person
Sappho
Greek lyric poetess of Lesbos (c. 600 BC); Seneca cites the grammarians' prurient question whether she was a 'public woman' as learning best unlearned.
Reading notes
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §88.37 Sappho
Archaic Greek lyric poetess of Lesbos; Seneca cites the prurient scholarly question of her morals as learning best forgotten.