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Arts & Humanities > Poets & Poetry Poetry analysis: He is More Than a Hero, by Sappho

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First of all, there is a logistical problem with discussing Sappho's poetry. She wrote it in ancient Greek, and a variety of people have translated it into English over the years. My Google search for "more than a hero Sappho" turned up countless translations dating back hundreds of years (see especially http://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passages/sappho. htm). I felt it necessary to troll through these before settling on one to review. Not being able to speak a word of any kind of Greek myself, I settled on one that struck me as interesting. Here it is: He is a god in my eyes, that man, Giv...

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