Scenarios about 'sappho'
Sappho was an ancient Greek female poet from the island of Lesbos who lived during the late 7th and early 6th centuries BCE. Her lyric poetry, much of which was lost to history, focused on themes of love, passion, and women's relationships, earning her recognition as one of antiquity's greatest poets. In alternate history scenarios, Sappho's work and influence often serve as departure points for exploring different trajectories of gender norms, literary traditions, and cultural attitudes toward sexuality in the ancient Mediterranean world.
What If Sappho's Complete Works Survived?
Exploring how Western literature, attitudes toward female authorship, and understanding of sexuality might have developed differently if Sappho's complete poetic corpus had been preserved through the ages.