Sappho (Understanding Classics)
by: Page DuBois (Author)
Publisher: I.B.Tauris
Publication Date: 2015-09-30
Language: English
Print Length: 192 pages
ISBN-10: 1784533602
ISBN-13: 9781784533601
Book Description
Offering nuanced readings of Sappho’s poems, written in an archaic Aeolic dialect, DuBois skillfully draws out their sharp images and rhythmic melody. She further discusses the exciting discovery of a new verse fragment in 2004, and the ways in which Sappho influenced Catullus, Horace and Ovid, as well as later writers and painters.
Editorial Reviews
Offering nuanced readings of Sappho’s poems, written in an archaic Aeolic dialect, DuBois skillfully draws out their sharp images and rhythmic melody. She further discusses the exciting discovery of a new verse fragment in 2004, and the ways in which Sappho influenced Catullus, Horace and Ovid, as well as later writers and painters.
