Both Uses of
Sappho
in
A Great and Terrible Beauty
- From the Greek Sappho, a lady poet who enjoyed the love of other women.†
Chpt 15 *
- Come to us, O daughters of Sappho.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
the Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; much admired although only fragments of her poetry have been preserved (6th century BC)