person
Larichos
also: Λάριχος
Sappho's younger brother. Athenaeus reports he poured the wine in the town hall of Mytilene, an honor for well-born youths; in the Brothers Poem he has yet to 'lift his head and become a man.'
Reading notes
- The Brothers Poem and the Kypris Poem §brothers Larichos
Sappho's younger brother. Athenaeus reports that he poured the wine in the town hall of Mytilene, an office for boys of the best families. In the poem he has yet to 'lift his head and become a man' — the family's hopes rest on a promise still unkept.