The Louÿs, Pierre 1870-1925 creator Buck, Mitchell S. (Mitchell Starrett) 1887-1959 text utu 2025 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) 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.) Originally published: Unknown: Privately printed, 1919 French poetry -- Translations into English Lesbians -- Poetry PQ Unknown: Privately printed, 1919 https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Songs_of_Bilitis_Translated_from_the/dZFCAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76646 https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Songs_of_Bilitis_Translated_from_the/dZFCAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76646 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134756.0 76646