Sappho and the Vigil of Venus

Way, Arthur S.

Published by Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1920

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Slim 8vo. [5], vi-xv, [2], 2-36, [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Lacks the dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the free front endpaper, during the year of publication. Arthur S. Way edited together Sappho's fragments (around 170 of them) in an effort to convey to a general reader the eroticism and mystical nature of Sappho of Lesbos' odes and poems. He also includes an epithalamium honoring Venus, the goddess of love, and to a lesser extent Hera, the goddess of marriage. Way writes that this honorary ode evokes the spirit of Sappho, and comes from Hadrian's reign. The author notes that Hadrian greatly revived the worship of Venus, the goddess who most frequently evokes the spirit of Sappho. A Very Good copy with a bit of foxing to the margins of the leaves, front board slightly bowed. Seller Inventory # 00009532

Bibliographic Details

Title: Sappho and the Vigil of Venus

Publisher: Macmillan and Co., Limited, London

Publication Date: 1920

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First edition.