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![]() Discovered by Norman Pogson at the Madras Observatory in India, Sappho is a Main Belt asteroid, somewhat larger than the norm, with an orbital period of roughly three and a half years. The asteroid Sappho (#80) was the first to be named for an actual personage in the ancient world, and not a Greek or Roman mythic character. Sappho’s artistry was so admired that she was sometimes referred to as “the Tenth Muse,” referring to the divine sisters who prompt men to excel in their creative efforts. While Sappho wrote love paeans to members of both sexes, it is her works about female inamoratas that have made the most impression. Sappho lived in the 7th and 6th centuries BC, was born on the isle of Lesbos (hence “Lesbian”), and gained such a reputation for the beauty of her poetry that her fame has endured undimmed to the present day, despite the fact that only fragments of her work have survived. But where do the terms come from?įrom Sappho of Lesbos, a female poet of ancient Greece who was the first, and essentially the only, writer to extol the pleasures of girl/girl romance, until the 20th century. The term “lesbian” was coined by psychologists in the late 19th century to refer to female homosexuals, as was “Sapphic”, though lesbian could be both a noun and an adjective, whereas Sapphic is only a modifier. ![]()
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