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Sappho: Love and Life on Lesbos with Margaret Mountford

The sensational discovery of a lost papyrus containing the words to songs unheard for 1700 years sends Margaret on a journey of exploration. From the fragmentary documents, ruined temple architecture and surviving oriental jewellery, the programme conjures the real world of the woman, whose erotic writings gave us the words 'sapphic' and 'lesbian', after the island of Lesbos the place of her birth.

English
  • Originally Aired May 6, 2015
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Network BBC
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