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Longus — Daphnis and Chloe: A Pastoral Romance

200 · Book · Public Domain

Longus's "Daphnis and Chloe" is a Greek pastoral romance detailing the innocent love between a goatherd and a shepherdess. It is one of the earliest and most influential examples of the romance novel genre.

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