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Speak! Radiant Lyre, the Poetess of Lesbos, Sappho (& Other Women of that World)
FromLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
Speak! Radiant Lyre, the Poetess of Lesbos, Sappho (& Other Women of that World)
FromLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Jun 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Sappho was a very real woman, a poet of the island of Lesbos, the "Tenth Muse", and she almost definitely loved men and women. The origin of terms Lesbian and Sapphic, a true icon.CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.Sources: Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity by Sarah B. Pomeroy; If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho by Anne Carson; Sappho's Lyre: Archaic Lyric and Women Poets of Ancient Greece by Diane J. Rayor; notes compiled by Alyse Knorr of the Sweetbitter Podcast.Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Jun 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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