loeb 55 Flashcards

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what is the name of loeb 55

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when you die

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what is the general meaning of loeb 55

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if you produce nothing great no one will remember you

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what is the significance of the line when you die

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sappho addresses an unknown listener highlighting their lack of fame thus mortality

because sappho does write the persons name they are forgotten

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what quote highlights how her listener has not created anything and is not inspired by the muses

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you have no share of the roses of the pierian muses

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what is the significance of roses

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associated with aphrodite - perhaps talking specifically about a lack of creating love poetry

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what are the final two lines

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you will wanderr among the dim shades

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what is significant about the last two lines

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-poem ends with the imagery of death
-‘wander’ connotes the wandering souls of asphodel - not worthy of tartarus or elysium just forced to be forgotten
-‘dim’ no light or life or spark

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