The Poems of Sappho: An Interpretative Rendition into English (Unabridged‪)‬

Are you looking for love poems? If so, you will really enjoy The Poems of Sappho: An Interpretative Rendition into English.

While very little remains of Sappho's poetry, existing fragments suggest that she had a romantic interest in those of her own sex. Her poems are written as words spoken from one person to another and speak about the joys and difficulties of romantic love. 

A distinction was not made in ancient Greece between homosexual and heterosexual relationships. Nevertheless, the terms “sapphic” and “lesbian”, both of which refer to same-sex female attraction, were inspired by Sappho's life and work. 

Sappho has had an enduring reputation as a lyric poet across the centuries. In modern times, she has come to be known as a great lesbian poet, and her work is enjoyed by many both within and outside the LGBTQ community.

The audiobook includes the following poems and fragments of Sappho:

Sapphics


The Muses
Love’s Banquet
Moon and Stars
Ode to Anactoria
The Rose
Ode to Aphrodite
Summer
The Garden of the Nymphs
Aphrodite’s Doves
Anacreon’s Song
The Daughter of Cyprus
The Distaff
The Sleep Wind
Long Ago


Epithalamia Threnodes

Bridal Song
Pieria’s Rose
The Stricken Flower
Death
Persephone


Erotika Dithyrambs

Hymn to Paphia
Eros
Passion
Aphrodite’s Praise
The First Kiss
Ode to Atthis
Comparison
The Sacrifice
Leda
The Love of Selene
Larichus
Spring


Girl Friends

Prelude
Andromeda
Euneica
Gorgo
Mnasidica
Telesippa
Gyrinno
Megara
Erinna
Gongyla
Damophyla
Anagora


Phaon

Philomel
Golden Pulse
The Swallow
Tidings
Hesperus
Dawn
The Farewell
Dark-Eyed Sleep
The Cliff of Leucas