Aphrodite
- ISBN-10
- 398677100X
- ISBN-13
- 9783986771003
- Series
- Aphrodite
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 277
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-10-31
- Publisher
- Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
- Author
- Pierre Louÿs
Description
Aphrodite Pierre Louys - On the heels of Bilitis, Pierre Louys published his first novel, Aphrodite in 1896. It was a bestseller, selling 350,000 copies, sealing Louys' reputation as a popular author of erotic literature. Set in Ptolemaic Alexandria, Louys' decadent, sensual vision of Egypt in classical times tells 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, and some dark shadows as well.
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