Sappho

SEARCH & LEARN

• Who was Sappho in antiquity?


• What made her so famous?

THINK

Poetry competitions were open to both men and women. What does this tell us about Sappho?

DID YOU KNOW THAT…

Plato was one of the first and most important exponents of kalokagathia (ideal of gentlemanly personal conduct and benevolence).


• Plato was the first to articulate the need for equal education between boys and girls.


• Sappho had the respect of her contemporaries and of people from later generations. To this day, she is considered the first and most important female poet.

TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION

• Although there are many female poets around the world today, in antiquity there were very few of them, and even fewer were widely known. What does that mean?