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What are the quotes from poem 16?

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“Helen abandoned her husband, the most excellent of all men”
“Now I am thinking of Anactoria”

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What does poem 31 start with?

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Makarios (poem starting w ‘blessed’) - used in the Odyssey so shows Homeric influence

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What are the quotes from poem 31?

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“He seems to be equal to a God”
“A tremor seizes me all over”
“I think that I am on the point of death”

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What does poem 34 (around the beautiful moon) show?

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Beauty of nature
The moon is her beloved + other women are stars - still celebratory of women

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What are the quotes from poem 48?

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“You came, just what I was looking for, you soothed my soul which was burning with desire”

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What are the quotes from poem 55?

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“No one will remember you”
“Bc you have no share of the Pierian muses”
“You will fade into the house of Hades”

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What does poem 48 show?

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Relief, physical symptoms of desire

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Who is mentioned in poem 95?

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Gongyla

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What does Sappho wish for in poem 95?

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Wishes for death “I take no pleasure from living”

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What does Sappho say she longs to see in poem 95? What does this show?

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“Banks of Acheron”
Underworld river - filled w lotuses which symbolise forgetfulness - she may want to forget her past love

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Who is the Lord Sappho refers to in poem 95?

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Psychopompus - guide of souls - ref to the underworld

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Who is referenced in poem 104?

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Hesperus, male personification of planet Venus AKA the evening star

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What does poem 104 say?

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Calls to Hesperus to bring back night time which is scattered by the dawn

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What’s an epithalamia?

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Poem celebrating marriage

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What is poem 111 - raise the roof?

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An epithamlamai

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What is the last line of poem 111? What literary effect is this?

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“Bigger by far than the biggest man” - paradox + humour

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What does Greek writing refer to Eros as?

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Limb loosening

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What does Sappho say love does in poem 130?

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“Love loosens the limbs”

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What imagery is shown in poem 132?

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“I have a beautiful daughter”
“Resembles the sight of golden flowers” - femininity, loving, maternal

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What do some scholars suggest the missing word after “more even than” is in poem 132?

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Lesbos
(More even than Lesbos)

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What does Sappho believe in poem 148 (Wealth without virtue)?

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Wealth + virtue together are good; wealth can bring happiness
Opposite of Seneca’s beliefs

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What does Sappho talk about in poem 15 (Cypris)?

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Mocks her brother for falling in love w Doricha (Egyptian sex worker) + calls Aphrodite to punish her

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Who does Sappho invoke in poem 17?

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Queen Hera

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What does Sappho pray for in poem 17?

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Someone’s safety at sea

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What is poem 30?

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An epithamlamai

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What does Sappho say in poem 30?

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“May the maidens sing of your delights” - desire is portrayed in a celebratory manner

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What does DeJean call Sappho?

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“Sappho is truly a legendary figure”

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What does Sappho talk about in poem 39?

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“Embroidered sandals” - Lesbos was between Greece + Lydia - rich trading route
Sappho was from a wealthy family

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What is the quote from poem 47?

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“Love shook my soul like a wind buffeting oak trees”

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What is the effect of poem 47?

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Homeric similie
Love is like a force of nature - strong

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What does Loeb 50 (a handsome man is only good to look at) tell us?

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Sappho appreciated inner beauty - similar to Plato + Seneca
Lover rather than desire

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What were Pierian muses mentioned in poem 55?

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Pierian spring was metaphorical source of knowledge of art + science

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What does poem 55 tell us?

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Poetry secures everlasting fame
Possibly about someone she disliked

34
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What does Hollis say?

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“Love appears as an overwhelming force”

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What is poem 81 (oh Dika) about?

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Preparing for a ritual
Floral imagery - female beauty
Graces - 3 daughters of Zeus who rep. beauty

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What are the quotes from poem 94 (Honestly I want to die)?

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“She was leaving me”
“We had good times”
“Intricate garlands”
“Violets, roses”

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What is poem 94 about?

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Sappho is being left by a lover who doesn’t want to leave but Sappho encourages her to
Reminiscence of past times

38
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Who says Sappho communicates female anxiety towards marriage?

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Karinika

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What are the quotes of poem 96 (Often she turned her thoughts here)?

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“She honoured you as if you were a goddess”
“Among all stars”
“She remembers gentle Atthis)

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What are the quotes from poem 105?

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“Sweet apple at the highest hight”
“Missed by apple pickers”
“They couldn’t reach”

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What is the idea of poem 105?

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Men can’t reach female sexuality

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What does Sappho suggest in poem 110 (the doorkeeper)?

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Crude implication of the man
Epithalamia
Intimidation for bride

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What are the quotes from poem 112?

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“Lucky bridegroom”
“You have the girl of your dreams”
“Lover is poured over your face”
“Aphrodite honoured you”

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What does it seem like poem 112 is?

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Depicting a happy couple - they are a perfect match; positive description of love

45
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What might the underlying meaning of poem 112 be?

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A sense of jealousy
Lovers gaze
Homoerotic relationships would be brought to an end by marriage

46
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What does Sappho say in poem 118?

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“Come my divine lyre speak to me”

47
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What are the quotes from poem 114?

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“Virginity where have you gone? You left me behind”

48
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What are the implications of poem 114?

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Loss of childhood/purity
No 2nd chance for women in the Ancient world
Loss of virginity for women is an actual physical change

49
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What is poem 121 about?

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Speaker tells lover to leave them for a younger woman because they don’t want to be the older one

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What is poem 131b about?

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Atthis is now repulsed by Sappho
Atthis may have left Sappho for Andromeda

51
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What does Karinika say?

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“Sappho deeply communicates female anxiety towards marriage”

52
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What does poem 137 (I want to say something) show?

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An argument

53
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What does Sappho say in poem 137 (I want to say smth) ?

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If they had nice things to say, they would’ve spoken properly
“A look of shame in your eyes”
Topos of pain of love

54
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What does Sappho talk about in poem 168b (Gone are the moon + Pleaides)?

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Ses abandoned by her lover + the moon + stars
Nights are slow
Isolation + loneliness

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What are the quotes in poem 1?

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“Who, Sappho is hurting you now?
“If she doesn’t love you now soon she will”
“Be my ally”

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What are the quotes in poem 2 (leave Crete behind)?

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“The whole plan is covered w the shadows of roses” (ref. Lesbos)

57
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What does Skinner say?

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“Masculine ideology is an inescapable background noise”

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What is the quote from poem 32 (who gave their works)?

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“Who gave their works + made me honoured”

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What is the quote from poem 52? What does this mean?

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“I don’t think I can touch the sky w my hands”
Reminder of mortality?
Unreachable aspirations?

60
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What is poem 57 (what farm girl) about?

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“What farm girl, in her farming clothes”

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What does poem 57 tell us about Sappho?

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She was judgemental of non fashionable, lower class people

62
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Who says masculine ideology is inescapable background noise?

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Skinner

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What does poem 102 (sweet mother) tell us?

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She is consumed by love + calls to her mother for help
Blames Aphrodite

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What does Goldhill say about Sappho?

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“Sappho has constantly been used to express female longing in a man’s world”

65
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What did Burnett say about Sappho?

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“Sappho’s aim was to teach girls how to be women”

66
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Who says love appears as an overwhelming force?

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Hollis

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What does Kennedy say about love?

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“Love can be described in terms also used for madness or illness”

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