
In the Iliadic Sappho Diaries, I follow the plot of Book Eighteen of The Iliad, Richard Lattimore’s translation. In writing the poems, I made them in a short fragmentary style. While Sappho’s poetry was not necessarily written in fragments it is the style in which we read her work today and lends itself to the disjointed story telling. This technique allows me to delve into the characters' emotions and experiences in The Iliad from a new perspective.