There are three sources of information about Sappho's life: her testimonia, the history of her times, and what can be gleaned from her own poetry – although scholars are cautious when reading poetry as a biographical source.

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Little is known about Sappho's life for certain. She was from the island of Lesbos and was probably born around 630 BC. Tradition names her mother as Cleïs, though ancient scholars may simply have guessed this name, assuming that Sappho's daughter Cleïs

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Sappho probably wrote around 10,000 lines of poetry; today, only about 650 survive. She is best known for her lyric poetry,

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The common term lesbian is an allusion to Sappho, originating from the name of the island of Lesbos, where she was born. However, she has not always been considered so. In classical

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Ancient reputation
In antiquity, Sappho's poetry was highly admired, and several ancient sources refer to her as the "tenth Muse".

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• Ancient Greek literature
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 7 – papyrus preserving Sappho fr. 5
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1231 – papyrus preserving Sappho fr. 15–30

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• Barnstone, Willis, ed. (2009). The Complete Poems of Sappho. Shambhala Publications. ISBN 9780834822009.
• Boehringer, Sandra (2014). "Female Homoeroticism". In

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