The Latin Decadence (Ethopoeia)

term: Ethopoeia (a character study or the art of depicting character). Péladan used this subtitle for his twenty-volume novel cycle to indicate he was diagnosing the moral character of his age.


I. The Supreme Vice (1884).	XII. The Last Knell (1895).
II. Curious Woman (1885).	XIII. The End of the Latins (1898).
III. Sentimental Initiation (1886).	XIV. The Supreme Virtue (1900).
IV. With a Lost Heart (1887).	XV. " Let him perish! " (1901). original: "Pereat!"
V. Ishtar (1888).	XVI. Modesty and Vanity (1902).
VI. The Husband's Victory (1889).	XVII. Peregrine and Peregrin (1904).
VII. Heart in Pain (1890).	XVIII. The Unicorn (1905).
VIII. The Androgyne (1891).	XIX. The Black Nimbus (1906).
IX. The Gynander (1892). term: Gynander (a female with masculine characteristics). Like the Androgyne, this was a key figure in Péladan's exploration of gender and spirituality.
X. The Pantheist (1893).
XI. Typhonia (1894).

The Dramas of Conscience (Published by Plon)

The Buckler (1906).

PUBLISHED THEATER

The Prince of Byzantium, 1893, out of print.
The Son of the Stars, 1894, out of print.
Babylon, 1895, out of print.
The Prometheid, 1896.
Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1903, Mercure de France.
Semiramis, 1904, Mercure de France.

PERFORMANCES GIVEN:

The Son of the Stars, a comedy in 3 acts, on March 19, 1891, at the evenings of the Rose + Cross The "Salons de la Rose + Croix" were esoteric art exhibitions and performances organized by Péladan to promote Idealist art., and on Easter Sunday and Monday 1893, at the Palace of the Champ de Mars.
Babylon, a tragedy in 4 acts, on March 11, 12, 15, 17, and 19, 1893, at the Palace of the Champ de Mars; March 28, 1894, at the Ambigu Theater, and May 30 at the Parc Theater in Brussels. It was performed by Lady Caithness, Duchess of Pomar, in her ballroom on July 5, 1894. Lady Caithness was a prominent spiritist and occultist who supported Péladan's mystical endeavors.
Oedipus and the Sphinx, a tragedy in three acts, on August 1, 1903, at the Ancient Theater of Orange, performed by the artists of the Comédie Française and the Odéon.
Semiramis, a tragedy in 4 acts, on July 24, at the Ancient Amphitheater of Nîmes, under the auspices of the Syndicate for the Initiative of Regional Interests of Gard, by the artists of the Comédie Française and the Odéon; on January 23, 1905, for the inauguration of the ANCIENT THEATER OF NATURE, at Champigny (founded by Darmont), under the presidency of the Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts, by the members of the Comédie Française; on August 12, 1905, at the THEATER OF LA BOURBOULE, under the presidency of the Minister of the Colonies, by the members of the Comédie Française.