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Sapphic

adjective
1.
A meter used by Sappho and named after her.
2.
Of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman.  Synonym: lesbian.



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"Sapphic" Quotes from Famous Books



... 'Bacchanalis.' The stage-directions are given partly in Latin, partly in Italian; and instead of the 'Announcement of the Feast' by Mercury, a prologue consisting of two octave stanzas is appended. A Latin Sapphic ode in praise of the Cardinal Gonzaga, which was interpolated in the first version, is omitted, and certain changes are made in the last soliloquy of Orpheus. There is little doubt, I think, that the second version, ...
— Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series • John Addington Symonds


Words linked to "Sapphic" :   rhythmic, homosexual, rhythmical, Sappho


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