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Sapphic
Sapphic meaning
Relating to the Greek poetess Sappho from Lesbos or her poetry. | Of a certain kind of verse reputed to have been invented by Sappho, consisting of five metrical feet, of which the first, fourth, and fifth are trochees, the second is a spondee, and the third a dactyl. | Alternative letter-case form of sapphic.
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Dr. Kang and other scholars argue that Laurencin’s Sapphic themes were ignored or overlooked for so long precisely because of their femininity.
One sentence description: The pretty, God-fearing, blonde girl who "has it all," but just wants to break free from all expectations, and has a sapphic romance that fans adore.
The Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity (RCSGD) is hosting a Sapphic Scrapbooking community group for women-loving-women identifying students.
Wryly funny, occasionally violent, and so very sapphic, played with throwback conventions of the noir genre to make a thrilling film ahead of its time.
Being sapphic goes beyond sexuality.
Celebrate sapphic love at The 86 with DJs, performances, freebies (lollipops, candy necklaces, glowsticks, bubble wands and the all-important masks!) and drink specials all night long, as well as happy hour from 8–10pm!
In (2023), Anstis paints a sapphic scene of two naked women on a beach, with octopi latching onto their bodies.
It feels like 2024 is the year of the sapphic songwriters, and Billie's on the frontlines with the next chapter of her story with funky goth-pop and airy electro hymns making sweet love under the stars.
Seven sapphic comedians take the stage for a Pride comedy showcase, hosted by Sierra Kenyon and Rogue Schmidt.
This is described as a mix of space odyssey and Sapphic romcom, and it sounds like just the sort of light-hearted read I need to read by the pool.
We realize it’s only February, but suddenly we’re dreaming of a Christmas yet to come, one in which the comedy with the current working title will bring visions of sugarplummy Sapphic romance to multiplexes across this great lesbian-starved land.
Catullus twice used a meter that Sappho developed, called the Sapphic strophe in poems 11 and 51. In fact, Catullus may have brought about a substantial revival of that form in Rome.
Many of the works contained in this volume depict erotic scenes of nude women, some of whom are masturbating alone or are coupled in sapphic embraces.
Tarrant, Ancient receptions of Horace, 279) Statius paid homage to Horace by composing one poem in Sapphic and one in Alcaic meter (the verse forms most often associated with Odes), which he included in his collection of occasional poems, Silvae.
The adjective "sapphic", and the related "sapphist", "sapphism" etc. all also come from Sappho.
Thus for example Benjamin Loveling authored a catalogue of Drury Lane and Covent Garden prostitutes, in Sapphic stanzas, and an encomium for a dying lady "of salacious memory".