CLA219H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ulrich Von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Phaon, Posidippus
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Sappho: archaic lyric poet, authentically female voice, do(cid:374)(cid:859)t ha(cid:448)e (cid:373)u(cid:272)h of he(cid:396, very first lesbian poet that we know of, t(cid:449)ofold se(cid:374)se; she(cid:859)s les(cid:271)ia(cid:374) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause she (cid:272)o(cid:373)es f(cid:396)o(cid:373) the g(cid:396)eek isla(cid:374)d of. Only in the 19th (cid:272)e(cid:374)tu(cid:396)(cid:455) did (cid:858)les(cid:271)ia(cid:374)(cid:859) (cid:272)o(cid:373)e to (cid:373)ea(cid:374) fe(cid:373)ale homosexuality. In antiquity; called tribas or tribade: comes from greek verb tribo meaning simply to rub, lesbiazein means to behave like somebody from lesbos. Ma(cid:455) the gods gi(cid:448)e (cid:455)ou (cid:271)a(cid:272)k (cid:455)ou(cid:396) (cid:271)(cid:396)ai(cid:374) [(cid:373)e(cid:374)te(cid:373)], philae(cid:374)is, if (cid:455)ou thi(cid:374)k it(cid:859)s (cid:373)a(cid:272)ho to li(cid:272)k (cid:272)u(cid:374)t. (cid:863: martial, epigrams 9. 26, looking at 7th century bc. Indirect; another ancient author quotes that poet: other way papyri, or other materials like little ceramic pieces (cid:449)he(cid:396)e people ki(cid:374)d of (cid:449)(cid:396)ite poe(cid:373)s , people started finding these papyri. Sappho has an affair with him but he dumps her and this leads to the death of sappho because she throws herself off a cliff.
