Science Shorts

Seeking Sappho

Documentary Mar 22, 2021 9 min Curiosity Stream

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S1 E4: Recently, fragments of papyrus have been matched to other, older discovered fragments and the result is newly reconstructed poems from the pen of the lyric poet of the ancient world, Sappho. How do professors match the text pieces to others of ancient and faded manuscripts to uncover the poetry?

Documentary Mar 22, 2021 9 min Curiosity Stream

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2021
Run Time: 9 min
Rated: TV-PG
Region of Origin: United States

Languages

Original Audio: English (United States)
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.