GEN 6778
Sappho: Erotic Poetess of Lesbos
Stanford University · UGRD · Fall 2026
1 section
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Preference to freshmen. Sappho's surviving fragments in English; traditions referring to or fantasizing about her disputed life. How her poetry and legend inspired women authors and male poets such as Swinburne, Baudelaire, and Pound. Paintings inspired by Sappho in ancient and modern times, and composers who put her poetry to music.
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