The Songs of Bilitis (/bɪˈliːtɪs/; French: Les Chansons de Bilitis) is a collection of erotic,…

victusinveritas : George Barbier illustrations for The Song of Bilitis. The Songs of Bilitis ( /bɪˈliːtɪs/ ; French : Les Chansons de Bilitis ) is a collection of erotic, essentially lesbian , poetry by Pierre Louÿs published in Paris in 1894. Since Louÿs claimed that he had translated the original poetry from Ancient Greek, this work is considered a pseudotranslation . [1] The poems were…