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The Woman and the Lyre by: Jane McIntosh Snyder
In the book, The Woman and the Lyre signifies important information about the remaining of poetry woman in the fifth century wrote. Snyder rapidly informs us about the living situations and how these women lived in a time where respect and freedom were merely low. Snyder also enlightens us with discreet background information these brave women. These poets have change the whole understanding of the poetry history, with the little of their work we get to see a window who and how these woman felt and how they greatly help influence western literature. As we take a closer look, Sappho of Lesbos a writer born in the seventh century B.C and birthplace was Lesbos, was one of the most influential poets at that time. She lived in a time where interchange of the people and item and culture were at most common especially the Mediterranean. She was influence and learned a great deal of culture, legends, myths which were greatly incorporated in her writing. Sappho’s work is understood through her work but we don’t have much understand of her society. Nonetheless her work does tell us that woman of the Lesbos did in fact enjoy freedom around the society. In the book it states “Enjoyed freedom found elsewhere only in Sparta and an opportunity for self-development without parallel in the Greek history”(pg.3). Sappho’s work is known to be very feminine and mainly wrote about love and beauty. Snyder states, “ It is clear that Sappho enjoyed immense popularity for the sheer beauty of her language and the directness and power of her expression”(pg.7). Snyder again states “Sappho’s was chiefly know her for her skill as a poets”(pg.9) and was imitated by younger writers like Catullus and Horace. A scandal had arisen about Sappho’s apparently being a love-crazy female fornicator. Since it was a Christian era people began looking closely in her work and background and assume she is a homosexual from meaning in her work.
In the book, The Woman and the Lyre signifies important information about the remaining of poetry woman in the fifth century wrote. Snyder rapidly informs us about the living situations and how these women lived in a time where respect and freedom were merely low. Snyder also enlightens us with discreet background information these brave women. These poets have change the whole understanding of the poetry history, with the little of their work we get to see a window who and how these woman felt and how they greatly help influence western literature. As we take a closer look, Sappho of Lesbos a writer born in the seventh century B.C and birthplace was Lesbos, was one of the most influential poets at that time. She lived in a time where interchange of the people and item and culture were at most common especially the Mediterranean. She was influence and learned a great deal of culture, legends, myths which were greatly incorporated in her writing. Sappho’s work is understood through her work but we don’t have much understand of her society. Nonetheless her work does tell us that woman of the Lesbos did in fact enjoy freedom around the society. In the book it states “Enjoyed freedom found elsewhere only in Sparta and an opportunity for self-development without parallel in the Greek history”(pg.3). Sappho’s work is known to be very feminine and mainly wrote about love and beauty. Snyder states, “ It is clear that Sappho enjoyed immense popularity for the sheer beauty of her language and the directness and power of her expression”(pg.7). Snyder again states “Sappho’s was chiefly know her for her skill as a poets”(pg.9) and was imitated by younger writers like Catullus and Horace. A scandal had arisen about Sappho’s apparently being a love-crazy female fornicator. Since it was a Christian era people began looking closely in her work and background and assume she is a homosexual from meaning in her work.