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Pauline Morin, a Parisian courtesan who has faked her death to marry Henri, Count de Puygiron, attempts to sustain a respectable aristocratic life while her deception and Henri’s attachment to Genevieve come to light.
At the Olympic Games, Phaon is torn between the poet Sapho and the courtesan Glycère. Sapho wins a poetry competition and Phaon declares his love for her. Phaon is also involved in a revolutionary plot; Glycère learns of it from Pythéas and informs the authorities, while telling Sapho she will keep silent if Phaon leaves Lesbos. Phaon prepares to depart, and when Sapho refuses to join him he turns to Glycère. At the shore, Sapho forgives and blesses Phaon before leaping into the sea.
Pauline Morin, a Parisian courtesan who has faked her death to marry Henri, Count de Puygiron, attempts to sustain a respectable aristocratic life while her deception and Henri’s attachment to Genevieve come to light.
At the Olympic Games, Phaon is torn between the poet Sapho and the courtesan Glycère. Sapho wins a poetry competition and Phaon declares his love for her. Phaon is also involved in a revolutionary plot; Glycère learns of it from Pythéas and informs the authorities, while telling Sapho she will keep silent if Phaon leaves Lesbos. Phaon prepares to depart, and when Sapho refuses to join him he turns to Glycère. At the shore, Sapho forgives and blesses Phaon before leaping into the sea.