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Sapphic and Greek Poet Sappho
The poet Sappho wrote poems of self-reflection but also of passion, some of it directed to the women attending the school she conducted on the Greek island of Lesbos around 600 B.C. Even though most of the poems survive only as fragments, they have been greatly admired for many centuries. They were written in an original rhythmical pattern, which has become known as sapphic verse. Later admirers, such as the Roman poets Catullus and Horace, honored her by adopting the sapphic meter for their own poetry. Because of Sappho, the island of Lesbos also gave its name to lesbianism, which writers often used to call sapphic love.
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James Factora, Them, 1 Nov. 2024
Her Agatha character is pretty much just that — Aubrey Plaza being witchy — though there is some intriguing sapphic energy going on between her and Agatha, so far underexplored.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
Quispe López, Them, 21 Oct. 2024
While secure and permanent physical spaces for sapphics are necessary in all of Latin America, the reality is that community should always come first.
—Sofia Viera, refinery29.com, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Sapphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sapphic. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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