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Sappho

also: Ψάπφω, Psappho

The author of the corpus: lyric poet of Mytilene on Lesbos (c. 630–570 BC), whose nine Alexandrian books survive only in fragments. She names herself in her own poems in the Aeolic form Psappho.

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Mentioned in 3 works (3 mentions)

The Major Poems poem · 1 mention
Fragments of Book Five poem · 1 mention
Fragments of Uncertain Book, with the Epigrams and Dubia poem · 1 mention

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