Papyrus Mini-Gallery - Sappho - the Greek poetess
Natural papyrus with outline motif 11.5 × 16.5 cm, black folding passe-partout, writing paper as well as a hanging eyelet.
Mini gallery pictures are an inexpensive introduction to papyrus painting.
The ready-painted pictures are a tasteful gift for many occasions.
To the motif
The Greek lyricist Sappho was the most important lyricist of classical antiquity. She was born around 650 BC on the island of Lesbos and came from a noble family. Sappho was married to a wealthy man and the mother of a daughter.
To paint:
12 double fibre pencil - Article No. 2701
Pilot Pintor: White, Gold, Silver - Article No. 2703
PGI papyrus
made of hand laid papyrus, produced in Egypt
silkscreen motif, natural border
can be painted with pens and watercolours
| Aspiration scale: | Easy |
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| Time Line: | 45 Min |
The Greek lyricist Sappho was the most important lyricist of classical antiquity. She was born around 650 BC on the island of Lesbos and came from a noble family. Sappho was married to a wealthy man and the mother of a daughter.
She wrote a total of nine volumes of poetry in which she glorified the culture of women in the service of the divine muses. The stanzas of three eleven-syllables with a concluding five-syllable, typical of her poetry, are called "Sapphic stanza" after her. As part of the cult of Hera and Aphrodite, Sappho gathered young women of marriageable age around her, whom she instructed in poetry, music, song and dance and with whom she performed at celebrations of the gods.
One of her contemporaries, the Greek poet Anacreon, accused Sappho of having a very close and intimate relationship with her pupils. This is where the terms "lesbian love" and "Sapphism" come from as a term for female homosexuality. According to one legend, Sappho threw herself to her death from a steep cliff out of grief over her unrequited love for the youth Phaon.
Instructions for painting papyrus