The Songs of Bilitis " — Carl Sagan

" — Carl Sagan

He systematically investigates such topics as: the meaning of the name "Osiris" (in Egyptian

Best remembered as the author of Gulliver's Travels

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The Songs of Bilitis " — Carl SaganThese passionate verses were published in Paris in 1894 as the lost works of a disciple of Sappho. Between their open celebration of lesbian love and the eventual revelation of their true authorshipthe verses actually were written by French novelist and poet Pierre Lousthey became a succs de scandale. Although debunked as a work of antiquity, The Songs of Bilitis remains a classic of erotic literature. More than 160 sensual illustrations by the famed