person

Gorgo

Name: Sappho Entire
Author: Sappho

also: Γόργω, Γόργως

A rival of Sappho, paired in the testimonia with Andromeda; fr. 144's 'quite enough of Gorgo' is the surviving needle.

Reading notes

Fragments of Uncertain Book, with the Epigrams and Dubia §144 Gorgo
A rival of Sappho, paired in the testimonia with Andromeda as a leader of a competing circle; Maximus of Tyre says Sappho needled them both, and this line's weariness ('quite enough of Gorgo') is the needle.

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