Anyte and Sappho, two of the few known female Greek authors, both have written works documenting a great deal of love and respect for other living beings, whether human or animal. Author Ella Haselswerdt even uses the presence of Sappho's non-dominant love for other women as evidence in her argument that Sappho is, in fact, a woman. Sappho's love, which takes the form of admiration and intense emotion, compares very closely with Anyte's animal epigrams. Although Anyte's epigrams are primarily written as eulogies, they demonstrate reverence and admiration toward the animals they are written for. Even the goat epigram, which is not a eulogy, seems to express grief over the goat's captivity because it is grouped with poems that are exclusively eulogies.
While neither of these women claim to have power over the objects of their work, male Greek authors show a distinct dominance over their subjects all the time. There is an inherent, patriarchal hierarchy in place in Ancient Greece, and the removal of men from the scenario (as with Anyte's and Sappho's poems) remove the hierarchy altogether. Thus, Anyte and Sappho are the authors which show appropriate respect toward their subjects. Much more equal and loving relationships are established. It is refreshing to see this sort of adoration in Ancient Greek work, as these sorts of views are incredibly underrepresented in surviving Greek literature.