Template:Did you know nominations/Anactoria

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The result was: promoted by PrimalMustelid talk 23:58, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Anactoria

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• ... that scholars debate whether Anactoria, mentioned in the poems of Sappho, was a real person, a pseudonym or Sappho's invention? Source: Ford, Andrew L. (2011). Aristotle as Poet: The Song for Hermias and Its Contexts. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 120. ISBN 9780199733293.
  • ALT1: ... that Algernon Charles Swinburne's poem about the love of Sappho for Anactoria has been called "frankly pornographic"? Source: Cook, David A. (1971). "The Content and Meaning of Swinburne's 'Anactoria'". Victorian Poetry. 9 (1/2): 77. JSTOR 40001590.
  • ALT2: ... that Sappho compared her beloved Anactoria with Helen of Troy? Source: Pfeijffer, Ilja Leonard (2000). "Shifting Helen: An Interpretation of Sappho, Fragment 16 (Voigt)". The Classical Quarterly. 50 (1): 6. JSTOR 1558930.
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Improved to Good Article status by UndercoverClassicist (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 20 past nominations.

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General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: First hook approved BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 20:05, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

@UndercoverClassicist: the first hook looks fine. I think that the quote in ALT1 should be attributed. I found ALT2 less interesting than the others, and I'm not sure that "Sappho compared her beloved Anactoria with Helen of Troy" is quite the same as "Sappho compares her desire for Anactoria, who is described as being absent, with that of Helen of Troy for Paris". Let me kow what you think. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 22:23, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

@BennyOnTheLoose: thanks - appreciate your time on the review. Honestly, ALT0 is my preferred one, so I’m happy to just run with that if you are. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 15:53, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

• @UndercoverClassicist: Thanks for your work on the article! Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 20:05, 9 April 2024 (UTC)