Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Sappho
- Cambridge Companions to Literature
- The Cambridge Companion to Sappho
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Contexts
- Part II Poetics
- Chapter 7 Sappho and Genre
- Chapter 8 Performing Sappho
- Chapter 9 Sappho’s Metres and Music
- Chapter 10 Sappho’s Dialect
- Chapter 11 Sappho’s Poetic Language
- Chapter 12 Sappho’s Personal Poetry
- Chapter 13 Sappho’s Lyric Sensibility
- Chapter 14 Myth in Sappho
- Chapter 15 The Gods in Sappho
- Part III Transmission
- Part IV Receptions
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Index to the Reception of Sappho
- Plate Section
- References
Chapter 10 - Sappho’s Dialect
from Part II - Poetics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 April 2021
- The Cambridge Companion to Sappho
- Cambridge Companions to Literature
- The Cambridge Companion to Sappho
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Contexts
- Part II Poetics
- Chapter 7 Sappho and Genre
- Chapter 8 Performing Sappho
- Chapter 9 Sappho’s Metres and Music
- Chapter 10 Sappho’s Dialect
- Chapter 11 Sappho’s Poetic Language
- Chapter 12 Sappho’s Personal Poetry
- Chapter 13 Sappho’s Lyric Sensibility
- Chapter 14 Myth in Sappho
- Chapter 15 The Gods in Sappho
- Part III Transmission
- Part IV Receptions
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Index to the Reception of Sappho
- Plate Section
- References
Summary
Chapter 10 of The Cambridge Companion to Sappho describes the distinctive features of Sappho’s poetic dialect, highlighting especially significant points and noting particular difficulties.
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Cambridge Companion to Sappho , pp. 135 - 146Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021