Longus

Longus, sometimes Longos (Greek: Λόγγος), was the author of an ancient Greek novel or romance, Daphnis and Chloe. Nothing is known of his life; it is assumed that he lived on the isle of Lesbos (setting for Daphnis and Chloe) during the 2nd century AD.

Not to be confused with Gaius Considius Longus, Longus colli, Longus capitis, or Longinus.
Daphnis and Chloe by Jean-Pierre Cortot

It has been suggested that the name Longus is merely a misinterpretation of the first word of Daphnis and Chloe's title Λεσβιακῶν ἐρωτικῶν λόγοι ("story of a Lesbian romance", "Lesbian" for "from Lesbos island") in the Florentine manuscript; EE Seiler observes that the best manuscript begins and ends with λόγου (not λόγγου) ποιμενικῶν.[1][2]

If his name was really Longus, he was possibly a freedman of some Roman family which bore that name as a cognomen.

See also

Other ancient Greek novelists:

References
  1. Longi pastoralia. Books.google.ie. p. 341. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  2. Longi Pastoralia. Books.google.ie. p. 154. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
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