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The most famous lesbian in history is without doubt Sappho of Lesbos, born in the seventh
century B.C. Praised
by the Greeks for her sublime poetry she was variously depicted "the tenth Muse", "the marvel
among women",
etc. There is still debate as to whether she was truly an exclusive homosexual or really
bisexual, enjoying
passionate relationships with both men and women. The life and poetry of Sappho - or
Psappha, as she called
herself in a local dialect - are filled with the love of women. She gathered a circle of girls
around her; and with
them she explored poetry, music and love. Inevitably the early Christians thought her highly
immoral. Thus Saint
Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople, ordered her books to be burned wherever
they were found,
and he termed her "gynaeon pornikon erotomanes" ("lewd nymphomaniac"). In 1072 Pope
Gregory destroyed
more of her surviving works. The poems of Sappho that are still known today are said to
represent about 5 per
cent of her total output, the rest having been destroyed by the bigots.