rhaegartarqaryen-deactivated201:ANCIENT HISTORY MEME | (2/7) WOMEN: Sappho Sappho was a Greek lyric
rhaegartarqaryen-deactivated201:ANCIENT HISTORY MEME | (2/7) WOMEN: Sappho Sappho was a Greek lyric poet, born on the island of Lesbos. The Alexandrians included her in the list of nine lyric poets. Sappho was called a lyrist because, as was the custom of the time, she wrote her poems to be performed with the accompaniment of a lyre.She was one of the first poets to write from the first person, describing love and loss as it affected her personally. Her style was sensual and melodic; primarily songs of love, yearning, and reflection. Most commonly the target of her affections was female, often one of the many women sent to her for education in the arts. She nurtured these women, wrote poems of love and adoration to them, and when they eventually left the island to be married, she composed their wedding songs. -- source link