The songs of Bilitis : Translated from the Greek : A new rendering in English…
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"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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| Author | Louÿs, Pierre, 1870-1925 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Buck, Mitchell S. (Mitchell Starrett), 1887-1959 |
| Uniform Title | Les chansons de Bilitis. English |
| Title | The songs of Bilitis : Translated from the Greek : A new rendering in English with notes and comment |
| Original Publication | Unknown: Privately printed, 1919. |
| Note | Purported translation of ancient Greek poems, originally written in French by Pierre Louÿs. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Songs_of_Bilitis |
| Credits | Hannah Wilson, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 83.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French poetry -- Translations into English |
| Subject | Lesbians -- Poetry |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 76646 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-76646-1 |
| Release Date | Aug 7, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 829 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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