Project Gutenberg 2018-06-25 Public domain in the USA. 1122 Wharton, Henry Thornton 1846 1895 Sappho: Memoir, text, selected renderings, and a literal translation Produced by Keith Edkins, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "Sappho: Memoir, text, selected renderings, and a literal translation" by Henry Thornton Wharton is a literary compilation created in the late 19th century. This work serves two primary purposes: to provide an extensive memoir of Sappho, the renowned Greek poetess, and to present her surviving fragments in both their original Greek and English translation. The text highlights Sappho's significant impact on lyric poetry, as well as Wharton's effort to make her work accessible to English readers, regardless of their familiarity with the Greek language. The opening of this volume includes multiple prefaces that outline Wharton's intent and the challenges faced in translating Sappho's lyrical works. Wharton laments the limited number of Sappho's verses that have survived through history and expresses a desire to familiarize readers with every known fragment of her poetry. He recounts the extensive literature and scholarly efforts dedicated to Sappho since his original introduction of her works to English readers in the mid-19th century. Additionally, Wharton discusses the complexities and subtleties of Sappho's art, emphasizing her mastery of the emotive quality in her poetry, which resonates through the centuries. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Women -- Greece -- Poetry Lesbos (Greece : Municipality) -- Poetry Sappho -- Translations into English Love poetry, Greek -- Translations into English PA Text Category: Poetry Category: Biographies Category: Classics of Literature 452909 2025-07-23T04:22:56.848810 text/html 500394 2018-06-24T17:12:02 text/html 815549 2025-07-23T04:23:06.570196 application/epub+zip 821763 2025-07-23T04:22:58.631821 application/epub+zip 222793 2025-07-23T04:22:57.679804 application/epub+zip 966228 2025-07-23T04:23:11.489179 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 913613 2025-07-23T04:23:05.554205 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317275 2022-08-25T18:29:54.812381 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 279038 2025-07-23T04:22:55.184800 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 285400 2018-06-24T17:11:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 278405 2018-06-24T17:12:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20994 2025-07-23T04:23:11.643200 application/rdf+xml 8250 2025-07-23T04:22:57.868804 image/jpeg 1722 2025-07-23T04:22:57.773790 image/jpeg 116943 2018-06-24T17:13:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 112979 2018-06-24T17:13:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 765270 2018-06-24T17:13:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 843276 2025-07-23T04:22:56.909871 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog