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The songs of Bilitis

The songs of Bilitis

by Pierre Louÿs

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Author
Louÿs, Pierre, 1870-1925
Title
The songs of Bilitis : Translated from the Greek : A new rendering in English with notes and comment
Original Publication
Unknown: Privately printed, 1919.
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.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject
Lesbians -- Poetry
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 76646
Release Date
August 7, 2025
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE SONGS OF BILITIS — THE SONGS OF BILITIS
  2. 2.LIFE OF BILITIS
  3. 3.I BUCOLICS IN PAMPHYLIA
  4. 4.THE TREE
  5. 5.II PASTORAL SONG
  6. 6.III MATERNAL ADVICE
  7. 7.IV THE NAKED FEET
  8. 8.V THE OLD MAN AND THE NYMPHS
  9. 9.VI SONG
  10. 10.VII THE PASSER-BY
  11. 11.VIII THE AWAKENING
  12. 12.IX THE RAIN
  13. 13.X THE FLOWERS
  14. 14.XI IMPATIENCE
  15. 15.XII COMPARISONS
  16. 16.XIII THE FOREST RIVER
  17. 17.XIV COME, MELISSA
  18. 18.XV THE SYMBOLIC RING
  19. 19.XVI DANCES BY MOONLIGHT
  20. 20.XVII THE LITTLE CHILDREN
  21. 21.XVIII THE STORIES
  22. 22.XIX THE MARRIED FRIEND
  23. 23.XX CONFIDENCES
  24. 24.XXI THE MOON WITH EYES OF BLUE
  25. 25.XXII SONG
  26. 26.XXIII LYKAS
  27. 27.XXIV THE OFFERING TO THE GODDESS
  28. 28.XXV THE COMPLAISANT FRIEND
  29. 29.XXVI A PRAYER TO PERSEPHONE
  30. 30.XXVII THE GAME OF DICE
  31. 31.XXVIII THE DISTAFF
  32. 32.XXIX THE FLUTE
  33. 33.XXX THE HAIR
  34. 34.XXXI THE CUP
  35. 35.XXXII ROSES IN THE NIGHT
  36. 36.XXXIII REMORSE
  37. 37.XXXIV THE INTERRUPTED SLEEP
  38. 38.XXXV THE WASH-WOMEN
  39. 39.XXXVI SONG
  40. 40.XXXVII BILITIS
  41. 41.XXXVIII THE LITTLE HOUSE
  42. 42.XXXIX THE LOST LETTER
  43. 43.XL SONG
  44. 44.XLI THE OATH
  45. 45.XLII THE NIGHT
  46. 46.XLIII CRADLE-SONG
  47. 47.XLIV THE TOMB OF THE NAIADS
  48. 48.ELEGIACS AT MYTILENE
  49. 49.XLV TO THE VESSEL
  50. 50.XLVI PSAPPHA
  51. 51.XLVII THE DANCE OF GLOTTIS AND KYSE
  52. 52.XLVIII COUNSELS
  53. 53.XLIX UNCERTAINTY
  54. 54.L THE MEETING
  55. 55.LI THE LITTLE TERRA COTTA ASTARTE
  56. 56.LII DESIRE
  57. 57.LIII THE WEDDING
  58. 58.LIV THE PAST WHICH SURVIVES
  59. 59.LV METAMORPHOSIS
  60. 60.LVI THE NAMELESS TOMB
  61. 61.LVII THE THREE BEAUTIES OF MNASIDIKA
  62. 62.LVIII THE CAVE OF THE NYMPHS
  63. 63.LIX MNASIDIKA’S BREASTS
  64. 64.LX THE DOLL
  65. 65.LXI TENDERNESSES
  66. 66.LXII GAMES
  67. 67.LXIII PENUMBRA
  68. 68.LXIV THE SLEEPER
  69. 69.LXV THE KISS
  70. 70.LXVI JEALOUS CARE
  71. 71.LXVII THE DESPAIRING EMBRACE
  72. 72.LXVIII THE HEART
  73. 73.LXIX WORDS IN THE NIGHT
