Andromache Karanika
Professor of classics at the University of California, Irvine, and a scholar of Sappho and early Greek poetry, providing expert analysis of archaic lyric and its cultural context.
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Nov 21, 2016 • 46min
04 Sappho: The Tenth Muse w/ Andromache Karanika
Andromache Karanika, UC Irvine classics professor and Sappho scholar, guides a lively tour of Lesbos, Sappho’s social world, and the poet’s performance practices. Short takes cover Sappho’s persona, sexuality, musical innovations, fragment 31, why so much was lost, and the thrill of recent papyrus discoveries.
