Episode 27b: Sappho of Lesbos - The Woman and the Legend (reprised)

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English - October 12, 2018 22:00 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 73 ratings
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Sappho of Lesbos - The Woman and the Legend (reprised)
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 27b

Due to scheduling issues, I’m reprising a pair of shows I aired two years ago about Sappho and her poetry. I hope you enjoy either revisiting this material or discovering it for the first time.

In this episode we talk about

The known facts of Sappho’s life
What classical Greek and Roman writers said about her
Possible explanations for some of the contradictory stories about her
The social context for Sappho’s expressions of love and desire for women, and what sort of relationships were most likely involved

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This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: Sappho

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