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Sappho: A New Translation
Sappho: A New Translation | Sappho, Mary Barnard, Mary Bernard
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These hundred poems and fragments constitute virtually all of Sappho that survives and effectively bring to life the woman whom the Greeks consider to be their greatest lyric poet. Mary Barnard's translations are lean, incisive, direct--the best ever published. She has rendered the beloved poet's verses, long the bane of translators, more authentically than anyone else in English.
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Dilara
Poems | Sappho Sappho
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I started Sappho's poems. The introduction is unreadable, so I'm skipping it and diving right in! This shouldn't take long to read - most of Sappho's poetry has been lost, unfortunately...

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GatheringBooks
Sappho | Sappho, Mary Barnard
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AthenaWins
Sappho | Sappho, Mary Barnard

When I see you, for a moment,
My voice goes,
My tongue freezes. Fire,
Delicate fire, in the flesh.
Blind, stunned, the sound
Of thunder, in my ears.

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Lindy
Sappho: A New Translation | Sappho, Mary Barnard, Mary Bernard
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1958 edition. So many old gems in this library collection.

LeahBergen Oh, that's a pretty edition! 7y
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AMVP
Sappho | Sappho, Mary Barnard
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#aprilbookshowers days 22-23: #earthtonecovers & #poetry

Happy belated #earthday , everyone. Special condolences go to those with relations who took it as an opportunity to post extensively about how "climate change is totally nbd, here's some links."