Ovid, the first five-book edition of Amores were reportedly to be lost (along with potentially part of Fasti and maybe even his one tragedy). He tells the best stories through his poetry.
Telesilla from Argos. According to other authors who lived in a later period, her poetry was of the highest quality. It can be presumed all of it was destroyed by the religious fanaticism that ravaged Ancient Greece starting from the end of the fourth century and culminating in the destruction of all temples, temple statues, libraries (!), and medical centres (the dozens of Asklepieia all over the Mediterranean world) by the troops of Theodosios II in or around 426 CE. He is usually portrayed by encyclopaedia as being a "gentle" and "well-educated" man, as that is what Christianity wants us to believe. In reality, if we read more neutral sources of information from that time, he ordered not only the destruction of a complete civilisation that had been thriving since the Late Bronze Age and in certain parts even since much earlier than that, but also the execution of anyone who refused to be converted to Christianity. He is responsible for tens of thousands of murders and for setting back science a thousand years.
Her sexuality is important. A lot of her works were destroyed by the Catholic church during the 1100's because they disproved her love poems about women. It was part of her work, and her identity, as well as a reminder that lesbianism has always existed. I'd definitely work on not coming off as so dismissive on her sexuality!
Nothing in her poems suggests that she loves women in a sexual manner rather her poems are an ode to femininity I am Greek, have studied ancient Greek and have read her poems in their original forms, not the mistranslated Anglo versions
@deagleninja You're way off ! Who someone loves is DEFINITELY important. This is a pure example of how dismissive many are of Lesbian love. You've been trying to erase it for centuries. Shame on you !
Slight correction, I believe it was the Orthodox Church that did the book burning this time Also most of her work was lost not because of book burning but rather because they couldn’t be translated
I didn't know Sappho invented the Mixolydian scale! It's unfortunate so little of her works remain intact, but cool that at least one full poem survives.
the debate between lesbian or straight is very indicative of how homophobic our society is... there's more than just two options people. sappho would not have written so much about wlw if there wasn't something there that resonated with her. creativity comes from inspiration and experience. her written work and her potential marriage to a man do not work against each other in any form - they can coexist. there is a lot we don't know about her but it's honestly ridiculous to claim that she's heterosexual based off of what is available to us.
Assumptions are all we make. Some argue she could only write what and how she did because she was homosexual, but that's saying one can only write about something one experiences. However, history shows us that is not true. My point is that there's nothing specifically stating her gender preference and tbh it doesn't really matter. She wasn't a fenomenal author because of it. There's a growing movement to find historical precedent as if it was needed to validate ones choices. In reality it doesn't matter. We should not need a reference to define how we live.
There are not a lot of women spoken of in Ancient Greek history. She must have been very talented and had too have a strong personality to be spoken of so well and to be exiled for her political feelings.
Your ancient-history presentations are so good; they're balanced & objective. _Thank you._ Consider doing a video on another famous female from the ancient world, *Hypatia of Alexandria.*
Given that Sappho lived so long ago, we can't be 100% certain about any aspect of her life. Is she speaking as herself in her poems or in the voice of a character? We'll probably never know for sure. But given that her one surviving complete poem and a few fragments name herself as being in love with a woman, and knowing some of her other poems (such as the recently discovered "Brothers Poem") were apparently autobiographical, it's not unreasonable to conclude that Sappho herself was sexually and romantically attracted to women, even if she may have been married to a man.
I mean…as a lesbian, the fact that people say that her sexuality doesn’t really matter is kind of annoying. There have been so many examples of straight washing throughout history. It matters to me that I’m a lesbian and it matters to other queer people that they are queer. We can’t just say that our queerness is not important and make it go away because cishet people don’t want to talk about it. That’s just how I felt watching that. It’s just kind of frustrating to see someone say that it doesn’t matter that one of the only examples of a wlw figure in history is wlw, especially that it does matter to so many wlw and LGBT+ people in general. Please don’t take the is personally. This isn’t an attack. This is just a commentary as a queer person of what I noticed in this video about someone who is a big part of queer history.
@deagleninja Well, it is quite clear you are heterosexual and more than happy to deny the importance of identity. If none of it is important, why not say you are a girl?
