Complete Poems and Fragments
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Complete Poems and Fragments
By (Author) Sappho
Edited and translated by Stanley Lombardo
Introduction by Pamela Gordon
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
1st May 2016
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
884.01
Physical Properties
Paperback
200
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
179g
Description
In this expanded edition of his distinguished Sappho: Poems and Fragments (2002), Stanley Lombardo offers over 100 fragments not included in the original edition, as well as the new poems discovered in 2004 and 2014. His translation of this latter material yields fresh insights into Sappho's representations of old age, two of her brothers, and herspecial relationship with Aphrodite.
Reviews
"Very good indeed to have a complete and up-to-date Sappho for the non-specialist reader, and especially one with such an intelligent and helpful Introduction to the poet herself." Jenny March, in The Reading Room , classicsforall.org.uk
Author Bio
Stanley Lombardo is Professor of Classics, University of Kansas. Pamela Gordon is Associate Professor of Classics, University of Kansas.
