Sappho: Poems and Fragments Lesson Plan

Though Fragment 98 discusses aspects of Greek life, how is it still relatable to a present-day audience?

Though the specifics of the poem are different from current American life, the general theme is very relatable. A mother (the speaker) is talking to her daughter about how trends and fashions have changed. She remembers the fashions that existed when her own mother was young, presumably that her mother told her about, and compares them to the fashions of her daughter's time. She also expresses frustration at her inability to procure the head covering her daughter desires. This poem has more of an everyday domestic focus than Sappho's other poems and provides an...