The Lesbian Lyre |
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Author:
| Duban, Jeffrey |
ISBN: | 978-1-905570-79-9 |
Publication Date: | May 2016 |
Publisher: | Rudolf Steiner Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $76.99 |
Book Description:
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Hailed by Plato as the "Tenth Muse of ancient Greek poetry, Sappho is inarguably antiquity's greatest lyric poet. Born over 2,600 years ago on the Greek island of Lesbos, and writing amorously of women and men alike, she is the namesake lesbian. What's left of her writing, and what we know of her, is fragmentary. Shrouded in mystery, she is ......
Hailed by Plato as the "Tenth Muse of ancient Greek poetry, Sappho is inarguably antiquity's greatest lyric poet. Born over 2,600 years ago on the Greek island of Lesbos, and writing amorously of women and men alike, she is the namesake lesbian. What's left of her writing, and what we know of her, is fragmentary. Shrouded in mystery, she is ......