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Ode to Aphrodite
the only surviving poem by Sappho which is known to be complete
Details
- Instance of
- literary work
- Publication date
- 6th century BCE
- Author
- Sappho
- Genre
- religious hymn, monodic lyric
- copyright status
- public domain, public domain
- country of origin
- Ancient Greece
- first line
- Ποικιλόθρον᾽ ἀθάνατ᾽ Ἀφρόδιτα
- form of creative work
- poem
- has edition or translation
- Ode to Aphrodite (Rubió i Lluch), Ode to Aphrodite (Falconnet), Ode to Aphrodite (Sumarokov), Himno a Afrodita, Hymn do Afrodyty
- language of work or name
- Aeolic Greek
- last line
- σύμμαχος ἔσσο.
- narrative motif
- goddess has team of sparrows, swans harnessed to chariot
- title
- Ποικιλόθρον᾽ ἀθάνατ᾽ Ἀφρόδιτα
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