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  • Chapter 17 - Sappho on the Papyri

  • from Part III - Transmission
  • Edited by P. J. Finglass, University of Bristol, Adrian Kelly, University of Oxford
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Companion to Sappho
    Published online:
    09 April 2021
    Print publication:
    29 April 2021, pp 232-246

  • Summary

    Chapter 17 of The Cambridge Companion to Sappho gives an account of the papyri of Sappho discovered over the past century as historical artefacts in their own right – what do they tell us about who was reading Sappho, and where and when was this reading taking place? What do we learn from them about the transmission and eventual loss of her poetry?

  • Chapter 18 - Editions of Sappho since the Renaissance

  • from Part III - Transmission
  • Edited by P. J. Finglass, University of Bristol, Adrian Kelly, University of Oxford
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Companion to Sappho
    Published online:
    09 April 2021
    Print publication:
    29 April 2021, pp 247-260

  • Summary

    For centuries what remained of Sappho’s poems lay as isolated quotations in the works of other authors who had survived antiquity. Chapter 18 of The Cambridge Companion to Sappho tells the story of how these quotations, or fragments, were gathered together from the sixteenth century on – and how the coming of the papyri in the twentieth century had a dramatic impact on editorial practice too.

The Cambridge Companion to Sappho
  • Edited by P. J. Finglass, Adrian Kelly
  • Published online:
    09 April 2021
    Print publication:
    29 April 2021
  • No ancient poet has a wider following today than Sappho; her status as the most famous woman poet from Greco-Roman antiquity, and as one of the most prominent lesbian voices in history, has ensured a continuing fascination with her work down the centuries. The Cambridge Companion to Sappho provides an up-to-date survey of this remarkable, inspiring, and mysterious Greek writer, whose poetic corpus has been significantly expanded in recent years thanks to the discovery of new papyrus sources. Containing an introduction, prologue and thirty-three chapters, the book examines Sappho's historical, social, and literary contexts, the nature of her poetic achievement, the transmission, loss, and rediscovery of her poetry, and the reception of that poetry in cultures far removed from ancient Greece, including Latin America, India, China, and Japan. All Greek is translated, making the volume accessible to everyone interested in one of the most significant creative artists of all time.

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