No. 8 of 200 · Great Authors
570 BC
Major worksHymn to Aphrodite, Fragments
The poet of Lesbos whom the ancients called the "Tenth Muse," renowned for lyric verse of startling intimacy and emotional precision. Though most of her work survives only in fragments, those scattered lines remain among the most admired love poetry ever written.
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