SkillBuilder discussion Using historical sources 1. Look at SOURCES 5, 6 and 7 and identify what types of sources these are.
SOURCE5 Some fragments of Sappho’s poetry
And lovely laughing — oh it puts the heart in my chest on wings, for me when I look at you, even a moment, no speaking is left in me no: tongue breaks and thin ýre is racing under skin and in eyes no sight and drumming . . . ýlls ears and cold sweat holds me and shaking grips me all . . .
2. Discuss what these
sources tell you about Sappho.
SOURCE6 From Judith Schalansky, ‘What we know about Sappho’, The Paris Review , 2020
In total, all the poems and fragments that have reached us, as brief, mutilated, and devoid of context as they are, add up to no more than six hundred lines. It has been calculated that [only] around 7 per cent of Sappho’s work has survived.
SOURCE7 From ‘Sappho’, Poetry Foundation website, 2022
Her celebration of love has echoed through the centuries not only in the work of translators and direct imitators, but also in all those other voices that have dared to declare their love to be radically important . . . Finally, she is widely recognized as one of the great poets of world literature . . .
4.11 SkillBuilder activity USING HISTORICAL SOURCES Complete the following.
1. Read SOURCE5 and describe the emotions expressed and their physical effects. 2. Infer from SOURCE6 why we may never fully understand Sappho’s talent and fame. 3. Read SOURCE7 and explain why the writer thinks Sappho’s work is part of ancient Greece’s heritage and why she is a great poet. 4. Referring to SOURCES4 , 5 , 6 and 7 , discuss whether you think Sappho’s achievements should be regarded as being of historical signiýcance. Justify your answer.
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