Scholars Discover New Poems from Ancient Greek Poetess Sappho

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Only a few poems of the Greek poetess Sappho’s work have survived but thanks to a leading scholar’s investigation two new works have just been recovered—and gives experts hope to find more.

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“The new Sappho is absolutely breath-taking,” said Albert Henrichs, a Harvard classics professor who examined the papyrus with Dr. Obbink. “It is the best preserved Sappho papyrus in existence, with just a few letters that had to be restored in the first poem, and not a single word that is in doubt.

I CAN’T EVEN BELIEVE THIS. HOLY SHIT, HOLY SHIT, THIS IS THE GREATEST DAY

See here for the translations and discussions:

http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/public/article1371516.ece 

that last link doesn’t work people help a girl OUT

http://www.papyrology.ox.ac.uk/Fragments/Translation.Ferrari.i.15.pdf

here you can find Greek text, English translation and discussion of the best preserved of the new fragments.

https://www.academia.edu/11458466/Nueve_nov%C3%ADsimos_fragmentos_de_Safo_2017_texto_griego_traducci%C3%B3n_al_espa%C3%B1ol_y_notas?auto=bookmark&campaign=weekly_digest

here you can read the Greek text of all of the new fragments (Spanish translation, though)!

yaaaaassss thank you !!!

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