  74. 74.LXX ABSENCE
  75. 75.LXXI LOVE
  76. 76.LXXII PURIFICATION
  77. 77.LXXIII THE CRADLE OF MNASIDIKA
  78. 78.LXXIV A PROMENADE BY THE SEA
  79. 79.LXXV THE OBJECT
  80. 80.LXXVI EVENING NEAR THE FIRE
  81. 81.LXXVII SUPPLICATIONS
  82. 82.LXXVIII THE EYES
  83. 83.LXXIX FARDS
  84. 84.LXXX THE SILENCE OF MNASIDIKA
  85. 85.LXXXI SCENE
  86. 86.LXXXII WAITING
  87. 87.LXXXIII SOLITUDE
  88. 88.LXXXIV A LETTER
  89. 89.LXXXV THE ATTEMPT
  90. 90.LXXXVI THE EFFORT
  91. 91.LXXXVII GYRINNO
  92. 92.LXXXVIII THE LAST ESSAY
  93. 93.LXXXIX THE WOUNDING MEMORY
  94. 94.XC TO THE WAX DOLL
  95. 95.XCI FUNERAL CHANT
  96. 96.EPIGRAMS IN THE ISLAND OF CYPROS
  97. 97.XCII HYMN TO THE ASTARTE
  98. 98.XCIII. HYMN TO THE NIGHT
  99. 99.XCIV THE MENADES
  100. 100.XCV THE SEA OF CYPRIS
  101. 101.XCVI THE PRIESTESSES OF ASTARTE
  102. 102.XCVII THE MYSTERIES
  103. 103.XCVIII THE EGYPTIAN COURTESANS
  104. 104.XCIX I SING OF MY FLESH AND MY LIFE
  105. 105.C THE PERFUMES
  106. 106.CI CONVERSATION
  107. 107.CII THE TORN ROBE
  108. 108.CIII THE JEWELS
  109. 109.CIV THE INDIFFERENT ONE
  110. 110.CV PURE WATER OF THE BASIN
  111. 111.CVI VOLUPTUOUSNESS
  112. 112.CVII THE INN
  113. 113.CVIII THE SERVANTS
  114. 114.CIX THE BATH
  115. 115.CX TO HER BREASTS
  116. 116.CXI MYDZOURIS
  117. 117.CXII THE TRIUMPH OF BILITIS
  118. 118.CXIII TO THE GOD OF THE WOODS
  119. 119.CXIV THE DANCING-GIRL WITH CROTALES
  120. 120.CXV THE FLUTE-PLAYER
  121. 121.CXVI THE WARM GIRDLE
  122. 122.CXVII TO A HAPPY HUSBAND
  123. 123.CXVIII TO A WANDERER
  124. 124.CXIX INTIMACIES
  125. 125.CXX THE COMMAND
  126. 126.CXXI THE FIGURE OF PASIPHAE
  127. 127.CXXII THE JUGGLER
  128. 128.CXXIII THE DANCE OF THE FLOWERS
  129. 129.CXXIV VIOLENCE
  130. 130.CXXV SONG
  131. 131.CXXVI ADVICE TO A LOVER
  132. 132.CXXVII FRIENDS AT DINNER
  133. 133.CXXVIII THE TOMB OF A YOUNG COURTESAN
  134. 134.CXXIX THE LITTLE ROSE MERCHANT
  135. 135.CXXX THE DISPUTE
  136. 136.CXXXI MELANCHOLY
  137. 137.CXXXII THE LITTLE PHANION
  138. 138.CXXXIII INDICATIONS
  139. 139.CXXXIV THE MERCHANT OF WOMEN
  140. 140.CXXXV THE STRANGER
  141. 141.CXXXVI THE REMEMBRANCE OF MNASIDIKA
  142. 142.CXXXVII THE YOUNG MOTHER
  143. 143.CXXXVIII THE UNKNOWN
  144. 144.CXXXIX THE CHEAT
  145. 145.CXL THE LAST LOVER
  146. 146.CXLI THE DOVE
  147. 147.CXLII THE RAIN OF THE MORNING
  148. 148.CXLIII THE TRUE DEATH
  149. 149.FIRST EPITAPH
  150. 150.SECOND EPITAPH
  151. 151.LAST EPITAPH
  152. 152.BIBLIOGRAPHY
  153. 153.NOTES AND COMMENT
  154. 154.LIFE OF BILITIS — BUCOLICS IN PAMPHYLIA
  155. 155.ELEGIACS AT MYTILENE — EPIGRAMS IN THE ISLAND OF CYPROS
  156. 156.INDEX

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