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Little remains today of the writings of the archaic Greek poet Sappho (fl. late 7th and early 6th centuries B.C.E.), whose work is said to have filled nine papyrus rolls in the great library at Alexandria some 500 years after her death. The surviving texts consist of a lamentably small and fragmented body of lyric poetry--among them, poems of invocation, desire, spite, celebration, resignation, and remembrance--that nevertheless enables us to hear the living voice of the poet Plato called the tenth Muse.
Stanley Lombardo's translations give us a virtuoso embodiment of Sappho's voice, whose telltale charm, authority, immediacy, directness, intensity, and sudden changes of tone are among the hallmarks of his masterly translation.
Pamela Gordon introduces us to the world of Sappho, discusses questions surrounding the transmission of her manuscripts, offers advice on reading these texts, and concludes with an enlightening discussion of same-sex desire in Sappho.
- Sales Rank: #765659 in Books
- Brand: Brand: Hackett Pub Co
- Published on: 2002-03-15
- Original language: Greek
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x 5.50" w x .50" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 96 pages
- Used Book in Good Condition
Review
The four sections of this book [Introduction, Translator's Note, translations, Notes on Ancient Sources] work remarkably well together, presenting the fragments of Sappho according to 'the idea of the isolated message' (xvii). The dominant and characteristic interest shared by both Lombardo as translator and Gordon as introducer is their concerted effort to validate 'fragments as esthetic wholes' (xxvi). Lombardo's translations are pleasantly distinct from those of any other I am aware of both for their sonorous but straightforward rendering in modern spoken American English . . . [an edition] better both for its clear translations, and for the breadth and depth of the critical Introduction. Lombardo's strategy as translator is to convey not only the Greek by means of English, but also the experience of reading 'Sappho as a pure, received text' (xxvi) by means of direct, plain presentation of the poem . . . A unique and welcome contribution to the diversity of English translations available. --Travis Feldman, The Bryn Mawr Classical Review
I have long been an admirer of Stanley Lombardo's translations of Homer, and I was curious to see how he would adapt his fast-paced, lively style to Sappho. He has succeeded admirably. His translation of 73 poems of Sappho is clear, energetic, and close to the Greek. Pamela Gordon's Introduction gives a lucid and useful guide for the non-specialist to the last fifty years of scholarly debate on Sappho. This edition will be particularly useful for instructors of courses in translation seeking an introduction to Sappho for the Greekless student. It is also a pleasure to read. --Laurel Bowman, The Classical Bulletin
Gordon's Introduction is a clear summation of the poetic and scholarly aura surrounding the figure of Sappho and these literary fragments. . . . This essay, complete with selective bibliography at the end, could be assigned to undergraduates as a first introduction to both the poetry and the phenomenon of Sappho. . . . Lombardo's translations are lively and accessible; Sappho lives anew for the English reader. . . . Ideal for teaching at the undergraduate level. --Cashman Kerr Prince, New England Classical Journal
Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Greek
About the Author
Stanley Lombardo is Professor of Classics, University of Kansas. His previous translations include Hesiod's Works & Days and Theogony (1993), and Homer's Iliad (1997) and Odyssey (2000), all published by Hackett.
Pamela Gordon is Associate Professor of Classics, University of Kansas.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
Shining and Resplendent Sappho...
By Ryan Kouroukis
These translations of Sappho are for me the most beautiful I've ever encountered...
Lombardo presents each fragment on its own page, and presents them Thematically (in other words, not in order). He has used ALL of the long and shorter fragments.
In the Introduction he says that he did not want to use every single fragment because some of them are only one word and thus incomprehensible for poetic purposes (which I also agree)...so in total he presents over 90 of the fragments in the most beautiful and ravishing renditions I've ever seen!
These may be Lombardo's most beautiful translations he's done for Hackett Publishing!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Remnants of Sappho
By Larry Benjamin
Of all poets, ancient and modern, Sappho may be the one with the greatest difference between the height of her reputation and the paucity of her oeuvre. Believed to have filled nine volumes in antiquity, Sappho's surviving work consists of only one complete poem, several partial poems, and many fragments, some of only a few words. The facts of her life are so ambiguous so as to allow every age to recreate the "historical Sappho" in its own image. And the reader, inevitably, approaches Sappho with their own expectations.
What people have always responded to - and despite anything else, what Sappho's reputation is built on - is the intensity of her emotional responses to others, whether in love, lust, jealousy, or admiration. Her primary subject is other people and the feelings they engender. Lombardo's translation masterfully captures this intensity in an accessible and clear style. This volume also includes introductory essays describing the treatment and discovery of Sappho's work, and an exploration of her sexuality, along with the sources of each poem and fragment presented.
All that's missing are footnotes or a glossary explaining the various names used - I recognized "Aphrodite," but not "Thyone," "Pierian," "Cypris," "Dorikha" - are these simply names of characters or people the poet is addressing, or do they have some cultural significance? It's easy enough to look them up, but having all of the information in one place would be convenient, not to mention having Prof. Lombardo's own explanation.
Since Lombardo's translation came out, new writings of Sappho have been discovered and published; undoubtedly more material will come to light in the future, however, until then this selection can serve as an outstanding introduction to this well-known and important poet.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
"The moon has set..."
By Jan Dierckx
In Antiquity decent women were supposed to work in the kitchen and to raise their children, nothing more, but there were exceptions. More or less 150 years after Homer's Iliad, Sappho lived on the island of Lesbos, west off the coast of what is Turkey today.. (She went in exile for a short period due to political upheavel).
Sappho was already famous in Antiquity. Plato called her the tenth Muze and someone said her poetry was "as refreshing as a morning breeze".
Some of the best poems of Sappho are those that describe her loneliness.
(#62)
"But if you are my friend,
Go to a younger woman's bed,
For I will not endure an affair
In which I am older than the man."
(#73)
"The moon has set,
And the Pleiades
Midnight
The hour has gone by
I sleep alone."
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