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Leontias, Sappho (pseudonym) (1830 - 1900)

Last edited by Floor_Toebes on April 7, 2025, 1:17 p.m.
Short name Leontias, Sappho (pseudonym)
VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/7147121659126391493
First name Sappho
Birth name Clerides
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Date of birth 1830
Date of death 1900
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Sex Female
Place of birth -
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Lived in Greece
Place of residence notes
Unknown artist, portrait of Sappho Leontias, 1867.
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Religion / ideology Eastern Orthodox
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Leontias, Sappho (pseudonym) was ...
related to Ktena-Leontias, Aimilia
related to Papadopoulou, Alexandra
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Place(s) of Residence Greece
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receptions circulations
Peri upsiloteras ekpaideuseos ton koritsion (On girls' high education) in Amalthea (1857) 0 0
Peri Politismou [...] (On civilization [...]) (1858) 0 0
Kanonismos tou en Smyrni Ellinikou Parthenagogeiou [...] (Regulation of the Greek School for Girls in Smyrna [...]) (1858) 0 0
Peri tou ellinikou ethnous [..] (On Greek nation [...]) (1859) 0 0
Peri parthenagogion [...] (On girls' schools [...]) in Amalthea (1861) 0 0
Kanonismos ton en Samo Parthenagogeion (Regulations of the Schools for Girls of Samos) (1861) 0 0
Kanonismos tou Parthenagogeiou tis Agias Foteinis (Regulation of the "Aghia Foteini" School for Girls) (1863) 0 0
Kanonismos tou Parhtenagogeiou tis Agias Foteinis (Regulation of the Aghia Foteini School for Girls) (1863) 0 0
Elegion is ton aidimon ierarchin [...] (Elegy to the ever-memorable ierarchin [..]) (1865) 0 0
Encheiridion Odigitikon [...] (A handbook of Counsels [...]) (1869) 0 0
Ι Helidon (The female martin) in Eurydice (1870) 1 0
Logos peri timis (Lecture on honor) in Eurydice (1870) 0 0
Peri kliseos tis gunaikos (On women's nature) in Eurydice (1870) 0 0
Historiai Ithikopoiitikai kai mathimata epi diaforon pragmaton meta poiimaton dia paidia pros anagnosin kai apostithisin (1870) 0 0
Gnomai peri tis gynaikos kai tis paideuseos aftis (Thoughts on women and their education) in Eurydice (1871) 0 0
Peri Ethnikou Symferontos-Dhmosia Dialexis (On National Interest- A Lecture) in Eurydice (1872) 0 0
Peri ekpaideuseos (On education) in Amaltheia (1874) 0 0
Christomatheia Korasiaki [...] (Chrestomatheia for girls [...]) (1874) 0 0
* Preface in the book "Christomatheia korasiaki [...[" (Christomatheia for females[...]) (1874) 0 0
*Preface in the Book "Christomatheia korasiaki.." (1874) 0 0
Oikiaki Oikonomia (Home Economics) (1887) 1 0
Peri gynaikeiou zitimatos (On women's question) in Ladies' Journal (1895) 0 0
O anir kai i gyni (Man and Woman) (1899) 0 0
*poems in periodical press 0 0
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Circulations of Leontias, Sappho (pseudonym), the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Leontias, Sappho (pseudonym), the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

Title Author Date Type
Unknown artist, portrait of Sappho Leontias, 1867. 1867 is portrait of
Ai dyo megalai nekrai (The death of two celebrated women) Kalliroi Parren 1900 is obituary of
Sappho Leontias, I tou Genous didaskalos Sappho leontias: The nation's educator Alimperti, Sotiria 1900 is obituary of
Historiki selis [...] A historical page [...] Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1900 is obituary of

MENTIONED IN: - Dictionary of Women Worldwide - Helen Rappaport, Encyclopedia of women social reformers

NOT MENTIONED IN:
- Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992
- List Celebration of Women Writers

LANGUAGES PASSIVE OR TRANSLATED FROM:
- French
- German
- English
svdmar12 info AVasilaki

Born in Constantinople. Lived in Samos, to Kolvokoresi. Died in Constantinople.

Married in 1856. 2 daughters. Well educated, learned French, English and German.