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Definition of Sappho

Sappho
Sappho Sap"pho, n. [See Sapphic.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of brilliant South American humming birds of the genus Sappho, having very bright-colored and deeply forked tails; -- called also firetail.

Meaning of Sappho from wikipedia

- Sappho (/ˈsæfoʊ/; Gr****: Σαπφώ Sapphṓ [sap.pʰɔ̌ː]; Aeolic Gr**** Ψάπφω Psápphō; c. 630 – c. 570 BC) was an Archaic Gr**** poet from Eresos or Mytilene on...
- Sappho 31 is an archaic Gr**** lyric poem by the ancient Gr**** poet Sappho of the island of ****s. The poem is also known as phainetai moi (φαίνεταί μοι)...
- Look up Sappho in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sappho (died c. 570 BC) was an ancient Gr**** poet. Sappho may also refer to: Sappho (painting), an 1890s...
- Sappho was an ancient Gr**** lyric poet from the island of ****s. She wrote around 10,000 lines of poetry, only a small fraction of which survives. Only...
- Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene is an 1864 watercolour painting on paper by Simeon Solomon. The painting measures 33 cm × 38.1 cm (13.0 in × 15...
- Sappho 44 is a fragment of a poem by the archaic Gr**** poet Sappho, which describes the wedding of Hector and Andromache. Preserved on a piece of papyrus...
- The Ode to Aphrodite (or Sappho fragment 1) is a lyric poem by the archaic Gr**** poet Sappho, who wrote in the late seventh and early sixth centuries...
- Sapphic may refer to: Sappho, Gr**** poet of the 7th century BC who wrote about her attraction to women Sapphic stanza, a four line poetic form Sapphism...
- mentioned by the Ancient Gr**** poet Sappho, who wrote in the late seventh and early sixth centuries BCE. Sappho names Anactoria as the object of her...
- Constantinople, 1900) was a Cypriot writer, feminist, and educator. Sappho was born as Sappho Clerides (Σαπφώ Κληρίδη) in 1830 Constantinople or according to...