I enjoyed much of this, but I’m curious why so much energy was spent trying to disprove her lesbianism. Poets do take on other personas from time to time, but where is any evidence that she was doing this.
you can click the cc button on the lower right of the video to get the subtitles/sous-titres, and auto translate to english to french. i hope that helps. :)
@camis You SHOULD feel offended. It is a direct attack on Sappho, Lesbos and lesbians. It's absolutely shocking ! It is quite similar to the biblical story of Lilith. Because she insisted upon being equal to Adam, a "new" replacement, "Eve" was created from ADAM'S RIB ! She was "obedient." Does this all sound sexist ? It surely does. Notice that even the words his story are indeed not HEŔ story.
the "her sexuality doesn't matter" clearly meant some homophobic offended opinion inside the discorse. most of her poems are about loving woman and the sexual desire on it, how can people say she might after all be straight??????????? WHY PEOPLE STILL WANT TO ERASE LESBIAN EXISTENCE FOR FUCKING SAKE
Thanks for watching! Yes, Enheduanna was the first known author and we have a video featuring her, Sappho and Zhuo Wenjun ruclips.net/video/7hRrBcWyb98/видео.html
This may be the tinfoil hat talking but I don't think she killed herself...I think she was murdered!! It's an absolute shame we can't read any more of her poetry...what we know of so far is lovely!
Ancient poets I recommend include: Enheduanna, Ono no Komachi, Ō no Yasumaro, Matsuo Basho and Charles d'Orleans. I have modern English translations of their poems if you're interested. If so, please leave me a note here and I can provide some examples.
The whole "it's unknown if Sappho was a lesbian" thing is wildly insensitive to Sappho's own sexuality as well as the impact that has had on queer people throughout history and to this day. Fr. 1 has Aphrodite address the speaker directly as Sappho and in that same poem she speaks of the one she loves with feminine participles. Stop trying to please people uncomfortable with queer sexuality because claiming Sappho's sexuality is "unknown" is not the neutral statement you think you're making. Nothing about the ancient world and its sources is 100% known, but it's widely accepted and heavily implied that Sappho had romantic and sexual encounters with women.
Informative as always! :) I read somewhere but for the moment i am missing who claimed it that Sapfo indeed suicide but because she had sex with a man, Faion for the first time in her life and found it so sweet and fantastic that she couldn`t live without it so when he abandoned her she suicide (and i think that they just made love once and then he left). Also there is a fact somewhere that she is the first who made the soaps. Not exactly the same way we have today or the natural oiled once but the first to create the soaps as a soap with natural incredience and ofcourse difficult to find how she did it.
@@betsylalich4570 ...what are you mambling about on researchers ? Dont you have anything better to say or just talking nonsense is the new shith for you around the net ?
Simonides, the Lyric and Dithyrambic poet from Ceos. Ω ξείν', αγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ότι τήδε κείμεθα, τοις κείνων ρήμασι πειθόμενοι. O xein', angellein Lakedaimoniois hoti tede keimetha tois keinon rhemasi peithomenoi. Tell them in Lakedaemon, passerby, that here, according to their laws we lie.
One of famous line of her poem is O Zeus why is it so that i m granted body of a woman and soul of a man Ancoent greeks did not distinguish between soul and mind
Do you know of another poet whose works have been lost to time? Who is it and what do their works mean to you? Let us know!
Ovid, the first five-book edition of Amores were reportedly to be lost (along with potentially part of Fasti and maybe even his one tragedy). He tells the best stories through his poetry.
Enheduanna an ancient Sumerian poetess and high priestess. She is the first known author and poet.
Telesilla from Argos. According to other authors who lived in a later period, her poetry was of the highest quality. It can be presumed all of it was destroyed by the religious fanaticism that ravaged Ancient Greece starting from the end of the fourth century and culminating in the destruction of all temples, temple statues, libraries (!), and medical centres (the dozens of Asklepieia all over the Mediterranean world) by the troops of Theodosios II in or around 426 CE. He is usually portrayed by encyclopaedia as being a "gentle" and "well-educated" man, as that is what Christianity wants us to believe. In reality, if we read more neutral sources of information from that time, he ordered not only the destruction of a complete civilisation that had been thriving since the Late Bronze Age and in certain parts even since much earlier than that, but also the execution of anyone who refused to be converted to Christianity. He is responsible for tens of thousands of murders and for setting back science a thousand years.
Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.
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Her sexuality does really matter to some people. She's considered to be a historical icon to the LGBT community.
I always enjoyed the Works of PIndar, And not lesbians.
@@big1boston good thing you don't represent most of the lgbt community.
she was not a lesbian.
@@donttakeitpersonal8704 Yes, she was.
@@donttakeitpersonal8704 she most definetly was
Her sexuality is important. A lot of her works were destroyed by the Catholic church during the 1100's because they disproved her love poems about women. It was part of her work, and her identity, as well as a reminder that lesbianism has always existed. I'd definitely work on not coming off as so dismissive on her sexuality!
