person
Sappho
The archaic Greek lyric poet of Lesbos (c. 600 BC), Catullus's chief model; the source of the woman's name Lesbia and of the adaptation that becomes poem 51.
Reading notes
- Carmina §35 Sapphic
Of Sappho, the archaic Greek lyric poet of Lesbos and Catullus's model; the radiant girl is praised as 'more learned than the Sapphic Muse.'