Abstract:
Sappho’s poems received a varied reception throughout history, accordingly to the changes in the mentality of its readers. To follow diachronically this variation is to evidence some developments in the social imaginary about many complex questions evoked by her poetry. The social position of women, for example, or certain aspects of homoeroticism - subjects profoundly imbricated in Sappho - are frequently used as material for these readings, departing from some of the current perspectives in one period, in order to create and reinforce certain discourses of power. The famous fragment 31 Voigt of Sappho is an emblematic case of this multiplicity of interpretations. Our aim here is to depart from it to weave a series of considerations and elucidations about some of Sappho’s facets hidden by centuries of violence, silence and veiled revolt.
Keywords:
Sappho of Lesbos; Reception Theory; Gender Studies; Classical Studies; Feminist Studies