Lesbia
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- female
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- Said to be same as
- Clodia
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right|thumb|Lesbia and Her Sparrow (Catullus 2), by Sir [[Edward John Poynter]]
Lesbia was the literary pseudonym used by the Roman poet Gaius Valerius Catullus ( 84–54 BC) to refer to his lover. Lesbia is traditionally identified with Clodia, the wife of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer and sister of Publius Clodius Pulcher; her conduct and motives are maligned in Cicero's extant speech Pro Caelio, delivered in 56 BC.
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