According to legend, this poet jumped off of a cliff after falling in love with a ferryman named Phaon.
According to legend, this poet jumped off of a cliff after falling in love with a ferryman named Phaon. One work of this poet addresses the "iridescent-throned," "deathless," and "wile-weaver" child of Zeus and ends with the line "fight as my comrade." This poet had a daughter named Cleis, and another of this author's poems reads (*) "That man seems to me peer of gods, who sits in thy presence." The author of "Hymn to Aphrodite" and "Ode to Anactoria," for 10 points, identify this "tenth muse," a female lyric poet from Lesbos.
According to legend, this poet jumped off of a cliff after falling in love with a ferryman named Phaon.
Sappho