Sappho Fragment 17
Wishing Charaxos a Safe Trip
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20086983 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefano Caciagli (0000-0002-2851-9336, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 424-448 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Newest Sappho : P. Sapph. Obbink and P. GC inv. 105, Frs. 1-4 (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004314832_022 |
| OpenAlex | W2599584639 |
| ISBN | 9789004314832 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Over the last 200 years, scholars of Sappho have concentrated on her audience and consequently her social role: according to various theories she was a teacher, a leader of a female religious group or an initiatory group, a trainer of choruses, a member of a companion group, and so on.1 Through a comparison between her and Alcaeus, I proposed in Poeti e societ (2011) that Sappho was a member of a fairly stable group that consisted of both young and adult 'friends' .2 Although the core of her audience probably consisted of these 'friends,'3 Sappho's audience could change when the context changed, as Antonio Aloni
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2021 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |