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LONGUS 
 
 LITERALLY AND COMPLETELY TRANSLATED 
 
 FROM THE GREEK, WITH INTRODUCTION 
 
 AND NOTES 
 
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 ATHENIAN SOCIETY: MDCCCXCVI 
 
NOTE 
 
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x NOTE 
 
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 The volumes which it is proposed to 
 issue during the ensuing year will be 
 produced in the same style and on the 
 same lines as those already issued, but 
 it is thought advisable to avoid issuing 
 more than one portion of an author or 
 authors in the same volume, so that 
 each may be complete in itself. 
 
 The present issue contains the Greek 
 Romance of Daphnis and Chloe, which 
 has probably been translated more fre- 
 quently and into more European lan- 
 guages than any other Greek author 
 of its kind. It has had an interesting 
 history, and it is hoped that the some- 
 what lengthy letter of Paul Louis 
 Courier will be considered to repay the 
 
NOTE xi 
 
 trouble of reading it. It is extremely 
 vivacious, and is full of genuine French 
 esprit of the best literary kind, and 
 gives a full account of the great literary 
 dispute which was carried on for nearly 
 a year in reference to the famous ink- 
 blot on the Florentine MS. 
 
 The style of the Greek narrative is 
 very simple, and quite intelligible to any 
 ordinary English reader ; there are no 
 obscure allusions, and to have added 
 notes where none were necessary would 
 simply have increased the bulk of the 
 book to an awkward size without any 
 corresponding advantage. 
 
 The General Editor will in future 
 attach considerable importance to the 
 Bibliography of the works translated, in 
 deference to the expressed wish of 
 subscribers. It is hoped that the one 
 
xii NOTE 
 
 appended to the present volume will 
 be found fairly exhaustive and com- 
 plete, and that the references to other 
 books and pamphlets bearing upon the 
 subject will be useful to those who may 
 desire to extend their knowledge of the 
 Greek romance writers, as a whole, 
 further than is possible within the 
 limits of the present Introduction. 
 
 During the ensuing year it is pro- 
 posed to issue a further portion of the 
 inimitable LUCIAN ; another of the 
 GREEK ROMANCES ; some select plays 
 of ARISTOPHANES ; and a portion of an 
 author of a more serious kind. 
 
 It is also proposed to found, on 
 the same lines and for the same object, 
 a Society, to be called THE ROMAN 
 SOCIETY, and members of the Athenian 
 Society know that the Latin authors 
 
NOTE xiii 
 
 present a large field which has not 
 been worked, and which will appeal 
 strongly to the student. The names of 
 JUVENAL, TERENCE, PLAUTUS, PETRO- 
 NIUS ARBITER, and MARTIAL at once 
 occur as authors who have rarely, if 
 ever, been presented in a complete 
 English dress. Full particulars will 
 be announced in due course. 
 
 In conclusion, the Council of the 
 Athenian Society begs to thank its 
 members for their support, and hopes 
 for a continuance of the same. 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 NOTHING is known of Longus, or of 
 the age in which he lived. Neither 
 Photius, nor Suidas, nor any of his 
 supposed contemporaries make any 
 mention of him. It has been con- 
 jectured, however, that he was a native 
 of Lesbos, and that he lived not later 
 than the fourth or fifth century. Others 
 are of opinion that he never existed at 
 all, since a Greek writer, it is argued, 
 could not have had a Latin name. 
 The title of Sophist, or professional 
 philosopher, is generally added to his 
 name. 
 
 Daphnis and Chloe is the earliest 
 
xvi INTRODUCTION 
 
 example of a pastoral romance, or in- 
 deed of fictitious prose narrative of 
 any kind. This style of composition 
 appears to have travelled westward 
 to the Ionian Greeks, to have been 
 adopted from them by Greek and 
 Latin writers, and transmitted to 
 modern times. "It is not in Pro- 
 vence, nor yet in Spain, as many 
 suppose, that we are to look for the 
 fatherland of those amusing composi- 
 tions called Romances. It is in dis- 
 tant and far different climes to our 
 own, and in the remote antiquity of 
 vanished ages : it is among the people 
 of the East, the Arabs, the Egyptians, 
 the Persians, and the Syrians, that the 
 germ and origin of this species of fic- 
 titious narrative is to be found, for 
 which the peculiar genius and poeti- 
 
INTRODUCTION xvii 
 
 cal temperament of those nations par- 
 ticularly adapt them. For even their 
 ordinary discourse is interspersed 
 with figurative expressions : and their 
 maxims of theology and philosophy 
 are invariably couched under the guise 
 of allegory or fable. I need not here 
 stay to enlarge upon the universal 
 veneration paid throughout the East 
 to the fables of Bidpai and to Lokman, 
 the Aesop of the Greeks : and it is 
 well known that the story of Isfendiyar, 
 and of the daring deeds of the Persian 
 hero Rustan are to this day more 
 popular in those regions than the 
 tales of Roland and Amadis de Gaul 
 ever were with us. And so decidedly 
 is Asia the parent of these fictions, 
 that we shall find that nearly all those 
 who in early times distinguished them- 
 
xviii INTRODUCTION 
 
 selves as writers of what are now called 
 " Romances " were of Oriental birth or 
 extraction. Clearchus, a pupil of Aris- 
 totle, and the first who attempted any- 
 thing of the sort, was a native of Soli 
 in Cilicia : lamblichus was a Syrian, 
 as were also Heliodorus and Lucian. 
 Achilles Tatius was an Alexandrian." 1 
 The first real novels of which we 
 have any knowledge are the " Mile- 
 sian Tales," short amatory narratives 
 chiefly written in prose. They were 
 characterised by extreme licentious- 
 ness. Although they have been lost, 
 some idea of them may be formed 
 from the stories of Parthenius of 
 Nicaea, the tutor of Virgil. Amongst 
 his 'EpvTiKa HaOtj/uLara, or " tragical love- 
 stories " are several in which the cha- 
 
 1 Huet, dc Origine Fabularum Roinancnsium. 
 
INTRODUCTION xix 
 
 racters are all Milesian, and seem to 
 have been taken from the Milesian 
 Tales. The beautiful fable of Cupid 
 and Psyche, in the Golden Ass of 
 Apuleius, is admittedly borrowed from 
 them, and, probably, the story of the 
 Ephesian Matron in Petronius Arbiter. 
 We also find " Sybaritic Tales " men- 
 tioned in Aristophanes. 
 
