sappho

One of the poems is remarkably well preserved and adds greatly to what is known about Sappho and her poetic technique.

The new Sappho papyrus probably came from Egypt and perhaps from Oxyrynchus, but its provenance may never be known.

And Aristoxenus says that Sappho was the inventor of the Mixo-lydian, and that from her the tragic poets learned it.

I do not for a moment desire to claim the benefit of this excuse for my "Sappho."

Though not exactly a success, "Sappho" brought me some solid advantage, both present and future.

No publisher had offered to publish the score of "Sappho," but that of "Ulysse" was more favoured.

"Sappho" was performed for the first time on April 16, 1851, just before my thirty-second birthday.