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Sappho, the Greek poet who lived from 612-545 BC, continues to captivate us with her timeless words and enigmatic persona

Background imageSappho Collection: Sappho Portrait Ancient Greece Greek Lyric Poet

Sappho Portrait Ancient Greece Greek Lyric Poet
Sappho, c. 630 - 612 BC to c. 570 BC. Ancient Greek lyric poet. Debate as to the focus of Sappho's sexuality continues amongst scholars to this day

Background imageSappho Collection: Sappho 1862 wax paint canvas 56. 5 x 45. 5 cm inscribed lower right

Sappho 1862 wax paint canvas 56. 5 x 45. 5 cm inscribed lower right
Sappho, 1862, wax paint on canvas, 56.5 x 45.5 cm, inscribed lower right: A. Bocklin pinx.t [superscripted], Arnold Bocklin, Basel 1827-1901 San Domenico

Background imageSappho Collection: Round mountain landscape buildings portfolio

Round mountain landscape buildings portfolio
Round mountain landscape with buildings (from portfolio with 26 landscape drawings), (story of) Sappho, the poetess, Sappho, Christoph Heinrich Kniep, 1765 - 1825, paper, chalk, h 248 mm × w 210 mm

Background imageSappho Collection: Sappho lake portfolio 26 landscape drawings Christoph Heinrich Kniep

Sappho lake portfolio 26 landscape drawings Christoph Heinrich Kniep
Sappho by a lake (from portfolio with 26 landscape drawings), Christoph Heinrich Kniep, 1824, paper, chalk, h 213 mm × w 256 mm

Background imageSappho Collection: Offrande a Venus Sappho Bion Moschus Chatillon

Offrande a Venus Sappho Bion Moschus Chatillon
Offrande a Venus, Sappho, Bion, Moschus, Chatillon, Henri Guillaume, ca. 1780-1856, Girodet-Trioson, Anne-Louis, 1767-1824, Engraving, 1829

Background imageSappho Collection: L amour empare de Sapho Sappho Bion Moschus Chatillon

L amour empare de Sapho Sappho Bion Moschus Chatillon
L amours empare de Sapho, Sappho, Bion, Moschus, Chatillon, Henri Guillaume, ca. 1780-1856, Girodet-Trioson, Anne-Louis, 1767-1824, Engraving, 1829

Background imageSappho Collection: Desespoir de Sapho Sappho Bion Moschus Chatillon

Desespoir de Sapho Sappho Bion Moschus Chatillon
Desespoir de Sapho, Sappho, Bion, Moschus, Chatillon, Henri Guillaume, ca. 1780-1856, Girodet-Trioson, Anne-Louis, 1767-1824, Engraving, 1829

Background imageSappho Collection: Mort d Adonis quatrieme composition Sappho Bion

Mort d Adonis quatrieme composition Sappho Bion
Mort d Adonis (quatrieme composition), Sappho, Bion, Moschus, Chatillon, Henri Guillaume, ca. 1780-1856, Girodet-Trioson, Anne-Louis, 1767-1824, Engraving, 1829

Background imageSappho Collection: Sappho Julia Margaret Cameron British born India

Sappho Julia Margaret Cameron British born India
Sappho; Julia Margaret Cameron (British, born India, 1815 - 1879); Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England; 1866; Albumen silver print

Background imageSappho Collection: Sappho 1887-1925 Emile Antoine Bourdelle French

Sappho 1887-1925 Emile Antoine Bourdelle French
Sappho, 1887-1925. Emile Antoine Bourdelle (French, 1861-1929). Bronze; overall: 28.3 x 22.3 x 11.2 cm (11 1/8 x 8 3/4 x 4 7/16 in.)

Background imageSappho Collection: Sappho, C. 630 - 612 Bc To C. 570 Bc. Ancient Greek Lyric Poet

Sappho, C. 630 - 612 Bc To C. 570 Bc. Ancient Greek Lyric Poet. From Crabbs Historical Dictionary Published 1825

Background imageSappho Collection: Sappho, Born Between 630 / 612 B. C. - 570 B. C. Ancient Greek Lyric Poet

Sappho, Born Between 630 / 612 B. C. - 570 B. C. Ancient Greek Lyric Poet. Engraved Francis Holl By After G. Staal
Sappho, Born Between 630/612 B.C. - 570 B.C. Ancient Greek Lyric Poet. Engraved Francis Holl By After G. Staal. From The Book World Noted Women By Mary Cowden Clarke, Published 1858

Background imageSappho Collection: Portrait of a young woman (so-called Sappho) from Italy, Campania, Pompeii, painting on plaster

