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emkreads's review against another edition
2.0
Honnêtement, c'était pas SI pire. Est-ce que j'ai compris ce que je lisais? Absolument pas.
earth222emilie's review
5.0
this is my first reread (I needed it TT) and it only gets better. so beautiful and transportive, without needing a single narrative you're taken away. all the fragments sit beautifully together. I can't dip in and out of Sappho's poetry, which is probably why it's taken me a year to reread. Anyway love forever and ever and ever !
perco_tempo's review
3.0
In here there is probably a real possibility for this to be incredibly enjoyable. That is if you study it, and if you have someone to talk about it. But there is so much left to academic study that by itself makes it a shallow book. If course the written context helps plenty, and is delightful but by initial view stands.
hopeloveslit's review
4.0
"I declare
That later on,
Even in an age unlike our own,
Someone will remember who we are."
I loved Sappho's poems and fragments. I've never read a collection of poems that stirred up so many emotions. Sappho's poetry is benign, lyrical, and relatable. She explores love and desire with such elegance!
I read this collection slowly to savor it because you can easily binge this book in a few hours. Overall, I'd recommend this book to poetry lovers. I enjoyed the introduction and the notes. They are insightful, and I found them worth reading.
That later on,
Even in an age unlike our own,
Someone will remember who we are."
I loved Sappho's poems and fragments. I've never read a collection of poems that stirred up so many emotions. Sappho's poetry is benign, lyrical, and relatable. She explores love and desire with such elegance!
I read this collection slowly to savor it because you can easily binge this book in a few hours. Overall, I'd recommend this book to poetry lovers. I enjoyed the introduction and the notes. They are insightful, and I found them worth reading.
minimajjs's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
sriq's review
"'He is unrivalled, like a Lesbian' became a proverbial expression for excellence in song."
"Sappho almost exclusively invokes female deities. Here we meet the Graces (or Kharites, related to our 'Charity') who often attend on Aphrodite in art and literature. They were goddesses of grace, mirth, floral adornment and relaxation--in short, the pleasures of life."
"Moon and the Pleiades go down./
Midnight and tryst pass by./
I, though, lie/
Alone."
"Now, Dika, weave the aniseed together, flower and stem,/
With your soft hands, crown yourself with a lovely diadem"
"Sappho almost exclusively invokes female deities. Here we meet the Graces (or Kharites, related to our 'Charity') who often attend on Aphrodite in art and literature. They were goddesses of grace, mirth, floral adornment and relaxation--in short, the pleasures of life."
"Moon and the Pleiades go down./
Midnight and tryst pass by./
I, though, lie/
Alone."
"Now, Dika, weave the aniseed together, flower and stem,/
With your soft hands, crown yourself with a lovely diadem"