LONGUS  , See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek sophist and romancer, author of See also:

• DAPHNIS

Daphnis and Chloe . Nothing is known of his See also:

• LIFE

life, and all that can be said is that he probably lived at the end of the 2nd or the beginning of the 3rd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century A.D . It has been suggested that the name Longus is merely a misreading of the last word of the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title AeQ(3iaK&P fpco-rnKwv Xoyoc S' in the Florentine MS.; Seiler also observes that the best MS. begins and ends with Aoyov (not Myyov) 7rocµevtici v . If his name was really Longus, he was probably a freedman of some See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• FAMILY

family which See also:

• BORE

bore it . Longus'sstyle is rhetorical, his shepherds and shepherdesses are wholly conventional, but he has imparted human See also:

• INTEREST

interest to a purely fanciful picture . As an See also:

• ANALYSIS (Gr. avci and Meta, to break up into parts)

analysis of feeling, Daphnis and Chloe makes a nearer approach to the See also:

• MODERN

modern novel than its See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• RIVAL

rival among Greek erotic romances, the Aethiopica of See also:

• HELIODORUS

Heliodorus, which is remarkable mainly for the ingenious See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession of incidents . Daphnis and Chloe, two See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children found by shepherds, grow up together, nourishing a mutual love which neither suspects . The development of this See also:

• SIMPLE

simple See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion forms the chief interest, and there are few incidents . Chloe is carried off by a pirate, and ultimately regains her family . Rivals alarm the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of mind of Daphnis; but the two lovers are recognized by their parents, and return to a happy married life in the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . Daphnis and Chloe was the See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model of La Sireine of Honore d'See also:

• URFE

Urfe, the See also:

• DIANA

Diana enamorada of See also:

• MONTEMAYOR (or MONTEMOR), JORGE (1520?-156x)

Montemayor, the Aminta of See also:

• TASSO, TORQUATO (1544-1595)

Tasso, and The See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

Gentle Shepherd of See also:

• ALLAN, DAVID (1744–1796)
• ALLAN, SIR HUGH (1810–1882)
• ALLAN, SIR WILLIAM (1782–1850)

Allan See also:

• RAMSAY, ALLAN (1686-1758)
• RAMSAY, ALLAN (1713-1784)
• RAMSAY, ANDREW MICHAEL (1686-1743)
• RAMSAY, DAVID (1749—1815)
• RAMSAY, SIR WILLIAM (1852– )
• RAMSAY, SIR WILLIAM MITCHELL (185r– )

Ramsay . The celebrated See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul et Virginie is an See also:

• ECHO (Gr. I'Xw)

echo of the same See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story .

See J . See also:

• DUNLOP, JOHN COLIN (1785-1842)

Dunlop's See also:

• HISTORY

History of See also:

• PROSE

Prose Fiction (1888), and especially E . Rohde, Der griechische Roman (1900) . Longus found an incomparable translator in Jacques See also:

• AMYOT, JACQUES (1513-1593)

Amyot, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• AUXERRE

Auxerre, whose See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French version, as revised by Paul See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis See also:

• COURIER (from the O. Fr. courier, modern courrier, from Lat. currere, to run)
• COURIER, PAUL LOUIS (1773`1825)

Courier, is better known than the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original . It appeared in 1559, See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-nine years before the publication of the Greek See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text at See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence by See also:

• COLUMBANI, PLACIDO

Columbani . The chief subsequent See also:

• EDITIONS

editions are those by G . Jungermann (1605), J . B. de See also:

• VILLOISON, JEAN BAPTISTE GASPARD

Villoison (1778, the first See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard text with commentary), A . Coraes (Coray) (1802), P . L . Courier (181o, with a newly discovered passage), E . Seiler (1835), R .

Hercher (1858), N . Piccolos (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1866) and Kiefer (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1904), W . D . See also:

• LOWE, JOHANN KARL GOTTFRIED (1796-1869)
• LOWE, SIR HUDSON (1769-1844)

Lowe (See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, 1908) . A . J . Pons's edition (1878) of Courier's version contains an exhaustive bibliography; There are See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations by G . Thorneley (1733, reprinted 1893), C . V . Le Grice (1803), R . See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith (in See also:

• BOHN, HENRY GEORGE (1796-1884)

Bohn's Classical Library), and the rare Elizabethan version by See also:

• ANGEL

Angel See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

Day from Amyot's See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation (ed . J .

See also:

• JACOBS, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1764-1847)

Jacobs in Tudor Library, 189o) . The illustrated editions, generally of Amyot's version, are numerous and some are beautiful, Prudhon s designs being especially celebrated .