Sappho

Sappho and Alcaeus, oil on panel by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1881; in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

In this episode, Erik Rostad discusses the poetry of Sappho through the translations of Aaron Poochigian in Sappho: Stung with Love Poems and Fragments and Anne Carson in Sappho: If Not, Winter, Fragments of Sappho. This is Great Book #10 and books #33 & #34 for his 2023 reading list.

Show Notes

• Author: Sappho

• Translators:

  • Aaron Poochigan

  • Anne Carson

• The Great Books Reading List

• 2023 Reading List

• Books of Titans Website