Sep 4, 2020 · In a painting that goes by the title Safo, by Miguel Carbonel Selva, dated 1880, we see the figure of Sappho at the moment when she is about to leap to her death, plunging into the sea from the heights of Leukas. Her death is timed to happen at sunset, and the timing is the same in other renditions as well.

According to legend, she killed herself by leaping from the Leucadian cliffs due to her unrequited love for the ferryman Phaon. Sappho was a prolific poet, probably composing around 10,000 lines. She was best-known in antiquity for her love poetry; other themes in the surviving fragments of her work include family and religion.

Feb 11, 2025 · How did Sappho die? The exact time, place, and cause of Sappho’s death are unknown. According to an often repeated, though unlikely, legend, Sappho leaped from the Leucadian rock to certain death in the sea because of her unrequited love for Phaon, a younger man who was a sailor.

Mar 27, 2020 · An intriguing story about her death has been circulating for millennia, yet there is no evidence as to its veracity. The story holds that Sappho threw herself off the cliffs of the Greek island Leucadia because of her love for Phaon, a ferryman.

Jun 19, 2023 · The following 46 files are in this category, out of 46 total. The death of Sappho. Engraving by A.J. Nargeot. Wellcome V0041888.jpg 2,090 × 3,374; 4.02 MB.

Sappho at Leucate, also known as The Death of Sappho, is an oil-on-canvas painting executed by the French painter Antoine-Jean Gros in 1801. It has the dimensions of 122 by 100 cm. It is held in the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Baron-Gérard [fr], in Bayeux. [1]

Jul 3, 2022 · Sappho was a famous Greek poet from the island of Lesbos who lived from c. 630 – c. 570 BC. She is sometimes called the ‘Tenth Muse’ because her abilities to...

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Dec 23, 2020 · Death of Sappho c1881 by Spanish Painter Miguel Carbonell Selva (1854 – 1896); a Catalan Painter, Muralist and Poet known for his realistic landscapes and portraits. This is a painting of the Archaic Greek Poet Sappho (620 – 570 BCE) from the island of Lesbos, as she stands over the cliffs edge, seemingly read to cast her self off into the ...

Nov 9, 2024 · Safo (1881)by Miguel Carbonell Selva (Spain, 1854-1896)In a painting that goes by the title Safo, we see the figure of Sappho at the moment when she is about...