Called Lesbia in the poems.
Daughter of Appius Claudius Pulcher (Consul in 79 B.C.) and sister of Clodius Pulcher.
Married Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer (Consul in 60 B.C.).
Affair with Catullus, while her husband was still alive.
Metellus died in 59 B.C. Rumour that Clodia had poisoned him.
Affair with Caelius after her husband's death, perhaps when Catullus left for Bithynia (57 B.C.)
Accused Caelius of attempting to poison her. Cicero secured his acquittal by a speech which was in large part an invective against Clodia.
Married to Metellus.
Poem 83 Lesbia mi praesente uiro mala plurima dicit
Poem 2 Passer, deliciae meae puellae Poem 3 Lugete, o Veneres Cupidinesque Poem 5 Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus Poem 7 Quaeris quot mihi basiationes Poem 13 Cenabis bene, mi Fabulle, apud me Poem 51 Ille mi par esse deo uidetur Poem 85 Odi et amo. Quare id faciam fortasse requiris Poem 87 Nulla potest mulier tantum se dicere amatam Poem 107 Si quicquam cupido optantique optigit umquam Poem 109 Iucundum, mea uita, mihi proponis amorem
Poem 43 Salue, nec minimo puella naso Poem 86 Quintia formosa est multis. Mihi candida longa
Poem 36 Annales Volusi, cacata carta Poem 83 Lesbia mi praesente uiro mala plurima dicit Poem 92 Lesbia mi dicit semper male nec tacet umquam Poem 104 Credis me potuisse meae maledicere uitae
Poem 8 Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire Poem 68 Quod mihi fortuna casuque oppressus acerbo Poem 70 Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle Poem 72 Dicebas quondam solum te nosse Catullum Poem 75 Huc est mens deducta tua, mea Lesbia, culpa Poem 76 Si qua recordanti benefacta priora uoluptas
Poem 11 Furi et Aureli, comites Catulli Poem 37 Salax taberna uosque contubernales Poem 58 Caeli, Lesbia nostra, Lesbia illa Poem 79 Lesbius est pulcher. Quid ni? Quem Lesbia malit
Poem 37 Salax taberna uosque contubernales
Poem 91 Non ideo, Gelli, sperabam te mihi fidum
Poem 79 Lesbius est pulcher. Quid ni? Quem Lesbia malit