萨福(Sappho,约前630或者612~约前592或者560),古希腊著名的女抒情诗人,一生写过不少情诗、婚歌、颂神诗、铭辞等。一般认为她出生于累斯博斯岛一贵族家庭。丰盛的财富使她能自由地决定自己的生活方式,而她选择了在当时的文化中心勒斯博(Lesbos)岛上专攻艺术。她的父亲喜好诗歌,在父亲的熏陶下,萨福也迷上了吟诗写作。她是第一人描述个人的爱情和失恋的诗人。青年时期曾被逐出故乡,原因可能同当地的政治斗 Sappho (about 630 or 612 before about 592 or 560), the famous Greek woman lyricist, wrote a lot of love poems, marriage songs, praise poetry, inscriptions and so on. It is generally believed that she was born in a noble family on the island of Lesbos. The sumptuous fortune made her free to decide her own way of life, and she chose to specialize in the arts center of Lesbos, the cultural center of the time. Her father likes poetry, under the influence of his father, Sappho also fell in love with poetry writing. She is the first person to describe a personal love and lovelorn poet. The reason that youths were expelled from their hometown may be due to the local political struggle