Aphrodite, tome 1

Pierre Louÿs

56 pages

Résumé

"On the heels of Bilitis, Pierre Louÿs published his 1st novel, Aphrodite: Moeurs Antiques in 1896. It was a bestseller, selling 350,000 copies, sealing Louÿs' reputation as a popular author of erotic literature. Set in Ptolemaic Alexandria, at a much later date than Bilitis, Aphrodite is as much a love story as a crime story. Louÿs' decadent, sensual vision of Egypt in classical times is a jeweled setting for a story of transgressive love. The sculptor Demetrios, the favorite of Queen Berenice, falls for a well-to-do courtesan, Chrysis. Much of the story is set in the world of the courtesans, a realm of beauty, luxury, sapphic indulgence & some dark shadows as well."--Quote from sacred-texts.comPublisher's PrefaceAuthor's PrefaceBook OneChrysisOn the JettyDemetriosThe Passer-byThe MirrorThe Comb & the NecklaceThe virginsChrysis's HairBook TwoThe Gardens Of The GoddessMelittaLove & DeathMoonlightThe InvitationThe Rose Of ChrysisThe Enchanted LyreBook ThreeThe ArrivalThe DinnerRhacotisBacchanalia with BacchisThe CrucifixionEnthusiasmCleopatraBook FourThe Dream Of DemetriosTerrorThe MultitudeThe ResponseThe Garden Of HermanubisThe Walls Of CrimsonBook FiveThe Supreme NightThe Dust Returns To The EarthChrysis ImmortalPityPiety