person
Anactoria
also: Ἀνακτορία
A woman of Sappho's circle, addressed or remembered in fr. 16; ancient tradition counted her among Sappho's companions and connected her with Miletus. Nothing else is known of her.
Reading notes
- The Major Poems §16 Anactoria
A woman of Sappho's circle, now absent; the poem's argument about Helen exists to explain the ache of missing her. Tradition connects her with Miletus; nothing more is known.