Sappho

American  

[saf-oh] / ˈsæf oʊ /

noun

1. c620–c565 b.c., Greek poet, born in Lesbos.

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Sappho British  

/ ˈsæfəʊ /

noun

1. 6th century _bc , Greek lyric poetess of Lesbos

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Sappho Cultural  

1. An ancient Greek poet known for her love lyrics.

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The word lesbian is derived from the island of Lesbos, the birthplace of Sappho, who was a homosexual.

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Koyel Ghosh, who uses "they" and "them" as personal pronouns, is the managing trustee of Sappho for Equality, the first Lesbian-Bisexual-Transmasculine people rights collective in eastern India that started two decades ago.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2023

And what does it mean to be Sappho?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023

Kjartansson and his wife, the artist Ingibjörg Sigurjónsdottir, took the lyrics from the Greek poet Sappho and from Vivant Denon, whose exquisite 18th-century novella “No Tomorrow” gives the piece its name.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 14, 2022

It’s a question that plagued Shakespeare, Hallmark, Sappho and Taylor Swift, and these days it has even reached the workplace with surprising urgency: How do you show someone you care?

From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2022

Persephone was the radiant maiden of the spring and the summertime, whose light step upon the dry, brown hillside was enough to make it fresh and blooming, as Sappho writes,

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton