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Sappho: A Garland: The Poems and Fragments of Sappho by Sappho

arieltf's review against another edition

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4.0

Every time I open this book I am knocked off my feet. Are her fragments powerfully simple or simply powerful?

mattshervheim's review against another edition

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Don’t feel qualified to rate this, since I know very little of Sappho and translations of Sappho, but I know I liked this a lot and feel grateful I stumbled across this in a rare book bookstore.

fabzatron's review against another edition

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5.0

Sappho's poetry is as lovely as ever. I particularly liked how the translator strung together the random bits of verse to make sense of them-- I found her works even more compelling this way than I have in the past.

foxwrapped's review

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3.0

Despite Sappho being well... Sappho... I'm reading this mostly because of Catallus. I want to read this before I read him. He was such a big fan he called the woman he was in love with "Lesbia," ha. Anyway, her poems are actually gayer than I thought. She is, like, such a total lesbian.
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