Nothing in her poems suggests that she loves women in a sexual manner rather her poems are an ode to femininity I am Greek, have studied ancient Greek and have read her poems in their original forms, not the mistranslated Anglo versions
@@Whats.Next.Videos u thought u ate lol
@deagleninja
You're way off !
Who someone loves is DEFINITELY important.
This is a pure example of how dismissive many are of Lesbian love. You've been trying to erase it for centuries. Shame on you !
Slight correction, I believe it was the Orthodox Church that did the book burning this time
Also most of her work was lost not because of book burning but rather because they couldn’t be translated
@@pablogats4627shut up
I didn't know Sappho invented the Mixolydian scale! It's unfortunate so little of her works remain intact, but cool that at least one full poem survives.
It is so unfortunate, but it's wonderful that what does survive is still enjoyed by so many.
but its not the modern mixolydian mode
modern modes have nothing to do w ancient greek ones
😮You would think her poetry deserves to be heard instead of hearing about her history alone.
the debate between lesbian or straight is very indicative of how homophobic our society is... there's more than just two options people. sappho would not have written so much about wlw if there wasn't something there that resonated with her. creativity comes from inspiration and experience. her written work and her potential marriage to a man do not work against each other in any form - they can coexist. there is a lot we don't know about her but it's honestly ridiculous to claim that she's heterosexual based off of what is available to us.
Assumptions are all we make. Some argue she could only write what and how she did because she was homosexual, but that's saying one can only write about something one experiences. However, history shows us that is not true. My point is that there's nothing specifically stating her gender preference and tbh it doesn't really matter. She wasn't a fenomenal author because of it. There's a growing movement to find historical precedent as if it was needed to validate ones choices. In reality it doesn't matter. We should not need a reference to define how we live.
"Whether Sapho herself was a lesbian is unknown."
It is not possible to express fiery emotion without keenly feeling it.
It's poasible. It also depends on whether she had any actual exprience with women or was just craving for it.
Saphho never mentioned anything sexual with other women , and she was straight .
Male homosexuality was there , lesbianism is American concept
There are not a lot of women spoken of in Ancient Greek history. She must have been very talented and had too have a strong personality to be spoken of so well and to be exiled for her political feelings.
Your ancient-history presentations are so good; they're balanced & objective. _Thank you._
Consider doing a video on another famous female from the ancient world, *Hypatia of Alexandria.*
Our pleasure! We are so glad you're enjoying them. We would love to do more videos on women in the ancient world, thankyou for your suggestion!
Given that Sappho lived so long ago, we can't be 100% certain about any aspect of her life. Is she speaking as herself in her poems or in the voice of a character? We'll probably never know for sure. But given that her one surviving complete poem and a few fragments name herself as being in love with a woman, and knowing some of her other poems (such as the recently discovered "Brothers Poem") were apparently autobiographical, it's not unreasonable to conclude that Sappho herself was sexually and romantically attracted to women, even if she may have been married to a man.
Oh, I love it! So professional but still full of passion. Thank you very much!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I mean…as a lesbian, the fact that people say that her sexuality doesn’t really matter is kind of annoying. There have been so many examples of straight washing throughout history. It matters to me that I’m a lesbian and it matters to other queer people that they are queer. We can’t just say that our queerness is not important and make it go away because cishet people don’t want to talk about it. That’s just how I felt watching that. It’s just kind of frustrating to see someone say that it doesn’t matter that one of the only examples of a wlw figure in history is wlw, especially that it does matter to so many wlw and LGBT+ people in general. Please don’t take the is personally. This isn’t an attack. This is just a commentary as a queer person of what I noticed in this video about someone who is a big part of queer history.
@deagleninja
Well, it is quite clear you are heterosexual and more than happy to deny the importance of identity.
If none of it is important, why not say you are a girl?
Sappho wasn't a lesbian ,
Who cares.
I really loved this! Kelly is fascinating to listen to!!
We are so glad you loved it! Thanks so much!
Sappho is amazing. Thank you for the video.
Thanks for watching!
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Thank you 🙏🏾🌸 It has been difficult finding clear information about Sappho.
Glad it was helpful!
And that has always been the intention...to erase her. Let's be honest !
Great video!
Thanks for great sharing!!
Our pleasure. 🙂
I enjoyed much of this, but I’m curious why so much energy was spent trying to disprove her lesbianism. Poets do take on other personas from time to time, but where is any evidence that she was doing this.
Im french , i didn’t understand all what you were talking about but it stilled interesting
you can click the cc button on the lower right of the video to get the subtitles/sous-titres, and auto translate to english to french. i hope that helps. :)
"Whether Sappho was a lesbian is unknown" lmfao!
i felt so offended by this !
