Daphnis and Chloe. Anthia and Habrocomes (Loeb Classical Library)
by Longus, Xenophon of Ephesus
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Longus's Daphnis and Chloe (second or early third century CE), in which an idealized pastoral environment provides the setting as a boy and girl discover their sexuality, is one of the great works of world literature. Xenophon's Anthia and Habrocomes (first century CE) is perhaps the earliest extant novel.Tags
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The pastoral Daphnis and Chloe, the best of the ancient Greek romances, is attributed to Longus. Nothing is known of his life except what he states in his prologue to the work. His passionate love story of two foundlings raised together by shepherds on Lesbos is sweetly told and has been persistently admired for its bucolic charm. (Bowker Author show more Biography) show less
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Loeb Classical Library (69N)
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- Alternate titles
- The Story of Daphnis and Chloe; The Story of Anthis and Habrocomes
- Original publication date
- 2009
- Important places
- Methymna, Lesbos, Greece; Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece; Ephesus, Turkey; Rhodes, Greece; Alexandria, Egypt; Tyre (show all 13); Syria; Tarsus, Cilicia; Memphis, Egypt; Antioch; Tarentum; Syracuse, Sicily, Italy; Coptus, Egypt
- Related movies
- The Blue Lagoon (1980 | IMDb); Young Aphrodites; Dafnis i Khloya (1993 | IMDb)
- Publisher's editor
- Henderson, Jeffrey
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Poetry, Romance
- DDC/MDS
- 883.01 — Literature & rhetoric Classical & modern Greek literatures Classical Greek epic poetry and fiction Pseudo-Callisthenes
- LCC
- PA4229 .L8 .E5 — Language and Literature Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature Greek literature Individual authors
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- Languages
- English, Greek (Ancient)
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- Paper
- ISBNs
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