Sappho of Lesbos: A Cry to Aphrodite. { a poetry exploration }

Prayer to Aphrodite. By Sappho

Prayer to my lady of Paphos

Dapple-throned Aphrodite,eternal daughter of God,snare-knitter! Don't, I beg you,cow my heart with grief! Com as once when you heard my far-off cry and, listening, stepped from your father's house to your gold car, to yoke the pair whose beautiful thick-feathered wing soaring down mid-air from heaven carried you to light swiftly on dark earth; then, blissful one,smiling your immortal smile you asked, What ailed me now that made me call you again? What was it that my distracted heart most wanted? "Whom has Persuasion to bring round now"to your love? Who, Sappho, is unfair to you? For, let her run, she will soon run after;"if she won't accept gifts, she will one day give them; and if she won't love you -- she soon will"love, though unwillingly. . . ."If ever -- come now! Relieve this intolerable pain!What my heart most hopes will happen, make happen; you your-self join forces on my side!

Painting: Roman fresco of about 50, from Pompeii (VI, Insula Occidentalis) - Discovered in 1760, is one of the most famous and beloved paintings, commonly called Sappho.

[DarkerRunesASMR]

I love your description of the Greek gods / goddesses.

To comment on the beginning of the video, I have read, the first known a writer / poet was named Enheduanna, from the Middle East. Not "just" the first woman, but the first one.

[Starscreamlive]

It's a tragedy so much of Sappho's work has been destroyed and erased over time.