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Lesbia : used by Roman poet Catullus in his most memorable poems to address his beloved, probably Claudia. The name recalls Sappho of Lesbos.

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... of the senses, the feelings and the thoughts as though some concealed godhead were taking body through each poem. By answering that mysterious call of inspiration and not just the voice of Atthis or Lesbia, Sappho and Catullus wrote poetry. Whether they were intellectually conscious of serving a divinity in which they believed, is immaterial. All that was necessary for art was that they should be conscious ...