Lecture Notes for Oct 1, 2008

Classics 376 with Rosenmeyer at University of Wisconsin - Madison

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it would be a good thing that she was called this
(1 answer)

poets were honored

usually, slave pour wine at symposia
(1 answer)

gold cups

? women didn't have a symposium
(1 answer)

what did they have?

particularly among elite females
(3 answers)

pederasty?
finishing school?
cult?

between 5th and 9th C, a lot of ancient poetry began to disappear
(2 answers)

very easy for things to get lost
because of Xtianity

at the same time she hasn't earned her skills by honest hard work
(5 answers)

can't threaten men
can't be normal
they inspired but didn?t actually do it
denies her individuality
restricts her to the company of women

? glukupikros
(3 answers)

"bitter sweet"
she invents this word
sweet side is usually in a garden

locus amoenus= " lovely place"
(1 answer)

poem 6

gold cups
(1 answer)

gold is also immortal

restricts her to the company of women
(1 answer)

not quite as extreme as Athens

still talking about a beloved
(1 answer)

bypassing male literary authority

inspired people
(1 answer)

music, music history, painting, etc?

basic facts are challenged by her poetry
(1 answer)

people say she has a husband but her poetry is homoerotic

hierarchies disappear
(1 answer)

we are all the same

her poetry survived until Byzantine
(1 answer)

between 5th and 9th C, a lot of ancient poetry began to disappear

her society wasn't like Athens
(3 answers)

off coast of Turkey
Asia Minor thought to be luxurious and self-indulgent
dialect influenced by Turkey

also some anxiety about her
(1 answer)

where should we put her?

she was preserved b/c she was performed again and again at the symposia
(1 answer)

what was that like for a man?

sweet side is usually in a garden
(3 answers)

a lot of men wrote about gardens
full of flowers, private space, sacred (worshipping Aphro)
erotic potential

poem 6
(2 answers)

rhetorical purpose is an invitation
Aphro being asked to pour nectar

invents female audience and female erotic subject
(1 answer)

still talking about a beloved

men regarded love as a dangerous obsession
(1 answer)

S doesn?t look at it that way

men go for action
(1 answer)

the opposite of that would be thinking, feeling

the alphabet was written 750-700
(3 answers)

she's writing only 100 years after the beginning
did she write her poetry down?
most likely composed for oral performance

what did they have?
(1 answer)

commissioned? for friends?

S doesn?t look at it that way
(1 answer)

mutual

rhetorical purpose is an invitation
(1 answer)

has to be persuaded to come

fictions about her already arose during her time
(1 answer)

hard to separate fact from fiction

pederasty?
(1 answer)

hard to tell what ages she talks about

female poets have to find a poetic voice of her own
(3 answers)

Sappho doesn?t try to be a male voice
she's marginalized
men go for action

someone named Plato called her a muse
(4 answers)

there were 9 of them
inspired people
it would be a good thing that she was called this
at the same time she hasn't earned her skills by honest hard work

bypassing male literary authority
(2 answers)

men have no role
they can't silence her, tell her what to write

the opposite of that would be thinking, feeling
(2 answers)

to our mind, lyric is feeling
epic would be action

Sappho
(19 answers)

basic facts are challenged by her poetry
mistranslations over time
woman who writes poetry or a poet who happens to be a woman?
fictions about her already arose during her time
the alphabet was written 750-700
her society wasn't like Athens
her poetry survived until Byzantine
poetry 's primary topic was personal relations
persona= assumed voice
she was preserved b/c she was performed again and again at the symposia
someone named Plato called her a muse
also some anxiety about her
we can look at her as Sappho as female poet, or Sappho as poet
female poets have to find a poetic voice of her own
invents female audience and female erotic subject
? women didn't have a symposium
? glukupikros
men regarded love as a dangerous obsession
locus amoenus= " lovely place"

poetry 's primary topic was personal relations
(1 answer)

particularly among elite females

there were 9 of them
(1 answer)

demi-gods

mistranslations over time
(1 answer)

battle over her sexuality

Aphro being asked to pour nectar
(2 answers)

usually, slave pour wine at symposia
hierarchies disappear

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