Sappho

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Excerpt from Sappho: Trauerspiel in Fünf AufzügenThe sketch of the historical and traditional Sappho offered in the introduction is based upon original sources thruout, nevertheless I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to the excellent monograph by Paul Brandt (cf. Bibliography, p. Xlvii). I am also indebted to W. L. Westermann, Professor of Ancient History at the University of Wisconsin, for helpful suggestions on this part of the introduction.It would be, unjust not to acknowledge my indebted ness to the annotations of C. C. Ferrell in the edition of Sappho published by Ginn Co., especially in the rendering of difficult passages into poetic English. The notes of Stefan Hock and August Sauer have also furnished considerable help, acknowledgment of which has been made in the notes, passim.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.