on 14/7/01 1:06 PM, [log in to unmask] at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Just because she wrote it, doesn't mean she had a daughter (since when
> has poetry been evidence for historical biography?). Though the passion
> in it runs true to my experience of having a daughter.
There is, of course, the usual debate about this. Some scholars say Sappho's
mother was also called Cleis (Kleis).
Cheers,
Jill
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