Found the gay love letter of the ancient Greek poet

Researchers have just archived one of the ancient intact letters of the first female poet to mention homosexual love.

Recently, archaeologists have found an ancient piece of papyrus, bearing two of the many poems of the famous Sappho poet of Greece, dating from the 7th century BC.

This discovery is particularly important, because over time, we have kept very few poems printed on this papyrus by this author. Among them, only one poem is preserved intact.

Portrait of female artist Sappho

Woman Sappho is a great contributor to the ancient Greek poetry. At that time, the traditional sound of Greek poetry was based on the view of God. However, contrary to this trend, Sappho has shown its thoughts and feelings that are deeply personal, especially on the subject of love and suffering.

She is also one of the first poets to address lesbian love . Many words like 'lesbian' , the 'sapphic' we use today come from Sappho's poems.

Her poems often refer to the theme of love, especially female love

One of the two poems was found about two men named Charaxos and Larichos - the ancient name that Greeks used to refer to Sappho's brothers. However, this is the first evidence that shows, they appear in the works of his sister. The content of this work revolves around the conversation about Charaxos' successful beach trip and is written in the first person.

The remaining poem is written with the content sent to Aphrodite Love Goddess. Horizontal red lines are used to separate two poems.

Female singer Sappho composed a total of 9 volumes of poetry. In her works, she often uses Aeolic, a dialect of Greek, instead of Attic - popular in Athens. In addition, Sappho also created a unique way of writing poetry, bearing its own mark and later called Sapphic stanza.

The two newly discovered poems all carry the above characteristics, so even though they are not intact because the edge of the ancient papyrus is torn, researchers can still claim that this is Sappho's pen.

New pieces of papyrus were found to store 2 works of female artist Sappho

Accordingly, this is not a direct autograph of the nun, but a poem that was written around the third century. The papyrus used at this time was quite developed, so this is the best preserved quality poem up to this point of Sappho.

Below is the only intact poem kept by today's female artist Sappho.

Hymn to the Goddess Aphrodite

Aphrodite Goddess of Honor,
O noble son of Zeus,
O God of human beauty
Please listen to my request
Please, from the magnificent old radio, follow the dove wing here, warm your soul
When I turned my head, seeing the figure of the gentle person like the wind, smiling in the blue sky:
'Sappho, why are you kneeling? Which pink ball is making your heart bleed?
The faster ones come to you, the faster you are away from me
Quickly love you, the faster you become a tern, disappear
Childless, though swearing for life '
Aphrodite Goddess of Honor,
Please save my soul, free me from miserable sufferings!