian poet Bliss Carman and published in 1904. The book features one hundred poems attributed to the ancient Greek poet Sappho, who lived on the island of Lesbos in the 6th century BC. Sappho is known for her... Read Full Overview