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Sappho

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Bust inscribed Sappho o Eressos, Roman copy o a Greek oreeginal o the 5t yeirhunner BC

Sappho (/ˈsæf/; Attic Greek Σαπφώ [sapːʰɔ̌ː], Aeolic Greek Ψάπφω, Psappho [psápːʰɔː]) wis a Greek leeric poet, born on the island o Lesbos. The Alexandrians includit her in the leet o nine lyric poets. Her birth wis sometime atween 630 an 612 BC, an it is sayed that she died aroond 570 BC, but little is kent for sure aboot her life. The bulk o her poetry, that wis well-kent an greatly admired throu much o antiquity, haes been lost, but her immense reputation haes endured throu survivin fragments.