Which Was Sappho’s Best-Known Poem in Antiquity?

This article considers the propositions, recently advanced in this journal, that Sappho fr. 1 was “the most widely quoted poem by the Lesbian poets in antiquity, and by far Sappho’s best-known work”. Arguing that the evidence tells against both these claims, the article compares fr. 1 with two other well attested works by Sappho. It builds a nuanced picture of their relative popularity, drawing on all the available evidence, before by way of conclusion bringing two poems by Alcaeus into the mix.