Erinna

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Erinna was an ancient Greek poet, traditionally associated with Sappho’s literary circle and known for her fragmentary epic-style poetry.

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instanceOf ancient Greek poet
associatedWith Sappho NERFINISHED
culturalContext Greek archaic and classical lyric tradition
floruit 4th century BCE
gender female
genre elegiac poetry
epic-style poetry
historicity partly uncertain
language Ancient Greek
literaryStatus minor classical poet
literaryTradition Ancient Greek literature
mentionedBy ancient scholia
later Greek anthologists
notableWork The Distaff NERFINISHED
occupation poet
poeticForm epic meter
hexameter
reception highly regarded in Hellenistic scholarship
region Ancient Greece NERFINISHED
scholarlyDebate exact dates of life
extent of authentic corpus
place of origin
style mix of epic and lyric elements
subjectMatter domestic life
female friendship
mourning and loss
textualTransmission survives mainly in fragments
traditionallyAssociatedWith Sappho’s literary circle
workStatus fragmentary

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