Nature and Aphrodite in fragment 2
I noticed while reading fragment 2 that when Sappho wrote about wanting Aphrodite to come to her she wrote in detail about the nature around her and how beautiful it was. I wonder if she is writing about this nature to catch Aphrodite's attention or if she is making a correlation between nature and Aphrodite's aura/presence. In fragment 2 she writes about a meadow with horses and blooming flowers in the spring. She also describes the apple trees as "graceful" and the wind blowing a scent of "honey". I wonder if the details about nature are symbolic of Aphrodite's beauty or even of blooming into sexuality or puberty which is tightly knitted to Aphrodite.