Sappho and her influence
Our Debt to Greece and Rome
EDITORS
George Depue Hadzsits, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
David Moore Robinson, Ph.D., LL.D. The Johns Hopkins University
Our Debt to Greece and Rome
Maecenas atavis edite regibus,
O et praesidium et dulce decus meum.
The following lovers of Greek literature, and of Sappho in particular, have kindly consented to act as patrons and have made possible, by generous contributions, the larger size of this volume in the Series “Our Debt to Greece and Rome” :
David M. Robinson
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SAPPHO AND HER INFLUENCE
I. SOME APPRECIATIONS, ANCIENT AND MODERN
II. SAPPHO’S LIFE, LESBUS, HER LOVE-AFFAIRS, HER PERSONALITY AND PUPILS
IV. THE WRITINGS OF SAPPHO
V. SAPPHO IN ART
VI. SAPPHO’S INFLUENCE ON GREEK AND ROMAN LITERATURE
VII. SAPPHO IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE
VIII. SAPPHO IN ITALY IN THE 18th AND 19th CENTURIES
IX. SAPPHO IN LATIN TRANSLATIONS, IN SPANISH, AND IN GERMAN
XI. SAPPHO IN ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE
AN ADDENDUM ON SAPPHO IN RUSSIAN
XII. SAPPHO’S INFLUENCE ON MUSIC
XIII. EPILOGUE AND CONCLUSION
NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
NOTES
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RECENT BOOKS ON SAPPHO
KEY TO ILLUSTRATIONS