'Sappho from Eresos' Lyre Button

The inscription 'Sappho Eresia" (i.e. Sappho from Eresos) is inspired by a Hermaic Greek pillar of the classical period with a portrait of Sappho, whose roman copy is exhibited in the Capitoline Museum. The lyre design is inspired by a binding for H. T. Wharton’s ‘Sappho’ that Aubrey Beardsley created. You may add your text and/or name. Sappho was an Archaic Greek poet from the island of Lesbos. She is known for her lyric poetry, written to be sung while accompanied by a lyre. In ancient times, Sappho was widely regarded as one of the greatest lyric poets and was given names such as the "Tenth Muse" and "The Poetess". Most of Sappho's poetry is now lost, and what is extant has survived only in fragmentary form, except for one complete poem: the "Ode to Aphrodite". Little is known of Sappho's life. She was from a wealthy family from Lesbos. She was exiled to Sicily around 600 BC, and may have continued to work until around 570. Sappho was a prolific poet, probably composing around 10,000 lines. Her poetry was well-known and greatly admired through much of antiquity, and she was among the canon of nine lyric poets most highly esteemed by scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria. Sappho's poetry is still considered extraordinary and her works continue to influence other writers. Beyond her poetry, she is well known as a symbol of love and desire between women, with the English words sapphic and lesbian being derived from her own name and the name of her home island respectively (Source: Wikipedia)