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{{Character Infobox
|name = Sappho
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|birth = c. 630 BCE<br>[[Mytilene]], [[Lesbos]], [[Greece]]
|death = c. 570 BCE<br>Lesbos, Greece
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|affiliates = [[Sappho School]]
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'''Sappho''' (c. 630 – c. 570 BCE) was a poet from the [[Greece|Greek]] island of [[Lesbos]] known for her lyric poetry, written to be sung and accompanied by a lyre. She was counted among the {{Wiki|Nine Lyric Poets}} along the likes of [[Bacchylides]] and [[Pindar]].
'''Sappho''' (c. 630 – c. 570 BCE) was a poet from the [[Greece|Greek]] island of [[Lesbos]] known for her lyric poetry, written to be sung and accompanied by a lyre. She was counted among the {{Wiki|Nine Lyric Poets}} along the likes of [[Bacchylides]] and [[Pindar]].


==Influence and legacy==
==Legacy==
During the 5th century BCE, the [[Sappho School|school]] Sappho established in her home town of [[Mytilene]] was still in use.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>
During the 5th century BCE, the [[Sappho School|school]] Sappho established in her home town of [[Mytilene]] was still in use.<ref name="HL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Historical Locations#Lesbos|Lesbos: Sappho School]]</ref> Some of her works were still being kept in the [[Library of Alexandria]] in the 1st century BCE.<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Aya (memory)|Aya]]</ref>
 
During the 1st century BCE, some of Sappho's works were kept in the [[Library of Alexandria]] in [[Egypt]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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Sappho (c. 630 – c. 570 BCE) was a poet from the Greek island of Lesbos known for her lyric poetry, written to be sung and accompanied by a lyre. She was counted among the Nine Lyric Poets along the likes of Bacchylides and Pindar.

Legacy[edit | edit source]

During the 5th century BCE, the school Sappho established in her home town of Mytilene was still in use.[1] Some of her works were still being kept in the Library of Alexandria in the 1st century BCE.[2]

Appearances[edit | edit source]

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