Longus 343273 204387180 2008-04-09T04:54:30Z Delirium 6827 category [[Image:Daphnis Chloe Cortot Louvre CC171.jpg|right|thumb|''Daphnis and Chloe'' by [[Jean-Pierre Cortot]]]] '''Longus''', sometimes '''Longos''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Λόγγος), was a [[Greece|Greek]] [[novelist]] and [[romance (genre)|romance]]r, and author of ''[[Daphnis and Chloe]]''. Very little is known of his life, and it is assumed that he lived on the isle of [[Lesbos]] (setting for ''Daphnis and Chloe'') during the [[2nd century|2nd century AD]] It has been suggested that the name Longus is merely a misinterpretation of the last word of ''Daphnis and Chloe'''s title ''Λεσβιακῶν ἐρωτικῶν λόγοι δ'' in the Florentine manuscript; Seiler also observes that the best manuscript begins and ends with ''λόγου'' (not ''λόγγου'') ''ποιμενικῶν''. If his name was really Longus, he was probably a [[Roman slavery|freedman]] of some Roman family which bore that name as a [[cognomen]]. ==See also== Other ancient Greek novelists: * [[Chariton]] - The Loves of Chaereas and Callirhoe * [[Xenophon of Ephesus]] - The [[Ephesian Tale]] * [[Achilles Tatius]] - [[Leucippe and Clitophon]] * [[Heliodorus of Emesa]] - The Aethiopica {{commonscat|Daphnis and Chloe}} [[Category:Ancient Greek novelists]] [[Category:Year of birth unknown]] [[Category:Year of death unknown]] [[Category:2nd century people]] [[de:Longos]] [[es:Longo]] [[fr:Longus]] [[it:Longo Sofista]] [[lv:Longs]] [[hu:Longosz]] [[ja:ロンゴス]] [[nl:Longus]] [[no:Longos]] [[pt:Longo]] [[ru:Лонг]] [[sr:Лонго]] [[fi:Longos]] [[uk:Лонг]]