loeb 95

Question 1

what is loeb 95 called

Answer 1

gongyla

Question 2

what is the reason for sapphos pain and suffering in this poem

Answer 2

a breakup between her and gongyla

Question 3

what quote presents a key topos in sapphic poetry being love as death

Answer 3

a certain longing to die grips me

Question 4

what type of language is used in ‘a certain longing to die grips me’

Answer 4

visceral and aggressive language, power of desire

Question 5

what is the significance of ‘lotus’

Answer 5

lotus is a flower that narcotizes the hordes of death in the underworld
-fruit of forgettfulness and desire

Question 6

what is rhe ‘banks of acheron’

Answer 6

the river in the underworld