#the tenth muse

[7pleiades7]

The Poetess Sappho, (Detail), (19th century), by Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748 – 1825), oil on canvas, 46 1/4 by 35 3/4 in.; 117.5 by 90.8 cm, Private Collection

[thetenthmuse-zine]

Sappho’s Updated 2025 Design 🏳️‍🌈✨

[indiecrowarts]

I’m making a zine called The Tenth Muse where I turn Sappho’s poetry into comics- here’s her design so far!

I love queer history and poetry, and a major contributor to my awakening as a lesbian was reading poetry by Sappho, the poet Plato referred to as “The Tenth Muse.”

So I’m picking my 10 favorite poems/excerpts, and turning them into comics that everyone can read for free- to make the sharing of an important wlw figure more accessible to people who may not know about the impact she’s had.

I referenced as many artworks of Sappho as I could to get her looking just right and finally settled on hairstyle C, but I figured it’d be cool to show the runner ups. I’ll be posting updates on Reddit and YouTube as well as posting full comics on Tapas and Webtoon once they’re done! Social links can be found here!

[dastardly-darling]

- Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, poem 145

[lemurs-lionsmanes]

‘Sappho’ (1877) 

by Charles Mengin

Oil on canvas

[heavenlyyshecomes]

“All my life I’ve been told to let go as gracefully as possible. What’s worse, after all, than a hungry woman, greedy for all that isn’t meant to be hers? Still, I resist. In the end we relinquish everything: I think I’ll hold on, while I can.”

– Catherine Chung, The Tenth Muse (@ischent)

[sademae444]

[mystrade-reading-club]

Still under the spell of the muse

We couldn’t finish @vulpesmellifera’ s amazing story in one go, so we’ll continue to discuss about it this Sunday as well (11am Vancouver, 9pm Moscow, 6am Sydney).

Come and find out what magpies have to do with Calliope, the significance of Mycroft’s drawings and get seriously spooked by the monsters lurking in the pages.

The Tenth Muse will be discussed on Discord.