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Sappho

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Sappho was born in c. 630 and she passed in c. 570 BC

Sappho was an Archaic Greek poet from the island of Lesbos.

Sappho is known for her Lyric Poetry, written to be sung while accompanied by a Lyre.

Sappho was a prolific poet, probably composing around 10,000 lines.

Only 650 lines survived through the centuries, despite the theories that Sappho was a love poem writer, researchers found that only two were certainly love poems, while at least three and possibly four are primarily concerned with family.