Dec 23, 2009

Daphnis and Chloë | Daphnis and Chloë

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Author: Longus
First Published: 1587
Type of Work: Fiction
Type of Plot: Pastoral
Time of Work: Indeterminate
Genres: Long fiction, Pastoral
Subjects: Love or romance, Marriage, Mistaken or secret identity, Adoption or adopted children, Sheep, Greek or Roman times, Pirates, Shepherds
Locales: Islands, Aegean Sea, Lesbos

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*Lesbos (LEHS-bohs). Greek island in the Aegean Sea on which actions centers on two cities: Methymna and Mytilene. Methymna is a city believed to be named after a daughter of King Makara, who was married to Lesbos of Thessaly, the namesake of the island. Within a century of the time when Daphnis and Chloë was written, Methymna suffered from a series of raids. The individuals from this place seem different from Daphnis and Chloë and the rest of the people in their environment; they are outsiders.

The other important city on Lesbos is Mytilene,...

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