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Definition of Sappho

Sappho
Sappho Sap"pho, n. [See Sapphic.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of brilliant South American humming birds of the genus Sappho, having very bright-colored and deeply forked tails; -- called also firetail.

Meaning of Sappho from wikipedia

- Sappho (/ˈsæfoʊ/; Ancient Gr****: Σαπφώ Sapphṓ [sap.pʰɔ̌ː]; Aeolic Gr**** Ψάπφω Psápphō; c. 630 – c. 570 BC) was an Archaic Gr**** poet from Eresos or Mytilene...
- Look up Sappho in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sappho (died c. 570 BC) was an ancient Gr**** poet. Sappho may also refer to: Sappho (painting), an 1890s...
- Sappho 31 is a lyric poem by the Archaic Gr**** poet Sappho of the island of ****s. The poem is also known as phainetai moi (φαίνεταί μοι lit. 'It seems...
- Sappho was an ancient Gr**** lyric poet from the island of ****s. She wrote around 10,000 lines of poetry, only a small fraction of which survives. Only...
- The Ode to Aphrodite (or Sappho fragment 1) is a lyric poem by the archaic Gr**** poet Sappho, who wrote in the late seventh and early sixth centuries...
- Aphrodite!", followed by "Great Hera!", "Merciful Minerva!", and "Suffering Sappho!', some of which were contributed by Elizabeth Holloway Marston. Diana,...
- 80 Sappho (symbol: )is a large, S-type (stony) main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by English astronomer Norman Pogson on 2 May 1864, and is named after...
- Sappho 16 is a fragment of a poem by the archaic Gr**** lyric poet Sappho. It is from Book I of the Alexandrian edition of Sappho's poetry, and is known...
- Sappho (1818) is a tragedy by Austrian playwright Franz Grillparzer. The plot is based on a tradition that Sappho, a poet of ancient Greece, threw herself...
- Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sappho, after the Ancient Gr**** lyric poet Sappho. Two more were planned but one was cancelled and one...