The Erotic Poems Of Bilitis

The Erotic Poems Of Bilitis

Cat Lambert at Aeon Magazine: In 1894, a German archaeologist named Herr G Heim made a groundbreaking discovery. On the island of Cyprus, he excavated a tomb that belonged to a hitherto unknown ancient female poet by the name of Bilitis. Carved on the walls surrounding her sarcophagus were more than 150 ancient Greek poems in which Bilitis recounted her life, from her childhood in Pamphylia in present-day Turkey to her adventures on the islands …

In 1894 a German archaeologist discovered the poetry of Bilitis, an ancient Greek contemporary of Sappho’s. There was just one problem

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