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Sappho

Ancient Greek poet from Lesbos (c. 630-c. 570 BC)

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  • Poets: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.
  • The death of Sappho. Engraving by A.J. Nargeot.

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    Sappho to Lesbia

    Sappho | Date: [1785]
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    Poésies de Sapho, suivies de différentes poésies dans le même genre

    Sappho | Date: [1781]
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    Sapphus, poetriae Lesbiae, Fragmenta et elogia quotquot in auctoribus antiquis graecis et latinis reperiuntur, cum virorum doctorum notis integris, cura et studio Jo. Christiani Wolfii, in Gymnasio Hamburgensi professoris publici. Qui vitam Sapphonis & in

    Sappho | Date: [1733]

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