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Longos (Guimarães)
Longos may refer to: *the Greek name for Longus, author of the ancient Greek novel ''Daphnis and Chloe'' *places in Greece: **Longos, Achaea, a village in Achaea **Longos, Paxoi, a village in the island of Paxoi **Longos, Trikala, a village in the municipal unit Estiaiotida, Trikala regional unit **Sithonia, a peninsula on the Chalkidiki *places in the Philippines: **Longos, Cabangan, a village in the municipality Cabangan, Zambales, Central Luzon **Longos, Kalayaan, a village in the municipality Kalayaan, Laguna, Southern Luzon **Longos, Malabon, a village in the city Malabon, Metro Manila *Longo's, Canadian supermarket chain in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area *East Side Longos, Hispanic Gang *Longos, Guimarães, a freguesia in Portugal See also *Longo *Longosaurus {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longus
Longus, sometimes Longos (), 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 A ''cognomen'' (; : ''cognomina''; from ''co-'' "together with" and ''(g)nomen'' "name") was the third name of a citizen of ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. Initially, it was a nickname, but lost that purpose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |