1.In considering whether Sappho was or was not a lesbian, we may be missing the point.
在考虑萨福是否是女同性恋的时候，我们可能会遗漏这一点。
2.Sappho was said to have died by throwing herself off a cliff, over the love of a man named Phaon or Fawn.
据说萨福因对一个叫费恩（Phano）或弗恩（Fawn）的男人的爱而跳崖自杀。
3.The novel opened with her steps toward the edge; it reveals Sappho 's fate in the last chapter.
小说从她迈向悬崖边缘的步伐开始，在最后一章才展现萨福的最终命运。
4.She left me, whispering often, and she said this, 'oh what a cruel fate is ours, Sappho , yes, I leave you against my will.
她窃窃低语，她离我而去，她说过：“我们的命运是如此残酷，萨福。是啊，我将不得已离你而去。”
5.Sappho did not restrict herself to one woman by any means!
萨福从未用任何方式将自己束缚在一个女人身上。
6.Sappho is intrigued at the prospect, but her answer is no: 'I loved the adulation and applause, but administration bored me.
萨福对这个前景发生了兴趣，不过她却拒绝了：“我喜欢受到奉承和热烈称赞，但行政管理让我觉得烦闷。”
7.With Aesop's help, Sappho founds a utopia using a Ten Commandments of sorts, in an amusing parody of the biblical account.
在伊索的帮助下，萨福通过类似于《十诫》的情节发现了一个乌托邦，这是一个有趣的对圣经记述的模仿。
8.That Sappho had a romantic heart is certain, as her poetry expresses her love for women, and for beauty.
但萨福确实有一颗浪漫的心，她通过诗表达了对美和女人的爱。
9.The utter lack of intuition that distinguishes Jong's young Sappho makes her authorship of this material simply impossible to believe.
琼的诗作完全缺乏青年萨福带给人的那种与众不同的直觉，使她的创作简直让人无法相信。
10.Sappho is also depicted holding a lyre, which is a quite basic stringed instrument like a hand-held harp: the electric guitar of the day.
在一些艺术作品中，萨福还怀抱七弦琴，七弦琴在当时就像手持竖琴一样，是一种非常基本的弦乐器，就像当时的电吉他。