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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Book News: Two Poems By Greek Poet Sappho Discovered

NPR (blog)Book News: Two Poems By Greek Poet Sappho DiscoveredNPR (blog)Parts of two previously unknown poems by the Greek lyric poet Sappho have been discovered on an ancient papyrus. An anonymous collector happened to show the papyrus to the Oxford University classicist Dirk Obbink, who realized its significance.'Two new poems' by Greek poet Sappho recoveredBBC Newsall 2 news articles »

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