Louÿs, Pierre 1870-1925 creator text utu 2008 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Aphrodite: Moeurs antiques" by Pierre Louÿs is a novel published in 1896. Set in Alexandria during the Ptolemaic era, it chronicles the tempestuous relationship between Chrysis, a beautiful courtesan, and Demetrius, a sculptor obsessed with ideal beauty. To win Chrysis's affection, Demetrius must obtain three sacred objects through theft, murder, and sacrilege. As desire transforms into something darker, the story explores the dangerous collision between physical passion and artistic idealism in a vividly imagined ancient world where pleasure reigns supreme. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite:_m%C5%93urs_antiques Wikipedia page about this book: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite:_m%C5%93urs_antiques Release date is 2008-09-21 Produced by Laurent Vogel (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) Original publication data not identified Egypt -- History -- 332-30 B.C. -- Fiction Courtesans -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- Fiction Alexandria (Egypt) -- Fiction Erotic literature, French Historical fiction, French PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26685 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26685 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133617.0 26685