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The Greek poet Sappho, born 625 BC in Eresos on the island of Lesbos,
was considered the most important lyricist in ancient times. She gathered a circle of noble girls around her in Mytilene and taught them the ways of life of the nobility, music, poetry and dance until their marriage.
Sappho's songs and poems are characterized by deep, personal experience, poetic expressiveness and beauty, a strong sense of nature and the melodiousness of simple language reminiscent of folk songs, in which she was able to express all nuances of human feeling, especially of happiness, longing and the heartache of love.
The unhappy, unheard-of love of the poet Alkaios for his famous poet colleague was also often discussed. Ancient times revered Sappho as the 10th muse.
There are many legends about her death. One says she threw herself off the leukadian rock out of unhappy love for Phaon. She died in 570 B.C. Today her name is mentioned among women in connection with same-sex or lesbian love (Sapphism).
Replica with 48 cm original size, black artificial marble base, 6.0 kg, material ceramic (high-strength special plaster) in bronze finish.
Roman bronze replica of a work of art from the 4th century B.C., Perinthos site, Thrace. Exhibit of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Inventory No. 15187.
On request, the Sappho exhibit is also available in white, with black base
(longer delivery time).
This product was added to our catalog on Monday, January 20, 2014.