Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131, CD. 139, is a suite of six pieces by
Claude Debussy, originally written for
piano duo. Completed in July 1914, the suite was Debussy's only completed composition that year. In 1915 Debussy transcribed them for piano solo.[1] Much of the music (over 100
measures) is taken from the musical accompaniments he had written in 1901 for his friend
Pierre Louÿs's erotic lesbian poems Les Chansons de Bilitis.[2][3] In 1939 the Swiss conductor
Ernest Ansermet created an orchestration of the suite.