The Loeb Classical Library: Daphnis and Chloe. Anthia and Habrocomes

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The Loeb Classical Library: Daphnis and Chloe. Anthia and HabrocomesIn Longus ravishing Daphnis and Chloe (second or early third century AD), one of the great works of world literature, an innocent boy and girl gradually discover their sexuality in an idealized pastoral environment. In Xenophons Anthia and Habrocomes (first century AD), perhaps the earliest extant novel and a new addition to the Loeb Classical Library, a newlywed couple, separated by mischance, survive hair raising adventures and desperate escapes as

the entanglement and the undisclosed secrets

The commentary notes explain references to characters

published from 2022 onwards

Complete with the original Latin on facing pages and an inviting introduction

the problems of a (professedly) tiring poet (Florus)

is romantically involved with two men

and in later antiquity the social comedies of Menander ranked second in popularity only to the epics of Homer

Douglas Olson has undertaken to produce a complete new edition of the work

remains the favourite of many

ένας Γάλλος που ζει μόνιμα στη Ελλάδα

'real' and 'fictitious'

She even ignores her sister's warning that her behavior is giving rise to criticism