Portrait of a young woman (so-called Sappho) from Italy, Campania, Pompeii, painting on plaster, 55-79 A. D
Roman civilization, 1st century A.D. Portrait of a young woman (so-called Sappho), 55-79 A.D. painting on plaster, 31x31 cm. From Pompei

Background imageSappho Collection: Head of the poetess Sappho. Marble

Head of the poetess Sappho. Marble
Sappho (c. 630-580 BC). Greek lyric poetess. Bust. Marble. Copy of an original to the Hellenistic Period. From Smyrna. Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey

Background imageSappho Collection: Sappho (630-570 BC). Greek lyric poet. Bust. Copy. Istanbul

Sappho (630-570 BC). Greek lyric poet. Bust. Copy. Istanbul
Sappho (630-570 BC). Greek lyric poet, born on the island of Lesbos. Roman bust of Sappho, copied from a lost Hellenistic original. Izmir. 2th century AD. Istanbul Archaeological Museum

Background imageSappho Collection: Sappho (c. 612-c 570 B. C. ). Ancient Greek poet

Sappho (c. 612-c 570 B. C. ). Ancient Greek poet
Sappho (c.612-c..570 B.C.). Ancient Greek poet. Bust. Black basalt. Copy of 16th-17th centuries from a Greek original. Palazzo Massimo. National Roman Museum. Rome. Italy

Background imageSappho Collection: Red-tailed comet, Sappho sparganura, and Ecuadorian

Red-tailed comet, Sappho sparganura, and Ecuadorian hillstar, Oreotrochilus chimborazo.. Chromolithograph by unknown artist/engraver from Mary and Elizabeth Kirbys Beautiful Birds in Far-Off Lands

Background imageSappho Collection: Source Size = 3711 x 4679

Source Size = 3711 x 4679
The Sappho Rounding the Vectis, and Setting her Balloon-Canvas, 1870

Background imageSappho Collection: Source Size = 3654 x 3278

Source Size = 3654 x 3278
The Anglo-American Yacht Race between the Sappho and the Cambria, 1870

Background imageSappho Collection: Source Size = 3846 x 2550

Source Size = 3846 x 2550
H.M.s. " sappho, " on the Main Reef at Honduras

Background imageSappho Collection: Maurice Dumont (French, 1869 - 1899), Sappho, metal foil plate for glyptograph

Maurice Dumont (French, 1869 - 1899), Sappho, metal foil plate for glyptograph

Background imageSappho Collection: Madame Recamier (1777-1849) (oil on canvas) (b / w photo)

Madame Recamier (1777-1849) (oil on canvas) (b / w photo)
XIR287798 Madame Recamier (1777-1849) (oil on canvas) (b/w photo) by Fragonard, Alexandre Evariste (1780-1850); Musee d Histoire de la Ville, Saint-Malo

Background imageSappho Collection: SAPPHO (fl. c600 B. C. ). Greek lyric poet

SAPPHO (fl. c600 B. C. ). Greek lyric poet
SAPPHO (fl. c600 B.C.). Greek lyric poet. With musical instruments: woodcut from an edition of Boccaccios De Claris Mulieribus [On Famous Women] printed at Ulm, 1473

Background imageSappho Collection: Fragment of mosaic depicting poetess Sappho

Fragment of mosaic depicting poetess Sappho
Greek civilization 3rd-4th century A.D. Fragment of mosaic depicting the poetess Sappho

Background imageSappho Collection: Roman civilization, Portrait of woman known as Sappho. From Pompeii

Roman civilization, Portrait of woman known as Sappho. From Pompeii
Roman civilization 1st century A.D. Portrait of a woman known as Sappho 55-79 A.D. Painting on plaster, 31x31 cm. From Pompeii

Background imageSappho Collection: Marble head of poetess Sappho, Copy after Hellenistic original, from Smyrna, Turkey

Marble head of poetess Sappho, Copy after Hellenistic original, from Smyrna, Turkey
Roman civilization, 1st century A.D. Marble head of the poetess Sappho. Copy after a Hellenistic original. From Smyrna, Turkey

Background imageSappho Collection: Croatia, Solona, Mosaic work depicting the bust of Sappho (Greek lyric poet, circa 610- 570 B. C)

Croatia, Solona, Mosaic work depicting the bust of Sappho (Greek lyric poet, circa 610- 570 B. C)
Croatia, Solona, Mosaic work depicting the bust of Sappho (Greek lyric poet, circa 610- 570 B.C.), from the tomb slab of Aurellius 3rd Century A.D

