For the first time in Penguin Classics���he incomparable verse of the ancient Greek lyric poet Sappho, in a brilliant new translation
Sapho�'s writings are said to have filled nine papyrus rolls in the great library at Alexandria, but only one poem survives complete. This new translation of all of Sappho�'s extant poetry
showcases the wide variety of themes in her work, from amorous songs celebrating adolescent females to poems of invocation, desire, spite, celebration, resignation, and remembrance. Aaron
Poochigian captures the eros and mystery of Sappho�'s verse, bringing to readers of English the living voice of the poet Plato called ���he tenth Muse,���whose lyric power remains undiminished
after 2,500 years.
