Only a few poems of the Greek poetess Sappho’s work have survived but thanks to a leading scholar’s investigation two new works have just been recovered—and gives experts hope to find more.

LONDON — A love poem written 2,600 years ago by Sappho, the greatest female poet of ancient Greece, was published Friday for the first time since it was rediscovered last year. Sappho’s verses ...

When Sappho lived in the Archaic period of Ancient Greece, writing was still a newfangled technology. Poems were written to be sung, and Sappho would likely have performed her work, accompanied by ...

For a recent, reliable edition of Sappho’s works, see Sappho: A New Translation of the Complete Works, translated from the ancient Greek by Diane J. Rayor, with an introduction and notes by ...

A 2,500-year-old ancient Greek poem has been accurately dated for the first time using advanced sky-mapping software.. During a study, astronomers used computer programs to recreate the skies over ...

The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. Parts of two previously unknown poems by the Greek lyric poet Sappho have been discovered on an ancient papyrus.

The term derives from Sappho, a lyrical poet who lived in ancient Greece and created verses about pursuing women lovers that were rich in sensuality and nostalgia — and even libertine at times ...