Effect of this Speech<hr>
       One could say that this speech had its desired impact as it appears the recipient allowed herself to be<hr>
swept along to where Sappho wanted, as an ancient Greek text tells us that while Sappho surpassed Erinna in lyric poetry, Erinna surpassed Sappho in hexameters. If we move away from the literal meaning towards my intentions, I would be very proud if I could convince you that beauty should not be the object of glory, in the same way that the beautiful poetess persuaded her friend.<hr>
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                                                 Notes<hr>
       Sappho is an ancient Greek poetess living in the seventh and sixth centuries BC,<hr>
in Mytilene on the island of Lesbos. Quite famous during antiquity, her poetic works have survived<hr>
only in the form of fragments. She is known for having expressed her attraction<hr>
to other women in her writings, hence the term "sapphism" to refer to female homosexuality,<hr>
while the term "lesbian" is derived from Lesbos, the island where she lived.<hr>
       Erinna, or Herinna, is a poetess from ancient Greece. It was long believed that she<hr>
lived around 600 BC and that she was a contemporary and friend of Sappho.<hr>
       Plato, born in 428-427 BC and died in 348-347 BC in Athens, is an<hr>
ancient Greek philosopher of the classical era, contemporary of the Athenian democracy and the<hr>
sophists; orators and philosophers vehemently criticised by him.<hr>
       Sapphic verses are lines of poetry consisting of eleven syllables or a stanza whose invention is attributed to Sappho.<hr>
       Mercury is the god of commerce in Roman mythology. Equivalent to the Greek Hermes,<hr>
he also becomes the god of thieves, travel, and the messenger of other gods. His<hr>
name is sometimes equated with poetry.<hr>
       Apollo is the Greek god of arts, singing, music, male beauty,<hr>
poetry and light.<hr>
       Minerva, in Roman mythology, is the goddess of enlightened thought, wisdom,<hr>
intelligence, trades, and those who practice them, as well as strategic reflections and tactical skills of war, in contrast to the brute courage of Mars, the god of war.<hr>
       The Muses in Greek mythology are the nine daughters of Zeus, the father of gods, and<hr>
Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, who presided over liberal arts: epic poetry,<hr>
history, erotic and lyric poetry, music, tragedy and singing, rhetoric and<hr>
eloquence, dance, comedy, and astronomy.<hr>
       The Parnassus, originally, is a mountainous massif in Greece. In Greek<hr>
mythology, this massif, like Delphi, is dedicated to Apollo and is considered the<hr>
mountain of the Muses, the sacred place of poets. The Parnassus became the abode of poets.<hr>
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