Longus, sometimesLongos (Greek:Λόγγος), was the author of anancient Greek novel orromance,Daphnis and Chloe. Nothing is known of his life; it is assumed that he lived on the isle ofLesbos (setting forDaphnis and Chloe) during the 2nd century AD.
It has been suggested that the name Longus is merely a misinterpretation of the first word ofDaphnis and Chloe's titleΛεσβιακῶν ἐρωτικῶν λόγοι ("story of a Lesbian romance", "Lesbian" for "fromLesbos island") in the Florentine manuscript; EE Seiler observes that the best manuscript begins and ends withλόγου (notλόγγου)ποιμενικῶν.[1][2]
If his name was really Longus, he was possibly afreedman of some Roman family which bore that name as acognomen.
Other ancient Greek novelists:
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