Longus (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
As is the case with another masterpiece of Greek literature, the Iliad (c. 800 b.c.e.), not even the name of the author of Daphnis and Chloë is certain. All that is actually known about the writer whose name has come down through the centuries as Longus (LAHN-guhs), is that he was a native of one of the islands in the eastern Aegean Sea, possibly the island of Lesbos. He probably wrote during the third century, although some experts place him as late as the fifth. No other works by the same author are known to exist.
Daphnis and Chloë, the romantic tale of...
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