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Because of the association of Sappho, the town of Eresos, situated on what island is visited frequently by lesbian tourists?

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The island was a brilliant cultural center from the 7th to the 6th cent. BC, when the poets Alcaeus and Sappho and the statesman Pittacus were active there. Aristotle and Epicurus lived on the island, and Theophrastus was born on Lesbos.

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