Daphnis and Chloë (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Longus
- First Published: 1587
- Type of Work: Fiction
- Type of Plot: Pastoral
- Time of Work: Indeterminate
- Setting: Island of Lesbos
- Principal Characters: Daphnis, Chloë
- 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
The Story:
On the Greek island of Lesbos, a goatherd named Lamo one day found a richly dressed infant boy being suckled by one of his goats. Lamo and his wife, Myrtale, hid the purple cloak and ivory dagger the boy had worn and pretended he was their own son. They named him Daphnis. Two years later, a shepherd named Dryas discovered an infant girl being nursed by one of his sheep in a cave of the nymphs. This child also was richly dressed. Dryas and his wife, Nape, kept the girl as their own, giving her the name Chloë.
When the two children were fifteen and thirteen...
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