Where does this (Sappho?) fragment come from

1. Where is Sappho from?
2. How many fragments of Sappho are there?
3. How were Sappho's poems found?
4. What Sappho means?

Where is Sappho from?

Sappho was born on Lesbos to a noble family. She lived most of her life in the city of Mytilene, with the exception of her family's brief exile in Sicily shortly after 600 B.C.E. She married a wealthy man in Mytilene, and they had a daughter names Cleis.

How many fragments of Sappho are there?

Born at the close of the seventh century BCE, Sappho was famously declared the “Tenth Muse” by Plato. Ancient sources state that she produced nine volumes of poetry. While two hundred fragments have been attributed to Sappho, only two complete poems and approximately forty fragments survive.

How were Sappho's poems found?

The poems came to light when an anonymous private collector in London showed a piece of papyrus fragment to Dr Dirk Obbink, a papyrologist at Oxford University. According to Obbink, in an article to be published this spring, the poems, preserved on what is probably third-century AD papyrus, are "indubitably" by Sappho.

What Sappho means?

Definitions of Sappho. the Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; much admired although only fragments of her poetry have been preserved (6th century BC) example of: Lesbian. a resident of Lesbos. poetess.