Nagy, Gregory2021-01-142020-09-04Nagy, Gregory. 2020.09.04. "Death at sunset for Sappho." Classical Inquiries. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:Classical_Inquiries.https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37366725In a painting that goes by the title Safo, by Miguel Carbonel Selva, dated 1880, we see the figure of Sappho at the moment when she is about to leap to her death, plunging into the sea from the heights of Leukas. Her death is timed to happen at sunset, and the timing is the same in other renditions as well. A most striking additional example is a painting by Gustave Moreau, dated around 1893. But I ask this question: why sunset?en-USJournal Article2021-01-14