Daphnis and Chloe (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

Daphnis and Chloe were both abandoned at birth. Daphnis is taken in by a goatherd, and Chloe by a shepherd, each of whom raise the child they found as their own. The two children grow up playing together, and eventually fall in love. They are young and naive and seek out advice from those more experienced than themselves. But Chloe is being courted by two other men who try to abduct her. She is taken from Daphnis who must try to find her again.

Daphnis and Chloe is an ancient Greek novel written in the Roman Empire. It is the only known work of the second-century AD Greek novelist and romance writer Longus. A page of the text was missing until the early nineteenth century. It was found by Paul Louis Courier who copied the page before accidentally spilling ink on the original. The novel has since been adapted for the opera, ballet, film, and radio.

This case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket.

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Daphnis and Chloe (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

Daphnis and Chloe were both abandoned at birth. Daphnis is taken in by a goatherd, and Chloe by a shepherd, each of whom raise the child they found as their own. The two children grow up playing together, and eventually fall in love. They are young and naive and seek out advice from those more experienced than themselves. But Chloe is being courted by two other men who try to abduct her. She is taken from Daphnis who must try to find her again.

Daphnis and Chloe is an ancient Greek novel written in the Roman Empire. It is the only known work of the second-century AD Greek novelist and romance writer Longus. A page of the text was missing until the early nineteenth century. It was found by Paul Louis Courier who copied the page before accidentally spilling ink on the original. The novel has since been adapted for the opera, ballet, film, and radio.

This case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket.

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Daphnis and Chloe (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

Daphnis and Chloe (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

by Longus
Daphnis and Chloe (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

Daphnis and Chloe (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

by Longus

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Overview

Daphnis and Chloe were both abandoned at birth. Daphnis is taken in by a goatherd, and Chloe by a shepherd, each of whom raise the child they found as their own. The two children grow up playing together, and eventually fall in love. They are young and naive and seek out advice from those more experienced than themselves. But Chloe is being courted by two other men who try to abduct her. She is taken from Daphnis who must try to find her again.

Daphnis and Chloe is an ancient Greek novel written in the Roman Empire. It is the only known work of the second-century AD Greek novelist and romance writer Longus. A page of the text was missing until the early nineteenth century. It was found by Paul Louis Courier who copied the page before accidentally spilling ink on the original. The novel has since been adapted for the opera, ballet, film, and radio.

This case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781778784989
Publisher: Royal Classics
Publication date: 05/21/2024
Pages: 84
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Longus was the author of the ancient Greek novel Daphnis and Chloe, his only known work. Very little is known about his life. It is assumed that he lived on the isle of Lesbos 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 original title which translates to "story of a Lesbian romance" ("Lesbian" meaning "from Lesbos island"). If his name was really Longus, he was possibly a freedman of some Roman family which bore that name as a cognomen.
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