.... Priestess? Sacred whore? Athlete? Fashion designer? Weaver? Sappho could have been any or all of these. We simply do not know. It is thought that Sappho became an accomplished and well-liked lyrist in her own time. Before her death, coins were minted in her image, Plato elevated her to a tenth muse, and Solon, an Athenian ruler, lawyer, and poet, asked to be taught one of ...

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