NEW SAPPHO POEMS FOUND!

February 07, 2014 Classics

NEW SAPPHO POEMS FOUND!

Portions of two previously unknown poems by the ancient Greek woman poet Sappho have just been found on papyrus. Any new poems by her are greeted with great interest because although she was revered throughout antiquity as one of the finest poets to compose in Greek, most of her works have not survived. For an English translation of the new poems by our very own M.A. graduate Thomas Buck, go to http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/01/31/read_two_newly_discovered_sappho_poems_in_english_for_the_first_time.html.