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Important/Interesting lesbians in history

i read an article the other day referencing many influential lesbians from history and it was so cool to see how many people back in the day were gay/queer but history never recognized! who are some lesbian/queer women that you think more people should know about due to their importance/interesting stories?
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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
Yet it's well known from where the term came....

https://www.liveabout.com/what-is-the-origin-of-the-word-lesbian-2171260

This only shows that the whole concept was attempted to be removed from history.
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@DeWayfarer wow, that's a fascinating read. i never knew the origin of the word buy id love to read some of her writings!
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@SW-User good luck in understanding ancient Greek. To the best of my knowledge nothing was still translated. 600 BCE was a very, very long time ago.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@SW-User ok, there is one, and only one, completely translated piece of Sapphos work. I didn't know this until just now...

https://www.worldhistory.org/Sappho_of_Lesbos/
The original titles of her works, except her Ode to Aphrodite, have been lost and today the fragments are known either by numbers (which vary according to translations) or the first line, as in Phainetai Moi (“He seems to me”) in which the speaker expresses her feelings while watching a couple, perhaps at a banquet, and addresses these feelings toward the woman:

He seems to me to be the equal to the gods –
Whoever sits opposite you
And listens to you
Talking sweetly
And laughing desirably, which makes
The heart in my breast fly.
For whenever I look upon you for an instant
I can no longer find a single word,
But my tongue is broken, and instantly
Delicate fire runs beneath my skin,
And I see nothing with my eyes, my
Heart pounds
A cold sweat covers me, trembling
Grabs my all, I am paler than grass,
And I think I am little short
Of dying.
But everything can be ventured.

(Plant, 14-15)
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@DeWayfarer i saw that when i looked it up but i wasnt sure