Roman receptions of Sappho [electronic resource] / edited by Thea S. Thorsen and Stephen Harrison.

Sappho, a towering figure in Western culture, is an exemplary case in the history of classical receptions. There are three prominent reasons for this. Firstly, Sappho is associated with some of the earliest poetry in the classical tradition, which makes her reception history one of the longest we kn...

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