Lesbia

The name Lesbia (which scans like Clodia) may be got from Sappho, the

The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

Didn't Catullus call Lesbia an ilia rumpens (XI, 20)?

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol II No 2 1975

We sat out on the balcony together in the starlight for a little while, until Mrs. Fullerton called Lesbia in.

Uncle Max Rosa Nouchette Carey 1874

To-night her father, in his library, heard the sweet, true tones of her voice in "Lesbia" and "Believe Me," and remembered his mother singing those same old songs.

Martie, the Unconquered Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923

"Lesbia," the Roman said, "you complained, yesterday, that you had not enough slaves to keep the garden in proper order, so I have bought you two more from the slave market.

For the Temple A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem 1867

Neatly, he was the brother of Clodia - the woman whom many scholars suspect is the real subject of the poems dedicated to ‘Lesbia’.

Catullus still rocks 2000 years on Sam Jordison 2009

Even, as you mention, when Humbert says “this Lolita” towards the end of the novel, although he momentarily breaks from his solipsism (transforming from lust to love), he is also providing a parody of Catullus that is sustained throughout the novel (“my Lesbia, that Lesbia”).

The enactment of moral experience 2009

Neatly, he was the brother of Clodia - the woman whom many scholars suspect is the real subject of the poems dedicated to ‘Lesbia’.

Archive 2009-11-01 Sam Jordison 2009

The Roman poet Gaius Valerius Catullus was known in his time -- and indeed remains known today -- mostly for the erotic verses he wrote for a woman whom he called "Lesbia."

Lapham's Quarterly: David Foster Wallace, R.I.P. 2008

Lesbia and Gerardo Martinez of Hartford, Conn., say they reduced their uninsured-motorist policy ($600,000 for two cars) to Connecticut's effective $40,000 minimum after Lesbia read Givens's best seller, "Wealth Without Risk."

Still Too Good To Be True 2008