02228cam a22003733u 4500 76646 UtSlPG 20260610134756.0 m cr n 260607r20251919utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PQ Louÿs, Pierre, 1870-1925 Les chansons de Bilitis. English The songs of Bilitis Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier 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 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.) "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.) Originally published: Unknown: Privately printed, 1919 French poetry -- Translations into English Lesbians -- Poetry Buck, Mitchell S. (Mitchell Starrett), 1887-1959 https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Songs_of_Bilitis_Translated_from_the/dZFCAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76646 117371 117371