Longus, sometimes Longos ( el, 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.
It has been suggested that the name Longus is merely a misinterpretation of the first word of ''Daphnis and Chloes 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''.
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:
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Chariton - The Loves of Chaereas and Callirhoe
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Xenophon of Ephesus - The
Ephesian Tale
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Achilles Tatius -
Leucippe and Clitophon
*
Heliodorus of Emesa -
The Aethiopica
References
External links
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Longus at the Bibliotheca Augustana
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Ancient Greek novelists
2nd-century writers
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
People from ancient Lesbos