Louÿs, Pierre,  1870-1925 <br/><br/>
The songs of Bilitis 

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<br/><br/> Purported translation of ancient Greek poems, originally written in French by Pierre Louÿs.  Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Songs_of_Bilitis  Release date is 2025-08-07 
<br/><br/>Hannah Wilson, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)  Hannah Wilson, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) 
<br/><br/> "The Songs of Bilitis: Translated from the Greek" by Pierre Louÿs is a collection of erotic poetry published in 1894. Louÿs presented these lesbian love poems as ancient Greek works by Bilitis, a courtesan and contemporary of Sappho, complete with fabricated scholarly apparatus including a fictional archaeologist's discovery. The pseudotranslation initially deceived experts before being exposed as Louÿs's original creation. The poems trace three phases of life—from childhood innocence through passionate same-sex love to melancholy reflection—blending sensuality with classical style while openly celebrating lesbian sexuality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>French poetry -- Translations into English Lesbians -- Poetry 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PQ