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>Catullo did wrote poems to Lesbia, but this is something else.
>Saffo - you are right - lived on an island called Lesbo... (so the
>adjective lesbian is derived from that island).
>Lesbos probably had an association with non-heterosexual females
>independently of Sappho
My understanding of this is that the slender connection between the island
Lesbos and 'lesbianism' derives from a pun, the word 'lesbian' having less
to do with Sappho's inclinations than its derivation from an old Greek verb
for cunilingus. Maybe Sappho, misunderstanding this, set off for Lesbos in
search of a little TLC.
Roddy
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