Definitions for Sappho

Sappho Sap·pho

Spelling: [saf-oh]
IPA: /ˈsæf oʊ/

Sappho is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in Sappho (ahopps).

Definitions for Sappho

noun

  1. c620–c565 b.c, Greek poet, born in Lesbos.

Examples for Sappho

The princess raised her eyes involuntarily to the Sappho over the mantelpiece.

And has my little Margy-wargles forgotten what Sappho said of an old maid?

There was Rhodopis, for instance, who married the brother of Sappho.

Did ever passion heat words to incandescence as it did those of Sappho?

One of the poems is remarkably well preserved and adds greatly to what is known about Sappho and her poetic technique.

It represented a recumbent Sappho playing on a nine-stringed lyre.

We asked this same gentleman if he had read the new edition of Sappho's poems.

He calls her his silent Sappho, but I fancy Odalisque is a better name for her.

I've thought it all out and decided that I shall be the American Sappho.

I send you a few specimens of my work, with a Dedication to the Shade of Sappho.

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