Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Sappho's fragment order

Hi guys! Quick question that I thought I'd ask y'all for help with: (yes, that's a dangling preposition, sorry)

How arbitrary is the fragment order of Sappho's poetry? Was it just put together by the translator in this order, or did it appear this way somewhere? There seems to be some order to it, as the last ones have to do more with her death, but since he put titles on the fragments, I don't know what to trust anymore...

-jacqui

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