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Sappho's poetry also influenced other ancient authors. Plato cites Sappho in his Phaedrus, and Socrates' second speech on love in that dialogue appears to echo Sappho's descriptions of the physical effects of desire in fragment 31. [166] Many Hellenistic poets alluded to or adapted Sappho's works. [167] The Locrian poet Nossis was described by ...
Moero (Greek: Μοιρώ) or Myro (Greek: Μυρώ) was a woman poet of the Hellenistic period from the city of Byzantium. She was the wife of Andromachus Philologus and the mother – the Suda says daughter, but this is less likely – of the tragedian Homerus of Byzantium .
Erinna (/ ɪ ˈ r ɪ n ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἤριννα) was an ancient Greek poet. She is best known for her long poem The Distaff, a 300-line hexameter lament for her childhood friend Baucis, who had died shortly after her marriage. A large fragment of this poem was discovered in 1928 at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt.
Archestratus (Greek Archestratos; fl. 330 BC) poet of Gela or Syracuse; Archilochus (Greek: Ἀρχίλοχος; c. 680 BC – c. 645 BC) poet and mercenary; Arctinus of Miletus epic poet whose reputation is purely legendary, as none of his works survive; traditionally dated between 775 BC and 741 BC; Aristeas, semi-legendary poet and miracle ...
This is a list of female poets with a ... Hindu lady poet and author; Sulabha Ancient Hindu lady poet and philosopher; Sappho (c. 630 – 570 BCE), Greek poet, ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Ancient Greek poets. It includes poets that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories
Ancient Greek women poets (1 C, 20 P) Pages in category "Greek women poets" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams. Cambridge University Press. Greene, Ellen (2005). "Introduction". In Greene, Ellen (ed.). Women Poets in Ancient Greece and Rome. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 9780806136639. Hauser, Emily (2023). How Women Became Poets: A Gender History of Greek Literature. Princeton University Press. ISBN ...