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POLYMNIA..

by Sappho.

Ten questions on craft, meaning, and form. Untimed. Answer every question to submit.

Q01of 10

In the first poem, what does Sappho primarily ask Aphrodite to do?

Q02of 10

The phrase 'doloploke' applied to Aphrodite in the first poem is best translated as which of the following?

Q03of 10

When Aphrodite descends to Sappho in the first poem, her chariot is drawn by which creatures?

Q04of 10

In the first poem, Aphrodite's reported speech reveals that she has helped Sappho before. Which detail best supports this?

Q05of 10

The rhetorical structure of Aphrodite's speech in the first poem—'who has wronged you, Sappho?'—serves primarily to show what?

Q06of 10

In the second poem, what is the immediate trigger for the speaker's physical symptoms?

Q07of 10

Which of the following best describes the progression of physical symptoms in the second poem?

Q08of 10

The simile 'chlôrotera de poias'—'greener/paler than grass'—in the second poem primarily conveys which of the following?

Q09of 10

Both poems share which central thematic concern?

Q10of 10

In terms of poetic form, both poems are composed in which meter, characteristic of Sappho's work?

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