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Pierre Louys. Ancient Manners; Also Known As Aphrodite
Ancient Manners; Also Known As Aphrodite
Table of Contents
PREFACE
BOOK I
I. CHRYSIS
II. THE QUAY AT ALEXANDRIA
I
II
III
III. DEMETRIOS
IV. THE PASSER-BY
V. THE MIRROR, THE COMB, AND THE NECKLACE
VI. THE VIRGINS
VII. CHRYSIS’S HAIR
BOOK II
I. THE GARDENS OF THE GODDESS
II. MELITTA
III. LOVE AND DEATH
IV. MOONLIGHT
V. THE INVITATION
VI. CHRYSIS’S ROSE
VII. THE TALE OF THE ENCHANTED LYRE
BOOK III
I. THE ARRIVAL
II. THE DINNER
III. RHACOTIS
IV. THE ORGIE AT BACCHIS’S
V. THE CRUCIFIED ONE
VI. ENTHUSIASM
VII. CLEOPATRA
BOOK IV
I. DEMETRIOS DREAMS A DREAM
II. THE PANIC
III. THE CROWD
IV. THE RESPONSE
V. THE GARDEN OF HERMANUBIS
VI. THE WALLS OF PURPLE
BOOK V
I. THE SUPREME NIGHT
II. DUST RETURNS TO EARTH
III. CHRYSIS IMMORTAL
IV. PITY
V. PIETY
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Pierre Louÿs
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Huddled against the wall, Djala bethought herself of the love-songs of India.
“Thy navel is a deep pit in a desert of red sand, and thy belly a young kid lying on its mother’s breast.”
