Let's Talk About Sappho (again)!: "Love shook my senses, / like wind crashing on mountain oaks." APPROVED INT 100/201!


Wednesday, October 18, 2023
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Allendale Campus
Faculty, Staff, Students


Sappho (again!)

Join us for Dr. Diane Rayor's second appearance at the LGBT Resource Center to talk about Sappho! Dr. Rayor released a new translation of Sappho's complete works in 2023, and there is more to unpack. 

Material from Dr. Rayor to explore before the event:

Sappho: A New Translation of theComplete Works (Cambridge UP, 2023)   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVawZtVH51c 

https://www.themontrealreview.com/Articles/On_Translating_Sappho_Again.php 

https://theamericanscholar.org/filling-in-the-fragments/

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/ancient-greece-s-most-intriguing-erotic-poet-diane-j-rayor 

The Life & Loves of Sappho | Gay History with Tom Ranzweiler 


Location Information


The Milton E. Ford LGBT Resource Center (1161 Kirkhof Center)

Download parking map for the Allendale Campus


Contact Information


Contact [email protected] or 616-331-2530 with questions or for accommodations. 


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art classics history int int100 int201 lgbtqia poetry sappho writing


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This event was added to the calendar by Joey Grubbs-Hulst (hulstjoa@gvsu.edu) on Friday, August 11, 2023 and was last updated on Monday, October 16, 2023 at 1:45 p.m.