sappho scholarship Flashcards
what interpretation does leftkowitz suggest for female poets
because women poets are emotionally disturbed their poems are psychological outpourings that is not intellectual but ingenius, artless, concerned with their inner emotional lives
what does o’higgins say about loeb 31 and homer
some symptomes of physical desire echo homeric descriptions of dying or mortally threatened warriors
what does o’higgins say about loeb 31 and the break at line 9
the break after line 9 is deliberate, intended to reproduce the catch in the poets voice
what does o’higgins say about the significance of sappho losing her voice
a critical loss for a poet
sappho is disarmed
according to jessica elbert decker what is the significance of sapphos connection to aphrodite
sapphos use of aphrodite subverts the dominent patriarchal cultures values such as the depiction of women as weak including female goddesses
linking to ‘the depiction of women as weak’ how does osbourne describe the portrayal of women by men in classical greece
but there was an inconsistency about mens depiction of women. on the one hand they were seen as the all embracing archetypal source and providers of life; on the other as she-monsters of outrageous and devilish cunning
what does elbert decker say about loeb 16 in relation to the trojan war
sapphos fragment invokes the trojan war, faught with horses and spears but caused by eros and aphrodites manipulations
what does elbert decker say about the duality of sapphos language
just as aphrodite can speak mortal and divine language, sappho can speak male and female, public and private
what does loukas papadimitropoulos say about love and war in loeb 16
love and war are fused since both contain conflict
what does wilamowitz say in regard to sapphos context
-says sappho was the leader of a boarding school
-her affection is directwd towards girls as they leave her school to marry
-this theory comes from the greek thought on the nature of male homoeroticism education and the idea relationships between younger and older males
what does maarit kivilo say about sapphos relationships
sappho had many female companions some of them being her friends some pupil and some lovers. she is also believed to have had relationships with many men
what does maarit kivilo say about sapphos circle
many suggestions have been made about sapphos circle…the girls formed a closed group whose main purpose was to worship aphrodite and the muses and that sappho was a priestess of aphrodite
what does anne L klinck say about sapphos relationship with aphrodite
the goddess addresses sappho by name and implie that she is in the habit of appealing to aphrodite to intervene in her love life
what does anne L klinck say about the educational and erotic aspects of sapphos teaching
if teaching and learning took place they did so in an atmosphere of intimacy and erotic involvments
what does jane synder say about the way sappho was influenced by homer and how she adapted it
sappho rejects the masculine warlike worldview of homeric epic and replaces it with eros
what does anne burnet say about loeb 110/111 (epithalamia)
in good marriage the husband was potent the wife fecund and chaste and these are the themes of the sapphic epithalamia
what does synder say about eroticism in sappho
the act of sex is not always mentioned but alluded to perhaps indicating that this is a space in which desire can flourish
what does elana irwin identify in loeb 31
intentified orgasmic imagery
-she identifies that the ‘greener than grass’ line should be translated instead as ‘moister than grass’
what does jane synder say about sapphos audience
some of sapphos poetry must have been intended for a women only audience
what does alex hardie say about sapphos interest in mortality and the future
sappho took an unusual interest in mortality and the shape of things to come. more than once she expreses a wish for death
what does holt parker say about sappho being recast by some as a virgin schoolmistress
recast sappho as a virgin schoolmistress. this whole construction was created to explain away sapphos passion for her girls, allowing her the emotion of love but denying it any physical component, by recasting it in the form of an explicitly platonic love
what does bruce whiteman say about sapphos poetry in comparison to mens poetry
so much at variance with archaic greek poetry by men (this could be as she wasnt restricted by the laws as a woman she wasnt considered a citizen)
what does bruce whiteman say about sapphos bisexuality
her bisexuality, to call it that, complicated and enriches her poetry and adds to the translators burden (hard to interprate her meaning)
what does bruce whiteman say about a lack of sensibilty in sapphos poems
there is the remoteness of her sensibility the unbelievable otherness
what does freeman say about how the significance of bridal virginity could be weaponised culturally by men to stop women from enjoying their own sexuality in regard to sappho
the emphasis on bridal virginity as a form of masculine oppression against younger women, lest they dare to enjoy their own sexuality and thus reduce their value as a commodity to a future husband
what does anne klinck say aboiut there being no evidence that sappho was apart of a cult
although there are numerous references to the gods in sapphos poetry, evidence that she was a member of a formal worshipping group is rare
what does anne klinck say about which sappho poems suggest cult activity
only three poems give much indication of a sapphic circle engaing in cult: fr.2, fr.94, fr.96