Background imageSappho Collection: DAVID, JACQUES-LOUIS (1748-1825). SAPPHO

DAVID, JACQUES-LOUIS (1748-1825). SAPPHO
CASTILLO, Jos del (1737-1793). Bird Hunter. Placed at the Palace of the Bourbons. SPAIN. San Lorenzo de El

Background imageSappho Collection: David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825)

David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825)

Background imageSappho Collection: SAPPHO (fl. c600 B. C. ). Greek lyric poet. Marble sculpture known as the Castellani bust

SAPPHO (fl. c600 B. C. ). Greek lyric poet. Marble sculpture known as the Castellani bust
SAPPHO (fl. c600 B.C.). Greek lyric poet. Marble sculpture known as the Castellani bust

Background imageSappho Collection: YACHT: SAPPHO, 1868. The American yacht Sappho. Wood engraving, English, 1868

YACHT: SAPPHO, 1868. The American yacht Sappho. Wood engraving, English, 1868

Background imageSappho Collection: SAPPHO COMET. Line engraving, 19th century

SAPPHO COMET. Line engraving, 19th century

Background imageSappho Collection: GREECE: CAPE LEFKADA, 1832. View of Lovers Leap at Cape Lefkada

GREECE: CAPE LEFKADA, 1832. View of Lovers Leap at Cape Lefkada, on the Greek island of Levkas (Leucas) in the Ionian Sea, where the ancient poet Sappho reputedly leapt to her death, c580 B.C

Background imageSappho Collection: SAPPHO (fl. c600 B. C. ). Greek lyric poet. Line engraving, 19th century

SAPPHO (fl. c600 B. C. ). Greek lyric poet. Line engraving, 19th century, after an ancient bronze bust
SAPPHO (fl. c600 B.C.). Greek lyric poet. Line engraving, 19th century, after an ancient bronze bust

Background imageSappho Collection: The yacht Sappho of New York: leaving Sandy Hook July 28th

The yacht Sappho of New York: leaving Sandy Hook July 28th. 1869 bound to Europe. Date c1869. The yacht Sappho of New York: leaving Sandy Hook July 28th. 1869 bound to Europe. Date c1869

Background imageSappho Collection: The Race for the Queens Cup

The Race for the Queens Cup between the American yacht Sappho and the English yacht Livonia, in New York Harbour, October 23rd 1871. Date: October 23rd 1871

Background imageSappho Collection: Sappho / Cazenove / Oval

Sappho / Cazenove / Oval
SAPPHO Greek lyric poet from Lesbos

Background imageSappho Collection: Sappho / Thevet 1584

Sappho / Thevet 1584
SAPPHO Greek lyric poet from Lesbos

Background imageSappho Collection: Sappho (On a Gem)

Sappho (On a Gem)
SAPPHO Greek poet

Background imageSappho Collection: Sappho in Rough Sea

Sappho in Rough Sea
British sailing warship, depicted encountering heavy seas off the coast of Honduras. However, she survives another ten years before sinking in 1859

Background imageSappho Collection: Sappho / Head

Sappho / Head
SAPPHO Greek lyric poet

Background imageSappho Collection: Sappho / Manners of Greeks

Sappho / Manners of Greeks
SAPPHO Greek lyric poet with Alcaeus




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Sappho, the Greek poet who lived from 612-545 BC, continues to captivate us with her timeless words and enigmatic persona. In the Portrait of a young girl, Sappho from Pompeii at the National Archaeological Museum, we catch a glimpse of her youthful beauty and allure. Known as the "Tenth Muse, " Sappho's House of Muses stands as a testament to her poetic genius. As we explore Sappho's life and work, we cannot ignore the significance she holds in women's rights throughout history. Even in ancient times, she challenged societal norms by expressing herself freely through her poetry. Her voice resonates across centuries, reminding us that women have always possessed strength and intellect. Just like Trochilidae hummingbirds fluttering around delicate flowers, Sappho's verses delicately touch our hearts with their lyrical grace. Artists like Izmailov capture this essence in their depictions on Lefkadas Cliff or alongside Pegasus - symbols of inspiration and creativity. In Jean-Joseph Taillasson's painting depicting Sappho throwing herself into the sea, we witness both tragedy and resilience intertwined within her story. This act becomes an emblematic representation of unrequited love but also serves as a reminder that even great poets experience heartbreak. From Cristoforo Majorana's illustration for The Heroides by Ovid to Vasili Dmitrievich Millioti’s watercolor portrait from 1929 – artists throughout history have sought to immortalize this extraordinary woman whose influence transcends time. As we gaze upon these various artworks showcasing different aspects of Sappho’s life and legacy - whether it be frescoes on Parnassus or intricate engravings - let us remember that she remains an eternal symbol of courage, passion, and artistic brilliance.