莱斯比亚这个名字本身在文学上就有色情的寓意,暗示着莱斯博斯岛(Lesbos Island)上的一些年轻女性,其中就有女诗人萨福(Sappho)。卡图卢斯之作品35中提到一位比“萨福的缪斯还要博学的女孩”(Sapphica puella Musa doctior),这可能已经是卡图卢斯的一位莱斯比亚了。
英语百科
Lesbia 莱斯比亚
Lesbia was the literary pseudonym used by the Roman poet Gaius Valerius Catullus (ca. 82-52 BC) to refer to his lover. Lesbia is traditionally identified with Claudia Metelli Celeris, the Clodia of Cicero's extant speech (of March 56 BC) Pro Caelio, and the elder sister of Publius Clodius Pulcher.