Sappho fr. 1: A Νew Interpretation

Papadimitropoulos, Loukas (2023) Sappho fr. 1: A Νew Interpretation. ACTA ANTIQUA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 63 (1). pp. 1-8. ISSN 0044-5975 (print); 1588-2543 (online)

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Abstract

My purpose in this article is to propose a new reading of Sappho fr. 1 by suggesting that the poetic “I”, in fact, intends to rupture her ties with the past and to break her previous erotic habits by asking from the goddess of love to assist her in a relationship that will prove to be permanent and stable this time instead of her multiple and rather casual affairs that had thus far predominated in her love life.

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