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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Longus (Second Century?)

Longus (long’gus). A Greek romancer; belongs probably to the fifth century of our era. The pastoral romance ‘Daphnis and Chloe,’ the prototype of ‘Paul and Virginia’ and similar sentimental tales, is ascribed to him. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).