Snyder, Jane McIntosh

Introduces what is known about Sappho's life, reveals the changing views people have had about her, surveys the condition of women in ancient Greece, discusses the "Hymn to Aphrodite," her love poetry, and other themes in her work, and describes her influence on some twentieth-century women poets.

Text and accompanying photographs present the biography of Sappho of Lesbos--a woman whose passionate voice moved some readers as much as it disturbed some others. Her unapologetic representation of lesbian desire has resulted in her having one of the most disparate reputations of any writer.