For those who have read the fragmented remains of the Greek poet, Sappho the loss of most of her poetic corpus is something to regret. With a mere two complete poems extant from nine books of verse, ...
If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho by Anne Carson Virago, 397 pp, £12.99 The Sappho History by Margaret Reynolds Palgrave, 311 pp, £19.99 Sappho's Leap by Erica Jong Norton, 320 pp, US $24.95 Some ...
When he published Oxyrhinchus Papyrus #2289 in 1951, Edgar Lobel remarked that “It cannot be said to add much to our knowledge and in two places it brings new darkness.” Yet now a new papyrus roll has ...