English & Literature Who is Sappho from Eros the Bittersweet and what is their importance? Eros_the_Bittersweet English & Literature Sappho | Eros the Bittersweet Asked by bookragstutor on 25 Oct 12:48 Last updated by Jill W on 20 Nov 21:55
Sappho was an Ancient Greek poet. He was born between 630 and 612 B.C., and his poems only exist today in mere fragments. Carson finds the theme of Eros's bittersweet quality in Sappho's Fragment 31.