sappho: eternal love and rhythmical anger
lecture & talk
thurs., 5 november 2015, 7 p.m.; free admission
venue: sfd, mariahilfer str. 88a/stiege III/7, 1070 vienna
fritz ostermayer (sfd, for which sappho's poetry school serves as one of its declared models) talks to the greek scholar and writer ondřej cikán about what sapphos lips whisper into his ears and if there are other outstanding poetesses in ancient greece. there are: for example, korinna and erinna.
ondřej cikán
born in 1985 in prague, lives in vienna since 1991. greek studies and dissertation about byzantine and ancient love novels. he works as a researcher, writer, translator and movie director.