古代希腊的女诗人
Sappho \Sap"pho\, n. [See {Sapphic}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of brilliant South American
humming birds of the genus {Sappho}, having very
bright-colored and deeply forked tails; -- called also
{firetail}.
Sappho
n : the Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; much admired although only
fragments of her poetry have been preserved (6th century
BC)