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The Sappho Quiz Showdown: Will You Reign Supreme?

Total Questions: 11 | Topic: Sappho

Sappho was an Archaic Greek poet from Eresos or Mytilene on the island of Lesbos.

Get ready to flex your Sappho muscles! This quiz features 11 questions on everything from the basics to the most obscure facts. Can you ace it? Challenge yourself and see the results.

Sappho was an Archaic Greek poet from Eresos or Mytilene on the island of Lesbos.

Get ready to flex your Sappho muscles! This quiz features 11 questions on everything from the basics to the most obscure facts. Can you ace it? Challenge yourself and see the results.

What is the birthplace of Sappho?

Tanagra
Ramat Gan
Lesbos
Sparta

Sappho was born in Lesbos, Greece.
Lesbos or Lesvos is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea.

Sappho Fact

Sappho (/ˈsæfoʊ/; Greek: Σαπφώ Sapphō ; Aeolic Greek Ψάπφω Psápphō; c. 630 – c. 570 BC) was an Archaic Greek poet from Eresos or Mytilene on the island of Lesbos.

When was Sappho born?

Dec 8, -0065
-650
Nov 30, 1961
Nov 30, -0085

Which of the following fields of work was Sappho active in?

Forensic Anthropology
Philosophy
Poetry
Art Of Painting

Sappho was active in the field of Poetry
Poetry, also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, a prosaic ostensible meaning.

Sappho Ancient Sources Fact

Modern knowledge of Sappho comes both from what can be inferred from her own poetry, and from mentions of her in other ancient texts.

Do you know where Sappho lived before Sappho made the move to Ancient Syracuse in Nov 30, -0611?

Mytilene
Alexandria
Byzantium
Kavala

Sappho has lived in several places, including these:

ancient Syracuse
Mytilene
Lesbos

Sappho Ancient Sources Fact

The information about Sappho's life recorded in ancient sources was derived from statements in her own poetry which ancient authors assumed were biographical, along with local traditions.

Do you know where Sappho lived during the time period between Nov 30, -0611 and Nov 30, -0596?

Alexandria
Lesbos
Ancient Syracuse
Mytilene

Sappho has lived in several places, including these:

ancient Syracuse
Mytilene
Lesbos

Sappho Fact

In ancient times, Sappho was widely regarded as one of the greatest lyric poets and was given names such as the "Tenth Muse" and "The Poetess".

What was the date of Sappho's death?

Jan 1, -0645
-570
Nov 30, -0602
Jan 15, 1970

On -570, Sappho passed away at the age of 80.

Sappho Fact

As well as lyric poetry, ancient commentators claimed that Sappho wrote elegiac and iambic poetry.

Where did Sappho die?

Tel Aviv
Catania
Athens
Lefkada

Sappho passed away in Lefkada (Greece).
Lefkada, also known as Lefkas or Leukas and Leucadia, is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of Greece, connected to the mainland by a long causeway and floating bridge.

Sappho Legacy Fact

While Sappho's poetry was admired in the ancient world, her character was not always so well considered.

Which of the following is married or has been married to Sappho?

Berthold Lasker
Ezra Hess
Cercylas Of Andros
Herwarth Walden

Cercylas Of Andros is or was Sappho's spouse.

Sappho Legacy Fact

By the third century AD, the difference between Sappho's literary reputation as a poet and her moral reputation as a woman had become so significant that the suggestion that there were in fact two Sapphos began to develop.

Which of the following are notable works of Sappho?[br](Select 2 answers)

Which of the following are notable works of Sappho?
(Select 2 answers)

Ode To Aphrodite
Victory Odes
Sappho's Fragment 31
Geryoneis

Notable works of Sappho include:

Ode To Aphrodite
Sappho's Fragment 31

Sappho Legacy Fact

As early as the 9th century, Sappho was referred to as a talented woman poet, and in works such as Boccaccio's De Claris Mulieribus and Christine de Pisan's Book of the City of Ladies she gained a reputation as a learned lady.