The world is made up of many individuals; of many vocations, passions, character, viewpoints, culture, and race. However, the world's inhabitants can be simmered down to two sorts:
The Creators and
The Destroyers.
For the love of life, we will spea...
Did you know that there is "the Tenth Muse" called Sappho?
Sappho is a Greek poet who lived on the island of Lesbos and is considered the most famous female poet of antiquity. Most of Sappho's love poems were addressed to women. She is the ancient feminine voice of love that still calls to us across the ages. However, only fragments of her work remain, leaving us to imagine the amusing possibilities.
According to Pausanias, a Greek traveler and geographer of the second-century AD, there were 3 original Muses- not 9:
Aoide: song, or voice Melete: practice, or occasion and Mneme, or memory
Sappho embodied all of these attributes. She sang in a clear poetic voice, of the occasions and practices of love in order to celebrate them and to remember them. Plato called Sappho the 10th Muse and her image was on coins. Her poems were accompanied by a lyre which gives us the origin of lyric poetry.
The subjects Sappho addressed in her poems included salutations to both the hymen and the bridegroom, prayers to Aphrodite, praises, and complaints of lovers.
She is not only the feminine voice of the Classical Age; she is the matron saint of lesbians worldwide.
It is unclear whether she created or perfected the meter of her day, now known as the "Sapphic" meter.
Few poems of hers have survived intact, and she was known principally through quotations found in the works of other authors until the nineteenth century. In 1898, scholars unearthed papyri that contained fragments of her poems. In 1914, in Egypt, archeologists discovered papier mâché coffins made from scraps of paper that contained the following verses:
"Some say horsemen, some say warriors, Some say a fleet of ships is the loveliest Vision in this dark world, but I say it's What you love best.
It's easy to make this clear to everyone, Since Helen, she who outshone All others in beauty, left A fine husband,
And headed for Troy Without a thought for
Her daughter, her dear parents...
Led astray....
But that reminds me of Anactória,
She's not here, and I'd rather see her lovely Step, her sparkling glance and her face than gaze on All the troops in Lydia in their chariots and Glittering armor"
Her evocations and invocations of love and desire called to both the muses and the Gods and Goddesses of the pre-Christian world. Human poets and lovers heard the call and were inspired. That is why Plato called her the Tenth Muse, she inspires poets and lovers throughout the ages.
Well now. This Author has learned something new. Fitting for this Coming Out Month, isn't it?
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