Essays Tagged: "Sappho"
Lesbian Poetry. Empasizes on Sappho
more recent times have risked their careers as writers because they or their material were lesbian.Sappho was a pioneer in many aspects of Greek culture. One of the great Greek lyrists and little kno ... f Greek culture. One of the great Greek lyrists and little known female poets of the ancient world, Sappho was born soon after 630BC. Aristocratic herself, she married a merchant and had a daughter na ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Based on the poem "He Is More Than A Hero" written by Sappho. Talks about the author's sexuality
suddenly, I can't speak- my tongue is broken"The following lines were taken from a poem written by Sappho entitled "He Is More Than A Hero." For those who are not familiar with Sappho, she was a resi ... he was a resident of a city names Lesbos. She lived from 630 B.C. - 570 B.C. In the city of Lesbos, Sappho was a highly respected poet/teacher by many but mainly the females. It is said that she was c ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Ancient Greece and Homosexuality
the word, "lesbian" comes from the island of Eastern Greece, Lesbos. This is also the birthplace of Sappho (lived during 600 BC). She was priestess of a feminine love cult and celebrated the love of w ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
What features of 'The Willow Tree and Olive' make it a suitable text? This essay is for Australian students in Yr 10
tive characters: Kerry, her best friend; Paras and Xino, the people she stays with while in Greece; Sappho, the lesbian poet she learns about; and Ms Cavanough, Olive's English teacher. The sty ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Death in Gilgamesh's Epic and Sappho's poems.
at it is while others so foolishly try to avoid it. This notion is clearly depicted in the texts of Sappho and Gilgamesh. Both explore death, but only Sappho accepts it. She is fearless towards the un ... However, in the end they only remain human and both perish. In comparing the texts of Gilgamesh and Sappho, it is evident that Sappho's acceptance of life (nature), focus on the here and now, and pres ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology
Poetry Of Sappho
Poetry of Sappho Sappho was a female poet in ancient Greece. She was aristocratic and she married a prosperous ... ipate in acts of love and, since they were mostly women, they inevitably took part in lesbian acts. Sappho did love the women she taught. She nurtured and adored them. She wrote poems of love about th ... . She wrote poems of love about them and when they left to be married she wrote their wedding song. Sappho's poems have become so associated with women-love that the word lesbian is derived from Lesbo ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Gilgamesh and Sappho's common theme on "the end of life".
death for what it is while others try to avoid it. This notion is clearly explored in the poems of Sappho and Gilgamesh. Both look into death, but only Sappho accepts it as a process of life in which ... ok into death, but only Sappho accepts it as a process of life in which the end is not so pleasant. Sappho is fearless towards the unknown and is not fazed by the concept of death or decay. Gilgamesh ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature
Sapphos vs Aeschylus - Compare and Contrast Linguistic Usage and Style
ry in order to make the poet's message known. At first glance, the works of two famous Greek poets, Sappho and Aeschylus, would seem to share absolutely nothing in their usage of poetic devices and im ... ts is in fact markedly similar in tone and metaphor, So much so in fact, that Aeschylus paraphrases Sappho work to supplant his own. And finally, love is a common theme in the works of both poets.Sapp ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Women and Love
ine GreenwoodSouth University Running head: WOMEN AND LOVE1WOMEN AND LOVE5Women and LoveSappho was born around 615 B.C. on the Greek Island of Lesbos and died around 550 B.C. Bai Juyi was ... on the Chinese island of Henan in 772 and died in 846 (Whittier College, 2004). While Bai Juyi and Sappho are both famous poets who lived centuries ago, they are renowned for their great literary wor ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Poetry