Lesbia

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Lesbia is the poetic pseudonym used by the Roman poet Catullus for his beloved, traditionally identified with the aristocratic woman Clodia.

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instanceOf literary character ⓘ
poetic pseudonym ⓘ
appearsIn Carmina of Catullus ⓘ
linked to: Poems of Catullus
appearsInGenre love poetry ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
appearsInWorkOf Catullus ⓘ
associatedTheme betrayal ⓘ
emotional turmoil ⓘ
infidelity ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ
love ⓘ
associatedWith Clodia ⓘ
linked to: Clodia Metelli
culture Ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
fictionalStatus semi-fictionalized representation of a real person ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasNameType literary alias ⓘ
pseudonym ⓘ
hasRelationshipWith Catullus ⓘ
hasUncertainIdentification true ⓘ
influenced later love poetry in Western literature ⓘ
inspiredBy Sappho ⓘ
languageOfName Latin ⓘ
literaryTradition Latin love elegy ⓘ
nameAlludesTo Lesbos ⓘ
notablePoem Catullus 5 ⓘ
Catullus 51 ⓘ
Catullus 7 ⓘ
Catullus 72 ⓘ
Catullus 75 ⓘ
Catullus 8 ⓘ
Catullus 85 ⓘ
portrayedAs adulterous woman ⓘ
cultivated aristocrat ⓘ
primarySource Poems of Catullus ⓘ
role addressee of love poems ⓘ
beloved of the poet ⓘ
scholarlyDebate historical accuracy of portrayal ⓘ
identity of Lesbia ⓘ
studiedIn Latin literature scholarship ⓘ
classical philology ⓘ
timePeriod 1st century BCE ⓘ
traditionallyIdentifiedWith Clodia Metelli ⓘ
usedBy Catullus ⓘ
usedIn first-person lyric context ⓘ

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