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right|thumb|Daphnis and Chloe by Jean-Pierre Cortot 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.

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Longus (Λόγγος) was a male writer active during the Roman Empire, with a work period spanning from 200 to 300. Born on the island of Lesbos in 200, he wrote in Ancient Greek. His literary output is categorized within the genre of the Ancient Greek novel.

His most recognized work is *The pastoral loves of Daphnis & Chloe*, which appears in various translations including *Gli amori pastorali de Dafni e Cloe*, *Pastorales*, and *Les amours pastorales de Daphnis et de Chloé*. Longus has works in the collection of the National Gallery of Art. He is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Pauly–Wissowa, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

Synthesized by Vinony from 29 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Wikiquote, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
140

Top works

  • Gli amori pastorali di Dafni e di Cloe
  • The pastoral loves of Daphnis & Chloe
  • Gli amori pastorali de Dafni e Cloe
  • Pastorales
  • Les amours pastorales de Daphnis et de Chloé

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Music · MusicBrainz

Country
GR

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
82
Total plays
402

Tags

ambientdark ambient

Longus is an Experimental musicproducer from Amsterdam (Holland). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Longus">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

  • For our part, may the god grant us proper detachment in depicting the story of others.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Lesbos
Occupation
writer
Languages spoken
Ancient Greek
Image
Daphnis-chloe-cover.jpg
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date of birth
0200-01-01
name in native language
Λόγγος
date of death
0200-00-00
Commons category
Longus
Commons Creator page
Longus
time period
Roman Empire
has works in the collection
National Gallery of Art
writing language
Ancient Greek
end of work period
0300-00-00
start of work period
0200-00-00
Sources (3)

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Longus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

3 sections
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right|thumb|Daphnis and Chloe by Jean-Pierre Cortot 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 Chloe's 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Longus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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