Ovid And Sappho Quotes

Question 1

Sappho Loeb 16 ‘ i would rather see her lovely walk

Answer 1

Ovid tells women how to walk in a far less appreciative way

Question 2

It’s shameful for a girl not to know how to play’ Ovid

Answer 2

‘Does she even know how to pull up her ragged dress over her ankles’ Sappho

Question 3

He burns alas with slow fires’- ovid

Answer 3

‘You soothed my soul which was burning with desire’ sappho
‘A delicate fire runs beneath my skin’ sappho

Question 4

‘Honestly I want to die’ sappho

Answer 4

Evadne cried and leapt into the flames’ ovid (Death as a result of love)

Question 5

Sappho says knowing how to love destroys you ‘you asked me then what was I suffering’

Answer 5

what destroyed you all I ask? Not knowing how to love: your art was lacking: love lacks art- Ovid says that not knowing how to love destroys you