Sappho
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...aristocrat, who wrote poetry for her circle of friends, mostly but not exclusively women. She may have had a daughter. The term lesbian (see homosexuality ), her presumed sexual orientation, is derived from the name of her island home, Lesbos. The ancients...