TY  - BOOK
AU  - Louÿs,Pierre
TI  - Aphrodite: Moeurs antiques
AV  - PQ 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Egypt -- History -- 332-30 B.C. -- Fiction
KW  - Courtesans -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- Fiction
KW  - Alexandria (Egypt) -- Fiction
KW  - Erotic literature, French
KW  - Historical fiction, French
N1  - 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
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N2  - "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.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26685
ER  -