Bilitis

Bilitis Bilitis is a fictional lesbian poetess of ancient Greece, the invention of Pierre Louÿs. His book of prose poems, Les Chansons de Bilitis (1895), is prefaced by a complete »biography« of the fictional girl. Loüys writes: » Bilitis was born in the sixth century BC in a mountain village on the banks of the Melas, forming the eastern boundary of Pamphylia [Turkey]. This country is serious and sad, darkened with deep forests, dominated by the massive Taurus. Springs issue from the rocks…