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10 days ago | beth

How much of Sappho's poetry has survived?

Only fragments of Sappho's poetry have survived to the present day. Various ancient sources, including quotations by other authors and papyrus finds, have preserved pieces of her work. Complete poems are extremely rare, with "Ode to Aphrodite" being one of the few examples.

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