Ngl this sounds stupid
@camis
You SHOULD feel offended. It is a direct attack on Sappho, Lesbos and lesbians.
It's absolutely shocking ! It is quite similar to the biblical story of Lilith. Because she insisted upon being equal to Adam, a "new" replacement, "Eve" was created from ADAM'S RIB ! She was "obedient." Does this all sound sexist ? It surely does. Notice that even the words his story are indeed not HEŔ story.
stay mad @@camis433
I love her already
Sappho's awesome. 😊 Thanks for watching!
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the "her sexuality doesn't matter" clearly meant some homophobic offended opinion inside the discorse. most of her poems are about loving woman and the sexual desire on it, how can people say she might after all be straight??????????? WHY PEOPLE STILL WANT TO ERASE LESBIAN EXISTENCE FOR FUCKING SAKE
Thank you for an informative video. Wasn’t Enheduanna of Sumer another ancient poetess? I think she predated Sappho.
Thanks for watching! Yes, Enheduanna was the first known author and we have a video featuring her, Sappho and Zhuo Wenjun ruclips.net/video/7hRrBcWyb98/видео.html
This may be the tinfoil hat talking but I don't think she killed herself...I think she was murdered!!
It's an absolute shame we can't read any more of her poetry...what we know of so far is lovely!
This is cool bra
the modern mixolydian mode has nothing to do with ancient greek modes.
They share a name but nothing more
Ancient poets I recommend include: Enheduanna, Ono no Komachi, Ō no Yasumaro, Matsuo Basho and Charles d'Orleans. I have modern English translations of their poems if you're interested. If so, please leave me a note here and I can provide some examples.
Thanks, Michael. We do have another video on ancient female poets that we did for World Poetry Day.
The subject is SAPPHO...get it?
@@betsylalich4570 My, you sound snappy. I don't get "it" but I grok you.
You might want to read what you said, if you want to hear snappy. Get it?
ENGLISH SUBTITLE PLEASE 😭😭
Well, simply all of ancient Atlantean poets and poetesses.
Thanks for watching!
Um there are 3 remaining poems of hers i think
Oops I didn’t mean to respond to this I meant to make my own comment 😅
The whole "it's unknown if Sappho was a lesbian" thing is wildly insensitive to Sappho's own sexuality as well as the impact that has had on queer people throughout history and to this day. Fr. 1 has Aphrodite address the speaker directly as Sappho and in that same poem she speaks of the one she loves with feminine participles. Stop trying to please people uncomfortable with queer sexuality because claiming Sappho's sexuality is "unknown" is not the neutral statement you think you're making. Nothing about the ancient world and its sources is 100% known, but it's widely accepted and heavily implied that Sappho had romantic and sexual encounters with women.
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Isn't her name actually Sapfo?
Sexuality in Ancient Greek world was different from now, it was more free and without labels that are modern
SUBTITLE PLEASE :((
put on closed captions
Informative as always! :) I read somewhere but for the moment i am missing who claimed it that Sapfo indeed suicide but because she had sex with a man, Faion for the first time in her life and found it so sweet and fantastic that she couldn`t live without it so when he abandoned her she suicide (and i think that they just made love once and then he left). Also there is a fact somewhere that she is the first who made the soaps. Not exactly the same way we have today or the natural oiled once but the first to create the soaps as a soap with natural incredience and ofcourse difficult to find how she did it.
Soap and sex with a man...does this have any significance?
@@betsylalich4570 ...what are you mambling about on researchers ? Dont you have anything better to say or just talking nonsense is the new shith for you around the net ?
Simonides, the Lyric and Dithyrambic poet from Ceos.
Ω ξείν', αγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ότι τήδε
κείμεθα, τοις κείνων ρήμασι πειθόμενοι.
O xein', angellein Lakedaimoniois hoti tede
keimetha tois keinon rhemasi peithomenoi.
Tell them in Lakedaemon, passerby, that here, according to their laws we lie.
Thanks for sharing! 🙂
She was literally the original Lesbian
One of famous line of her poem is
O Zeus why is it so that i m granted body of a woman and soul of a man
Ancoent greeks did not distinguish between soul and mind
Thanks for watching!
Anybody ever thought… she may have been bi….
She very well could have been. Thanks for watching!
Deez nuts
Comedy of a theme for the degenerated society
If she was born and lived on Lesbos, why is it debatable that she was a Lesbian? 😂
I always enjoyed the Works of PIndar, And not lesbians.