Description: DAPHNIS AND CHLOE. Paul Turner LONGUS (Translator), Woodcuts by ARISTIDE MAILLOL,Pantheon, Printed in the U.S.A., 1949. Daphnis and Chloe is an ancient Greek novel written in the Roman Empire, the only known work of the second-century AD Greek novelist and romance writer Longus. 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. Rust hardcover with a black spine title. Secure binding with clean pages and a rear bottom spine corner bump. The lightly rubbed jacket is nice overall with some mild edge creases and a small tear/crease. About 9 x 6 with 174 pages. Illustrated.
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Publication Year: 1949
Language: English
Book Title: DAPHNIS AND CHLOE
Author: Longus
Topic: Ancient Greek Novel