Sappho’s Journal 1 Sappho’s Journal About the Author 151 About the Author 151 Colophon 153 Colophon 153 FOREWORD FOREWORD Willis Barnstone Willis Barnstone Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature Indiana University Indiana University P aul Alexander Bartlett’s journal of Sappho is a masterful work. I had recently completed a translation of the extant lines of Sappho and am familiar with his problems. He was faced with the almost impossible task of reconstructing the personality of Sappho and her background in ancient Lesbos. To my happy surprise he did so, in a work which is at once poetic, dramatic and powerful. In Sappho’s Journal he does more than create a vague illusion of the past. He conveys the character of real people, their interior
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