If Not, Winter
Fragments of Sappho
by Sappho, Anne Carson · first published 2002
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A bilingual edition of the work of the Greek poet Sappho, in a new translation by Anne Carson.Sappho lived on the island of Lesbos from about 630 b.c. She was a musical genius who devoted her life to composing and performing songs. Of the nine books of lyrics Sappho is said to have composed, none of the music is extant and only one poem has survived complete. All the rest are fragments. In If Not, Winter Carson presents all of Sappho's fragments in Greek and in English. Brackets and space give the reader a sense of what is absent as well as what is present on the papyrus. Carson's translation
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…Homer: both the Iliad and Odyssey Sophocles: Oedipus the King (read it - far better than you might think) Plato: The Apology of Socrates Sappho's fragmentary poems (the translation by Anne Carson titled If not, winter is especially good) Dante: Inferno Shakespeare: at least one tragedy, one history, one comedy and one of the final "problem plays" John Donne: a bunch but if none else Elegy XIX To His Mistress Going…
on “Becoming "well read"” ↗…226). There has been criticism on the methodology used, e.g. (https://rogueclassicism.com/2016/05/16/problems-with-the-sci...). A good collection of her poems with modern translations is (https://www.amazon.com/If-Not-Winter-Fragments-Sappho/dp/037...)
on “What We Know of Sappho” ↗