Sappho (pronounced /ˈsæfoÊŠ/ in English; Attic Greek Σαπφώ IPA: [sapËÊ°É”Ë], Aeolic Greek Ψάπφω [psapËÊ°É”Ë]) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet, born on the island of Lesbos. In history and poetry texts, she is sometimes associated with the city of Mytilene on Lesbos (Carson 2002); she was also said to have been born in Eresos, another city on Lesbos. Her birth was sometime between 630 BC and 612 BC, and it is said that she died around 570 BC. The bulk of her poetry, which was well-known and greatly admired throughout antiquity, has been lost, but her immense reputation has endured through surviving fragments.
