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Sappho

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Poet

The Resume

    (circa 613 BC-circa 570 BC)
    Wrote many poems, none of which survive in their entirety
    Famous for her sexuality

Why she might be annoying:

    All of her poems were about love.
    She slept with her students.
    She is widely believed to have solely been a lesbian, but she was married to a man, had a daughter by him, and had several male lovers throughout her life.
    Pope Gregory VII burned her works in 1073.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was indirectly responsible for the redefinition of 'lesbian' to mean female homosexuality.
    She was orphaned by a rich family of wine makers at age six.
    She was bisexual.
    She wrote poems for couples on their wedding day.
    Plato, who hated poetry, praised her and her works several times.
    Her poems examined both the joys and pains of love.

Credit: Nihilism Cynicism Sarcasm Orgasm


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 30.77% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 263 Votes: 72.62% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 46 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 188 Votes: 43.62% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 229 Votes: 44.10% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 2174 Votes: 39.97% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 438 Votes: 42.24% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 804 Votes: 41.04% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 765 Votes: 43.79% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 248 Votes: 44.76% Annoying