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:
- SapphoSoma Orlai-Petrich, 1855
- Sappho and Erinne in the Garden of MythilèneImage of Sappho and Erinne, Solomon, about 1880
- Sappho19th century reprint based on a painting by Heva Coomans
- Sappho Leaping from the Leucadian CliffGustave Moreau, 1864
- Death of SapphoGustave Moreau, 1871
- SapphoGustave Moreau, 1871
- The Death of SapphoImage of Sappho, Moreau, 1876
- SapphoCharles August Mengin, 1877
- Sappho and AlcaeusImage of Sappho and Alcaeus, Alma-Tadema, 1881
- Sappho of LesbosArtist's conception, 1883.
- SapphoGustav Klimt, 1880-1890
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