The Greek poetess from the island of Lesbos famous for lyric poetry was Sappho. She lived around the late 7th and early 6th centuries BC and is traditionally associated with Mytilene or Eresos on Lesbos.
Sappho wrote poetry meant to be sung with musical accompaniment, often using the Aeolic dialect and distinctive meters. Her surviving work explores desire, jealousy, friendship, family, religion, and the intensity of personal emotion. Ancient scholars regarded her as one of the greatest members of the canon of nine Greek lyric poets, and some called her the “Tenth Muse.”
Most of her poetry has been lost. Ancient editions may have contained around 10,000 lines, but only fragments survive today. The Ode to Aphrodite is generally considered the only complete poem securely attributed to her. Papyrus discoveries have nevertheless restored portions of previously unknown poems.
Alcaeus was another important lyric poet from Lesbos and a contemporary of Sappho, which makes him the most likely distractor. Anacreon and Pindar were also famous Greek poets, but neither was the celebrated poetess of Lesbos.