person

Arista

Name: Sappho Entire
Author: Sappho

also: Ἀρίστα

Priestess of Artemis, dedicant of the speaking statue in AP 6.269 — a Hellenistic dedication under Sappho's name.

Reading notes

Fragments of Uncertain Book, with the Epigrams and Dubia §ap-6-269 Arista
The dedicant: a priestess of Artemis who set up this speaking statue of herself. The epigram is a Hellenistic dedication under Sappho's name, not archaic Lesbian verse — the ascription is the Anthology's.

Fragments of Uncertain Book, with the Epigrams and Dubia poem · 1 mention