Lesbia was a common Latin name in Ancient Rome. The most famous example is the lover to whom the Roman poet Gaius Valerius Catullus (84-54BC) dedicates a number of poems. Nothing is known about her other than what can be deduced from Catullus's poems....
Australian writer Lesbia Harford produced a small body of notable works in her short lifetime. At the time of her death at age 36 in 1927 Harford had written several poems, along with a novel that did not get published until 1987. Her works...
How funny it would be if dreamy I Should leave one book behind me when I die And that a book of Law--this silly thing Just written for the money it will bring. I do hope, when it's finished, I'll have time For...
The Roman poet Catullus wrote emotional and sometimes tortured verse about and to his lover whom he nicknamed `Lesbia'. A metaphorical name, used to praise her intelligence and perhaps hide her identity, but was she a metaphorical person? The title could have been a name to symbolise an emotion or even a façade for a series of mistresses. The question is, does it actually matter whether she was a real person, several people or not in existence at all?
