About Sappho
She was called the “Tenth Muse” and “The Poetess”. Most of her work is lost, with only the Ode to Aphrodite surviving in full; a few fragments of elegiac and iambic verses remain, and three short epigrams once linked to her are now thought to be later Hellenistic imitations.
![“]sing to us the one with violets in her lap ]mostly ]goes astray” quote by Sappho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4a/sappho-4562_astray_sing-to-us-the-one-with-violets-in-her-l_2545892.png)
![“[You for] the fragrant-blossomed Muses’ lovely gifts [be zealous,] girls, [and the] clear melodious lyre: [but my once tender] body old age now [has seized;] my hair’s turned [white] instead of dark; my heart’s grown heavy, my knees will not support me, that once on a time were fleet for the dance…” quote by Sappho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/766/sappho-4562_old-age_you-for-the-fragrant-blossomed-muses-lov_1015183.jpg)
![“]Sardis often turning her thoughts here ] you like a goddess and in your song most of all she rejoiced. But now she is conspicuous among Lydian women as sometimes at sunset the rosyfingered moon surpasses all the stars. And her light stretches over salt sea equally and flowerdeep fields. And the…” quote by Sappho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cac/sappho-4562_beauty_sardis-often-turning-her-thoughts-here-y_45784.jpg)
