Apart from of course that she was an Ancient Greek poet, with a strong association to a small Aegean island. However, while presenting a new BBC Four documentary 'Sappho: Love & Life on Lesbos ...

This University of Bristol research project aims to create a new critical edition of the famous Greek lyric poet Sappho, as well as of her contemporary, Alcaeus. This project aims to fulfil one of the ...

Ancient Greek women were defiant and established themselves as respected doctors, philosophers, and mathematicians in Greece thousands of years ago.

Ancient Greek poet Sappho mentioned “violet crowns”, lavenders and the colour purple frequently in her poems about women and so violets became synonymous with desire. Before the late 19th ...