Sappho 44

Preserved on a piece of papyrus found in Egypt, it is the longest of Sappho's surviving fragments, and is written in epic style suiting its subject.

Scholars such as Edgar Lobel and Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorf have doubted that Sappho wrote the work due to its epic style.

[9] The first portion of the poem describes the herald Idaeus announcing the imminent arrival of Hector and Andromache to the city, and the Trojans preparing to greet them.

The final section describes the wedding celebrations, with music, wine, and the men of Troy singing a hymn to Apollo.

[11] Adrian Kelly describes the poem's reinterpretation of an epic narrative to foreground the perspective of women as characteristically Sapphic.

Part of Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1232, the papyrus on which Sappho 44 is preserved.
Jacques-Louis David , Andromache Mourning Hector 1783. Sappho 44 tells the story of the marriage of the Trojan hero Hector and his wife Andromache.