02534cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000400011324500730015326400510022630000470027733600260032433700260035033800360037650000310041250801990044352012820064253400450192465300300196965300450199965300400204465300520208485600430213699900170217957390UtSlPG20260610134325.0mcr n260607r2018||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPA1 aWharton, Henry Thornton,d1846-189510aSappho: Memoir, text, selected renderings, and a literal translation 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2018  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2018-06-25  aProduced by Keith Edkins, Turgut Dincer and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This
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HathiTrust Digital Library.)  a"Sappho: Memoir, text, selected renderings, and a literal translation" by Henry Thornton Wharton is a literary compilation created in the late 19th century. This work serves two primary purposes: to provide an extensive memoir of Sappho, the renowned Greek poetess, and to present her surviving fragments in both their original Greek and English translation. The text highlights Sappho's significant impact on lyric poetry, as well as Wharton's effort to make her work accessible to English readers, regardless of their familiarity with the Greek language.  The opening of this volume includes multiple prefaces that outline Wharton's intent and the challenges faced in translating Sappho's lyrical works. Wharton laments the limited number of Sappho's verses that have survived through history and expresses a desire to familiarize readers with every known fragment of her poetry. He recounts the extensive literature and scholarly efforts dedicated to Sappho since his original introduction of her works to English readers in the mid-19th century. Additionally, Wharton discusses the complexities and subtleties of Sappho's art, emphasizing her mastery of the emotive quality in her poetry, which resonates through the centuries. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aWomen -- Greece -- Poetry  aLesbos (Greece : Municipality) -- Poetry  aSappho -- Translations into English  aLove poetry, Greek -- Translations into English40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57390  c98221d98221