In Praise of Sappho: Greek Anthology 9.66 & 9.506

Antipater of Sidon (ix.66):

Mnemosyne Sapphus* audit dum carmina, dixit,

unde novem Musis additur una soror?

(*4th declension genitive singular form)

Μναμοσύναν ἕλε θάμβος, ὅτ᾽ ἔκλυε τᾶς μελιφώνου

Σαπφοῦς, μὴ δεκάταν Μοῦσαν ἔχουσι βροτοί.

When Mnemosyne heard Sappho's sweet voice, 

she wondered if there were a tenth Muse.

Plato (ix.506): 

Novem Musas dicunt quidam: quam negligenter!

ecce et Sappho e Lexbo decima.

ἐννέα τὰς Μούσας φασίν τινες: ὡς ὀλιγώρως:

ἠνίδε καὶ Σαπφὼ Λεσβόθεν ἡ δεκάτη.

They say there are nine Muses: nope!

Sappho of Lesbos is the tenth!

--Antipater of Sidon, Greek Anthology ix.66 and Plato, Greek Anthology ix.506; translated into Latin by Friedrich Duebner, 1872

ANTIPATER of SIDON	MAP:
Name:  Antipater of Sidon Date:  2nd century BCE Works:  <fragments>	REGION  4
BIO:	Timeline:
Antipater of Sidon was a Greek poet who lived during the 2nd century BCE.  Little is known about him, and only a handful of his poetry was preserved in the Greek Anthology.	HELLENISTIC GREEK

PLATO	MAP:
Name:  Plato Date:  428 BCE – 348 BCE Works:  Apology of Socrates                The Republic                Symposium*, etc.	REGION  5
BIO:	Timeline:
Plato was an Athenian philosopher who is considered one of the most influential minds of Greek thought. Using his predecessor Socrates as his mouthpiece, he composed a number of philosophical dialogues that explored various ethical, philosophical, and moral concepts. He was the founder of the Athenian Academy, and was the mentor of the famous philosopher Aristotle.	GOLDEN AGE GREECE

<Anonymous>	MAP:
Name:  ???? Date:  Works:  Greek Anthology; Anthologia Graeca; Florilegii Graecii	REGION  UNKNOWN
BIO:	Timeline:
The Greek Anthology is a modern collection of Greek lyric poetry compiled from various sources over the course of Greco-Roman literature. The current collection was created from two major sources, one from the 10th century CE and one from the 14th century CE. The anthology contains authors spanning the entirety of Greek literature, from archaic poets to Byzantine Christian poets.	Byzantine Greek