# Sappho — A Voice from the South character guide

> Sappho in A Voice from the South by Anna Julia Cooper.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0005-womanhood-a-vital-element-in-the-regeneration-and-progress-of-a-race

## Who they are

Ancient Greek poetess invoked as a symbol of female genius.

## In the story

### [The Higher Education of Women](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voice_from_the_south_se/chapters/the-higher-education-of-women)

Cited as an early example of an educated woman, the 'violet-crowned, pure, sweetly smiling' singer of Lesbos who expressed her soul in poetry centuries before Christ.

## Links

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