Sappho of Lesbos: Her Life and Times
by Weigall, Arthur
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A.Stokes, 1982 Book. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Canadian Edition. (Small stamp on title page states " Canadian Edition For Sale in Canada only") A solid, scholarly and interesting biography of this poetess, including "Every known fragment of Sappho's poetry is quoted in full .(using) the Greek text as edited by J.M.Edmonds in his Lyra Greca" . The notion that there were two Sapphos-one the poet and the other the courtesan-is discussed and dismissed."With 13 reproductions from sketches and photographs" 328p. plates, maps,index. Name of previous owner, Rear end paper missing .
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- Bookseller
- KALAMOS BOOKS (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039041
- Title
- Sappho of Lesbos: Her Life and Times
- Author
- Weigall, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Canadian Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick A.Stokes
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- SAPPHO LESBOS LESVOS GREEK LYRIC POETRY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Greek Poetry - Ancient; Sappho; Women in Ancient Greece;
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