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Sappho

Born: fl. c. 610 BC
Birthplace: Lesbos, Greece
Died: fl. c. 580 BC
Location of death: Lesbos, Greece
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Poet

Nationality: Ancient Greece
Executive summary: The Tenth Muse

Father: Scamander
Mother: Cleïs
Brother: Charaxus
Husband: Cercolas (merchant, one daughter)
Daughter: Cleïs

    Exiled to Sicily
    Lunar Crater Sappho (25.0S, 133.2E)





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