Aphrodite

Japanese: 《Aphrodite》(英語表記)Aphrodite
Aphrodite

…He was familiar with ancient Greek literature from an early age, and after publishing his first collection of poems, Astarte (1893), he published a collection of prose poems in the style of Greek classics, Les chansons de Bilitis (1894), which was well received. What further increased his literary fame was his Alexandrian-style verse novel, Aphrodite (1896). Other works that characterize his pagan eccentricities, elegant sensibility, and dilettante erudition include The Woman and the Puppet (1898) and The Adventures of King Pozor (1901). …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Aphrodite" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…早くから古代ギリシアの文学に親しみ,処女詩集《アスタルテ》(1893)を刊行の後,ギリシア古典風の散文詩集《ビリティスの歌Les chansons de Bilitis》(1894)を発表して好評を博した。さらに彼の文名を高めたのは,アレクサンドリア様式の韻文小説《アフロディトAphrodite》(1896)である。そのほか,異教的な逸楽,優雅な感受性,好事家的博識を特質とする彼の作品に,《女と傀儡》(1898),《ポーゾール王の冒険》(1901)などがある。…

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