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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 561429, member: 5833&quot;]They are all dressed alike, except the standing figure&#039;s robe has ornamental edging missing on the others.&nbsp; She is also wearing a laurel wreath.&nbsp; She could be Calliope, chief of the Muses, but all the Muses, of which there are nine in most accounts, traditionally wear a laurel wreath. Although I&#039;m not finding an original, I suspect it is Sappho.</p><p><br /></p><p>Did you know Sappho was not the only poet on Lesbos, or that not all the inhabitants were women?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://art.thewalters.org/detail/10245/sappho-and-alcaeus/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://art.thewalters.org/detail/10245/sappho-and-alcaeus/" rel="nofollow">https://art.thewalters.org/detail/10245/sappho-and-alcaeus/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/large/l_pl1_37159_fnt_tr_t99ia.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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