The Poetry of Sappho

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The Poetry of Sappho is written by Jim Powell and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 019029616X (ISBN 10) and 9780190296162 (ISBN 13).

Sappho is celebrated as the supreme ancient Greek poet of love and of the personal lyric, and noted also for her vivid participation in a living paganism. Jim Powell's translation is recognized for its unique combination of poetic mastery and scholarly penetration of the original. This edition includes his translation of the newly discovered poem, the most important addition to Sappho's surviving work in a century.