Hailed by Plato as the "Tenth Muse" of ancient Greek poetry, Sappho is inarguably antiquity\'s greatest lyric poet.
Sappho has most recently undergone a variety of treatments by agenda-driven sch.
Shrouded in mystery, she is nonetheless repeatedly translated and discussed - no, appropriated - by all.
What\'s left of her writing, and what we know of her, is fragmentary.
Born over 2,600 years ago on the Greek island of Lesbos, and writing amorously of women and men alike, she is the namesake lesbian.
Hailed by Plato as the "Tenth Muse" of ancient Greek poetry, Sappho is inarguably antiquity\'s greatest lyric poet