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Daphnis and Chloe (Penguin Classics) Paperback – June 6, 1989

by Longus (Author), Paul Turner (Translator, Introduction)
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A masterpiece among early Greek romances

A tender novel describing eager and inept young love, Daphnis and Chloe tells the story of a baby boy and girl who are discovered separately, two years apart, alone and exposed on a Greek mountainside. Taken in by a goatherd and a shepherd respectively, and raised near the town of Mytilene, they grow to maturity unaware of one another's existence - until the mischievous god of love, Eros, creates in them a sudden overpowering desire for one another. A masterpiece among early Greek romances, attracting both high praise and moral disapproval, this work has proved an enduringly fertile source of inspiration for musicians, writers and artists from Henry Fielding to Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Maurice Ravel. Longus transforms familiar themes from the romance genre - including pirates, dreams, and the supernatural - into a virtuoso love story that is rich in insight, humorous and ironical in its treatment of human sexual experience.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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    June 6, 1989
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  6. ISBN-10
    0140440593
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0140440591
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About the Author

Nothing is known about Longus. His name may indicate that he was a native of Italy who wrote in Greek.

Paul Turner was born in 1917, and educated at Winchester and King’s College, Cambridge. He served in the RNVR (air branch) during the war, and then taught English literature at London, Cambridge, and Ankara universities, before joining the Oxford English Faculty in 1964. He is now an Emeritus Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford. He has published a volume on the Victorians in the Oxford History of English Literature, and his translations from Greek, Latin, and German include Longus’s Daphnis and Chloe, Lucian’s Satirical Sketches, and Ovid’s Art of Love. His critical biography of Thomas Hardy came out in 1998, and his edition of Robert Browning’s Aristophanes’ Apology in 2001. In 2002 he was made an MBE.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Classics; Reprint edition (June 6, 1989)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0140440593
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140440591
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.53 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.1 x 0.33 x 7.74 inches
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Ed Barton
5.0 out of 5 stars Teenagers In Love
Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2020
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Reading ancient literature is a mixed bag. This is among the most entertaining I’ve read. The translation is wonderful and easy to read, the storyline “typical” in the flow and predictable in outcome - yet it brings tears, smiles, laughs and understanding of two teenage lovers. A fun, quick and easy read.
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Edmond Ayres
5.0 out of 5 stars A sociological treatise for the Second Century
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2013
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I thought I'd read this work years ago. In fact my wife gave it to me as a wedding present, I think because she liked the illustrations by Maillol. but that was an incomplete edition. The interesting thing to me now about this work is what it shows of first or second century life in an agrarian society, where most of the characters are slaves to an almost invisible ownership. The people are well-meaning but ignorant (of course no one can read and write), especially when it comes to basic human matters such as sexuality, which I gather was as much a taboo then as it is now. The book illustrates how it is possible to cope even with these limitations.
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Peter Reeve
4.0 out of 5 stars Implausible and ludicrous - just like true love
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2003
"Charming" and "Idyllic" are two words you'll meet often when reading reviews of this ancient tale. And certainly it is both those things. It is the best known and best loved of the "Erotici Graeci", or Greek love stories, that date from the early centuries of the Common Era. It is characteristic of the genre, featuring as it does pirates, supernatural events and some highly implausible plot elements.
The Penguin Classics edition has an excellent translation, introduction and notes by Paul Turner.
The story includes the curious conceit, common in folk tales, that an infant of aristocratic parentage, raised by peasants, will grow up exhibiting all the innate qualities of nobility, like cuckoo chicks raised in another bird's nest. Nature is all; nurture is nothing. This idea can be found in literature until at least late in the nineteenth century. To (most) modern readers it seems ludicrous. In comparison, the belief in Pan and the Muses appears quite reasonable.
Historians and archeologists can tell us much about ancient civilizations, except for the most interesting thing of all; what were these people really like? Novels, drama and poetry give us glimpses into their very hearts and minds. We learn about their relationships between each other and between themselves and their gods. Sometimes we wonder at how alien and strange they appear; at others we are struck at how much like us - like people always, everywhere - they are. Some things never change. Among them are the pains and joys of young love. For as long as there are young lovers, there will be "Daphnis and Chloe".
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Product
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2014
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I needed this for school with line numbers, so the authors reference numbers really helped. I also needed a physical copy of the book, so this helped too. Thank you Amazon customer support for helping me find this.
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Superchica202
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Love Story
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2012
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When I first got the book, I was dreading having to read it for my class. But it was a very easy read. It kept me wanting to read all the time. It was very easy to understand!
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Alex G.
5.0 out of 5 stars awesome
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2013
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I recommend this book very highly since I enjoyed it so much! This is an awesome classic from the good old days...
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Suze
5.0 out of 5 stars Daphnis and Chloe
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Beautifully written! This book will take you on a journey that will make your heart soar! True Love revealed throughout!
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Melvin Peña
4.0 out of 5 stars The Ancient Pastoral Romance
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2000
Longus's ancient novel, "Daphnis and Chloe" tells the absolutely charming story of a boy (Daphnis) and a girl (Chloe), left to die by exposure in the Greek countryside. Miraculously, the deities are watching out for them--a goat is selected to nurse Daphnis, and a sheep to nurse Chloe--until a goatherd, Lamo, and a shepherd, Dryas, respectively discover the two children. They are raised in the town of Mytilene, a humble agricultural community, where they tend their adopted fathers's herds of goats and sheep.
Here, the mischievous god of love, Eros, sets them aflame with love for each other. Both Daphnis and Chloe are extremely innocent in their affections throughout the novel, experimenting with their feelings and exposing the amusing limits of their little knowledge. Various incidents involving pirates, kidnapping, inter-city war between Mytilene and Methymna, and the suit of Chloe by a host of lusty young men all provide interesting diversions from the main love story. With a very casual cultural attitude towards homoerotic love, we also see the impertinent male slave, Gnatho, make advances toward the clueless Daphnis. Daphnis's run-in with Lycaenium, a married woman of Mytilene, is also an episode of note in the complex sexual landscape of Longus's novel.
Another intriguing factor in Longus's novel is the relationship between humanity and nature. The figure of the goat is omnipresent throughout the novel. Standing apart from our own cultural/religious associations with the goat, in "Daphnis and Chloe," the goat is all at once associated with maternity, reverence, respect, and honesty. In the novel, we see humanity in general in harmony with the natural world all around: plant, beast, and natural divinities.
Into this seemingly innocent landscape, Longus introduces the problematics of class and wealth. The love story between Daphnis and Chloe is further stalled while these issues play themselves out. Society's intrusion into the pastoral story seems to indicate the fantastic nature of the idyll itself. "Daphnis and Chloe" is a brilliant and beautiful ancient tale, and well worth the short time it takes to read.
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David Lethbridge
5.0 out of 5 stars ancient love story
Reviewed in Canada on June 19, 2020
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This is a review of the Penguin Classics translation by Paul Turner. The book is an ancient Greek novel from about the first or second century of the common era. It is beautifully written and constructed and both touching and moving. It is a wonderful example of the literature of the Greco-Roman world before that world was forever lost and corrupted and destroyed by the ignorance, stupidity, and vulgarity of the early Christians and their death cult. Daphnis and Chloe are adolescents on the brink of love and who go through any number of adventures before they can become united. Read this book. You will not be disappointed.
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