Was Sappho Really a Woman?

Prof. Edith Hall defends the authenticity of Sappho's poetry in response to a controversial question...
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[@memaymoo8088]

*They're lesbians, Harold*

[@djula2619]

This is the ultimate r/sapphoandherfriend question

[@thebleedingherons1032]

Straight people when they hear Sappho had a female lover:

[@amitmelnik7745]

Sappho is literally where the term sapphic lesbians come from she’s literally a lesbian

[@namenowoneman]

She was born in Lesbos therfore Lesbian, Athens Athenian...

[@fredbillsworth8311]

@@namenowoneman she's a lesbian though... Like she's gay...

[@namenowoneman]

@@fredbillsworth8311 No, she is dead.

[@krissygaming5818]

@@fredbillsworth8311 shes bisexual, she had a husband lmao and other interactions with men.

[@highgrounder5238]

@@krissygaming5818 Her "husband" came from "the island of men" and his name can be translated as Penis McDick or something.

[@bingo5142]

SHE'S LITERALLY GAY SHE WROTE POEMS ABOUT HER BEING A WOMAN WHO LIKES WOMEN WHAT ARE YOU ON ABOUT

[@roobee1234]

They're really wanting to make her heteronormalized

[@user-ee5vg5rs6t]

As a greek person,I find the notion that Sappho could have been a man completely moronic. When we talk about sappho in Greek,we say 'Η Σαπφώ...' which mean Sappho with a female pronoun,not 'Ο Σαπφώ...' which is the exact opposite. Do you think we don't know what our best poets had in their pants?

[@killjoytw1nk]

Αυτό ακριβώς

[@deli5194]

No man can write about women with such delicacy. No man has ever understood women as humans in thousands of years

[@Someinternetuser]

Straight people: Ok fine, they were lovers!
Also straight people:

[@bobtreduis2737]

Guys. Someone asked her if Sappho might be a man. This is the response to the question. :Y

[@tugger]

Nobody made them crop this part of the lecture and baitpost it 🧐

[@lovecraftscat5044]

Trying to erase lesbian greatness!!! Homophobic.

[@thiagoeduardo4421]

Trying to find facts

[@importantstuf8870]

Can you actually watch the video before commenting?

[@laura-yd3fv]

Thiago Eduardo Facts about what? She was a girl and they were gay. Is that a problem?

[@megang5906]

@@thiagoeduardo4421 oh here's a fact right here:
she's a girl

[@dunnomuch-7875]

@@thiagoeduardo4421 you are also one of the homophobics

[@rainbowghentian]

this was completely pointless.

[@kadensmike8190]

I disagree, the defence was necessary.

[@ResidentMilf]

@@kadensmike8190 Defense of what?

[@laura-yd3fv]

Kaden Smike And why was that?

[@laura-yd3fv]

That Jewish Kid Support what?

[@roobee1234]

@@kadensmike8190 defense? Of what stop trying to heteronormalize her she's our only outlet of rep

[@addisonavery9204]

The ultimate Sappho and her friend.

[@salemfornow6598]

I don't understand what the point here is...

[@lovelyrodriguez2190]

This seems to be discussing the erasing and hiding the existence of homosexuality in old historical texts, literature and etc.
Though from the way she's talking, I can't tell which side she's coming from.

[@drawnwithlove3499]

Historians: find actual, hard proof that Sappho's lovers were female
Also Historians: maybe she wasn't a woman....? Haha jk... unless...? 😳

[@gramblemcstamble3995]

Straight historians be like:

[@12myea]

well that answered nothing

[@ieatgremlins]

Because the question on itself is stupid, that’s the whole point.

[@rainy8847]

What the hell is the point of this question? was this really necessary?

[@AbyssalSoda]

Well considering how much they keep revising history throughout the west and the rest of the world, yeah. One of the jobs of modern historians is always to question and restructure the narrative. The most recent large scale example is how they altered the consensus on Egyptian slavery from being one of the cruelest on Earth to being more of a Feudal system. This contests a huge amount of historical data that states to the contrary, yet the modern consensus caved to give the spotlight to the trending topic of American Slavery. Heck history still has yet to accept the Armenian genocide which occurred in the early 1900s which we have photographic evidence, and which Hitler and Stalin used as a blueprint for mass deportation and execution. Historians still refuse to call or recognize it as a genocide though for political reasons.

[@CHLUPANDO]

someone took the time to add subtitles

[@HelloItsMikkan]

Is Water Real? *Drinks a glass of cold water* Maybe

[@Muhammadkaun]

This is a very good question. It is on the record that Plato called her a 10th muse. so it means that Sappho did exist and her being as a 10th muse (which means a female character). Rest you can guess from her poems that whether she was lesbian or hetro-sexual.

[@LordoftheAces]

what a clickbait title lol
not like she even addresses the question

[@Lazyvampiire]

Then why did people try to burn her poetry?

[@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz6375]

Lol people really trying too make everything straight-

[@camocrocs1490]

oh my _god_

[@ronjanordman5951]

Excuse me............?

[@zendpixie]

i only went here to see how many dislikes it has lol, good to know my faith in humanity was momentarily restored

[@patavinity1262]

"I dismiss this historical possibility because I don't like it".
Moronic. Why is such a person invited to speak?

[@explore_montanha]

Very scientific.

[@paulougolini]

That's not what she said at all. You are stupid because you don't listen

[@y_magaming9798]

Wtf was this lady thinking...

[@ResidentMilf]

OK Boomer

[@ieatgremlins]

Edith Hall is a bad ass.

[@squidneythesquid2487]

The poet couldn’t be lesbian, the poet was a man who was obsessed with lesbians, Jesus Christ, Sharron