Erotic Love in Selected Poems of Sappho

Abstract

The present study sheds light on the theme love in some of
Sappho's poems. It tackles the erotic side of love.
It is divided into an introduction and three other sections.
The introduction is devoted to some definitions of love and its
types. It also alludes to some aspects of Sappho's life and the society
where she lived.
The first section tackles the motivations of Sappho's writing
erotic poetry which came to be social.
The second section deals with the defense of woman and
attacking patriarchy through which she attempts to free woman from
the dominating force of man.
In the third section the sexual satisfaction is tackled in details.
It shows the reasons why Sappho wrote erotic poems which are
mostly psychological. The themes of union and the fear of
separateness are the most important ones.
Then the conclusion sums up the results the present study
concludes.