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Daphnis and Chloe (Classics) by (Greek mythological character) Daphnis;Turner, Paul;Longus is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Daphnis and Chloe (Classics) about?
A tender novel describing eager and inept young love, Daphnis and Chloe tells the story of a baby boy and girl who are discovered separately, two years apart, alone and exposed on a Greek mountainside. Taken in by a goatherd and a shepherd respectively, and raised near the town of Mytilene, they grow to maturity unaware of one another's existence – until the mischievous god of love, Eros, creates in them a sudden overpowering desire for one another. A masterpiece among early Greek romances, attracting both high praise and moral disapproval, this work has proved an enduringly fertile source of inspiration for musicians, writers and artists from Henry Fielding to Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Maurice Ravel. Longus transforms familiar themes from the romance genre – including pirates, dreams, and the supernatural – into a virtuoso love story that is rich in insight, humorous and ironical in its treatment of human sexual experience.
Who reads Daphnis and Chloe (Classics)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- (Greek mythological character) Daphnis;Turner, Paul;Longus
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited
- Published
- 1989
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781101491034
- Category
- nonfiction
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (2 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
Other editions & translations
- Daphnis and Chloe (1977)
- Daphnis and Chloe,Longus,Oxford University Press, Incorporated;Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand [Distributor] (2009)
- Daphnis and Chloe (Penguin Little Black Classics) (2016)
- Daphnis and Chloe (Penguin Little Black Classics) (2015)
- Longus, Daphnis and Chloe; Xenophon of Ephesus, Anthia and Habrocomes (2009)
- Daphnis and Chloe (Penguin Classics) (1989)
- Daphnis and Chloe. Love Romances and Poetical Fragments. Fragments of the Ninus Romance (Loeb Classical Library) (English, Ancient Greek and Greek Edition) (1916)
- Daphnis and Chloe (Oxford World's Classics) (2002)
- Hirtengeschichten von Daphnis und Chloe: Griechisch - Deutsch (Sammlung Tusculum) (1998)
- Daphnis and Chloe (2010)
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