- ^ The fragments of Sappho's poetry are conventionally referred to by fragment number, though some also have one or more common names. The most commonly used numbering system is that of Eva-Maria Voigt, which in most cases matches the older Lobel-Page system. Unless otherwise specified, the numeration in this article is from Diane Rayor and André Lardinois' Sappho: A New Translation of the Complete Works, which uses Voigt's numeration with some variations to account for the fragments of Sappho discovered since Voigt's edition was published. References to ancient authors commenting on Sappho give both the conventional reference, and the numeration given in Campbell's Greek Lyric I: Sappho and Alcaeus.
- ^ According to the Suda she was from Eresos;[14] most testimonia and some of Sappho's own poetry point to Mytilene.[15]
- ^ Strabo says that she was a contemporary of Alcaeus (born c. 620 BC) and Pittacus (c. 645 BC – c. 570 BC); Athenaeus that she was a contemporary of Alyattes, king of Lydia (c. 610 BC – c. 560 BC). The Suda says that she was active during the 42nd Olympiad (612–608 BC), while Eusebius says that she was famous by the 45th Olympiad (600–599 BC).[17]
- ^ In ancient Greece children were commonly named after a grandparent.[22]
- ^ Two in the Oxyrhynchus biography (P.Oxy. 1800), seven more in the Suda, and one in a scholion on Pindar.[23]
- ^ Given as Sappho's father in the Oxyrhynchus biography, Suda, a scholion on Plato's Phaedrus, and Aelian's Historical Miscellanies, and as Charaxos' father in Herodotus.[7]
- ^ Inscriptions on Attic vase paintings read ΦΣΑΦΟ, ΣΑΦΟ, ΣΑΠΠΩΣ, and ΣΑΦΦΟ; on coins ΨΑΠΦΩ, ΣΑΠΦΩ, and ΣΑΦΦΩ all survive.[26]
- ^ Other sources say that Charaxos' lover was called Doricha, rather than Rhodopis.[32]
- ^ Though similar names including Kerkylos are attested.[39]
- ^ Scholars such as Alexander Dale and Richard Martin have suggested that some of Sappho's surviving fragments may have been considered iambic in genre, even though they were not composed in iambic trimeter, by ancient sources.[49][50]
- ^ Though the word "élite" is used as a shorthand for a particular ideological tradition within Archaic Greek poetic thought, it is highly likely that all Archaic poets in fact were part of the elite, both by birth and wealth.[103]
- ^ M. L. West comments on the translation of this word, "'Loveliness' is an inadequate translation of habrosyne, but I have not found an adequate one. Sappho does not mean 'elegance' or 'luxury'".[108]
- ^ The pektis harp, also known as the plēktron or plectrum, may be the same as the magadis.[116]
- ^ Sappho names both the lyra and chelynna (lit. 'tortoise');[115] both refer to bowl lyres.[117]
- ^ Similarly the adjective sapphic derives from Sappho's name.[136]
- ^ Plays named Sappho by Ameipsias, Amphis, Antiphanes, Diphilos, Ephippus, and Timocles are attested.[180] Two plays titled Phaon, four titled Leukadia, and one Leukadios may also have featured Sappho.[181]
- ^ Michael Field was the shared pseudonym of the poets and lovers Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper.[207]
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