Born to an influential family on the island of Lesbos, Sappho was lauded even in her own time as a great lyricist, sometimes even being referred to as "The Tenth Muse." Unfortunately, most of her substantial body of work (estimated to have been around 10,000 lines) is now lost, with the exception of "Ode to Aphrodite" and the Tithonus poem. Aside from the obvious words 'sapphic' and 'lesbian' deriving from her and her sexuality, and being synonymous with romantic affection between women, the Sapphic stanzas are also named after her. Also quite unfortunately, her preferring the company of ladies has seemed to influence modern critics' interpretation of her poetry. ('Cause, you know, gay people can't write something without it being gay)
There's also the thing where everyone considered her partner/lovers that she wrote about as her friends. Like there is legit her describe having feelings for them and sleeping together, yet to they were still her friends.
Smh.
Smh.