Longus

''Daphnis and Chloe'' by [[Jean-Pierre Cortot Longos}}

Longus, sometimes Longos (), was the author of an ancient Greek novel or romance, ''Daphnis and Chloe''. Nothing is known of his life; it is assumed that he lived on the isle of Lesbos (setting for ''Daphnis and Chloe'') during the 2nd century AD.

It has been suggested that the name Longus is merely a misinterpretation of the first word of ''Daphnis and Chloe'''s title ''Λεσβιακῶν ἐρωτικῶν λόγοι'' ("story of a Lesbian romance", "Lesbian" for "from Lesbos island") in the Florentine manuscript; EE Seiler observes that the best manuscript begins and ends with ''λόγου'' (not ''λόγγου'') ''ποιμενικῶν''.

If his name was really Longus, he was possibly a freedman of some Roman family which bore that name as a cognomen. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Pastorales de Dafnis y Cloe / by Longus

    Published 1981
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    Pastorales : Daphnis et Chloé / by Longus

    Published 1960
    Book
  3. 3

    Dafnis y Cloe / by Longus

    Published 1943
    Book
  4. 4

    Dafnis y Cloe. Las etiópicas o Teágenes y Cariclea / by Longus

    Published 1965
    Book
  5. 5

    Les amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé / by Longus

    Published 1967
    Book
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    Les pastorales de Longus ou Daphnis et Chloé /

    Published 1934
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