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Sappho of Lesbos Picture Gallery

Images of the Poet Sappho in Art and History

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The poet, Sappho of Lesbos, is known today through a few fragments of her poetry that survive in quotes by others, and through her image in art. Explore some of those images by clicking on the images below and on the following page:
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Soma Orlai-Petrich, 1855SapphoImage of Sappho and Erinne, Solomon, about 1880Sappho and Erinne in the Garden of Mythilène19th century reprint based on a painting by Heva CoomansSapphoGustave Moreau, 1864Sappho Leaping from the Leucadian Cliff
Gustave Moreau, 1871Death of SapphoGustave Moreau, 1871SapphoImage of Sappho, Moreau, 1876The Death of SapphoCharles August Mengin, 1877Sappho
Image of Sappho and Alcaeus, Alma-Tadema, 1881Sappho and AlcaeusArtist's conception, 1883.Sappho of LesbosGustav Klimt, 1880-1890Sappho

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