Sappho: A New Translation of the Complete Works

Sappho, the renowned Greek poet, composed her songs in 600 BCE on Lesbos. This collection includes translated poems and fragments, showcasing her powerful poetry about love, friendship, rivalry, and family. Diane Rayor's elegant translations remain faithful to the originals, with an introduction and notes by André Lardinois providing insight into Sappho's life and work. The second edition includes thirty-two additional fragments based on Neri's Greek edition and revisions.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 214 pages
Publication date: 02 February 2023
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Sappho, the renowned Greek poetess, graced the world with her mesmerizing melodies around 600 BCE, on the enchanting island of Lesbos. Of the approximately nine papyrus scrolls unearthed in antiquity, all have been translated herein, presenting substantial poems and fragments, including three remarkable discoveries made in the past two decades. The sheer brilliance of Sappho's poetry shines through even in these remnants, thanks to Diane Rayor's elegant and contemporary translations that remain faithful to the originals. In these poems, Sappho's voice resounds with passion, addressing love, friendship, rivalry, and family. In the introduction and notes, André Lardinois skillfully reconstructs Sappho's life, work, the enchanting performance of her songs, and the remarkable journey of these fragments to our present day. This second edition boasts an additional thirty-two fragments, primarily sourced from Camillo Neri's 2021 Greek edition and extensive revisions of over seventy fragments.

Weight: 282g
Dimension: 139 x 216 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781108926973
Edition number: 2 Revised edition