Daphnis and Chloe

Daphnis and Chloe,
a Greek pastoral romance written by an otherwise unknown ‘Longus’ sometime between the 2nd and 6th cents AD . It describes in formal style the wakening of passion in its two protagonists. Amyot 's translation into French made it a popular text, and there were two translations into English, by Angel Day ( 1587 , from Amyot) and George Thornley ( 1657 , from a Greek text). G. Moore produced a modern version in 1924 , and the story provided the subject of a ballet with music by Ravel and choreography by Fokine , composed for Diaghilev and first performed in 1912 .