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Traditions and Encounters, 2/e
Jerry H. Bentley, University of Hawai'i
Herbert F. Ziegler, University of Hawai'i

MEDITERRANEAN SOCIETY: THE GREEK PHASE

Internet Activities: Sappho

http://www.sappho.com/poetry/historical/sappho.html



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What themes are most prevalent in the poems on this website? What new information do they provide us about ancient Greek society? Do these poems--the first documents we have examined known to have a female author--offer a distinctly feminine perspective on this society? If so, what is it?