Sappho’s Proof that Death is an Evil

Authors

  • Harold M. Zellner

Abstract

Aristotle (Rh. 1398b) represents Sappho (fr.201) as arguing that gods choose not to die and thus that death is an evil, which is perhaps best explained if her poem responded to the militaristic valuation of death expressed in poets like Tyrtaeus.

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Published

2006-12-25

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Vol. 46 No. 4 (2006)

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