 Previous to the age of Alexander 
 the Great, the European Greeks seem 
 to have attempted few works of this 
 kind ; but his conquests brought 
 Greeks and Asiatics more closely to- 
 gether, and gave them access to the 
 sources of fiction. Clearchus, one of 
 Aristotle's pupils, wrote a history of 
 fictitious love adventures, and seems 
 to have been the first writer who dis- 
 tinguished himself in this manner. 
 
xx INTRODUCTION 
 
 Antonius Diogenes, who lived after 
 the age of Alexander, wrote twenty- 
 four books on " The Incredible Things 
 beyond Thule," somewhat after the 
 style of Sir John Mandeville's " Voy- 
 ages in the Northern Seas," founded 
 on the wandering adventures and 
 amours of Dinias and Dercyllis. The 
 idea of his work seems to have been 
 taken from the Odyssey, and in fact 
 many of the incidents seem to have 
 been borrowed from it. An abridg- 
 ment of the work is given by Photius, 
 who praises it for its purity of style 
 and the delightful variety of its ad- 
 ventures. 
 
 After this, there seems to have been 
 a considerable interval of unproduc- 
 tiveness, as far as romances were 
 concerned. 
 
INTRODUCTION xxi 
 
 Lucius of Patrae, who lived during 
 the reign of Marcus Aurelius, collected 
 accounts of magical transformations : 
 a considerable portion of his Meta- 
 morphoses was borrowed by Lucian, 
 and incorporated in his AoJ/ao? >/ 6W?, 
 " Lucius or the Ass," which in its 
 turn furnished considerable material 
 for the Golden Ass of Apuleius. 
 
 About this time lamblichus (not the 
 
 founder of the Syrian school of Neo- 
 
 J * 
 
 Platonic philosophy, who lived some 
 hundred years later) wrote his "Baby- 
 lonica," relating the love-adventures of 
 Rhodanes and Sinonis. We only pos- 
 sess an abstract of it by Photius. 
 
 About the second half of the third 
 century, Heliodorus, 1 a pagan sophist, 
 
 1 At one time erroneously identified with Helio- 
 dorus, Bishop of Tricca, in Thessaly. 
 
xxii INTRODUCTION 
 
 born at Emesa in Phoenicia, wrote 
 his Aethiopica, in ten books. It con- 
 tains the strange story of Theagenes 
 the Thessalian, and Chariclea, the 
 daughter of the King of Aethiopia. It 
 served as a model for most of the later 
 Greek writers of romance, and may be 
 classed with Longus's Daphnis and 
 Chloe as one of the best specimens of 
 this kind of literature in Greek anti- 
 quity. It is remarkable for original 
 power, clear sketches of character, 
 beauty of drawing, and moral inten- 
 tion : the style is pure, simple, and 
 elegant. 
 
 We may next mention Achilles of 
 Alexandria (generally known as Achilles 
 Tatius), who wrote about 450 A.D. He 
 was the author of the story of Cleito- 
 phon of Tyre and Leucippe of Byzan- 
 
INTRODUCTION xxiii 
 
 tium, two lovers who pass through a 
 long series of adventures before they 
 meet. In point of style, Achilles is 
 said to excel Heliodorus, and all the 
 other writers of Greek romance. His 
 language has been especially com- 
 mended for its conciseness, ease, and 
 simplicity. Photius, the learned patri- 
 arch of Constantinople, says : " With 
 regard to diction and composition, 
 Tatius seems to me to excel. When 
 he employs figurative language, it is 
 clear and natural : his sentences are 
 concise and clear, and such as by their 
 sweetness greatly delight the ear." 
 
 We now come to Daphnis and Chloe, 
 the first specimen, as has been already 
 mentioned, of a Pastoral romance. A 
 brief outline of the story may be given. 
 Lamon, a goatherd, living near Mity- 
 
xxiv INTRODUCTION 
 
 lene, in the island of Lesbos, finds a 
 male infant, exposed and being suckled 
 by a goat, brings him up, and calls him 
 Daphnis. Two years afterwards, his 
 neighbour, the shepherd Dryas, finds 
 a female infant being suckled by a ewe, 
 takes her home, and calls her Chloe. 
 The children, as they grow up, deve- 
 lop great beauty : when they are old 
 enough, one tends the goats, and the 
 other the sheep, and they fall in love 
 with each other. Many incidents and 
 adventures are then introduced, which 
 have no actual connection with the 
 final denouement. At last, Dionyso- 
 phanes, the proprietor of the estate 
 which Lamon cultivates, comes to 
 visit his property, with his wife 
 Cleariste and his only son Astylus. 
 Astylus asks his father to hand 
 
INTRODUCTION xxv 
 
 Daphnis over to him as a slave, 
 that he may give him to his parasite 
 Gnathon, who has become enamoured 
 of him. Lamon, in order to prevent 
 this, then relates how he found 
 Daphnis, and produces the clothes 
 in which he was wrapped, and the 
 other tokens, or yvwpiarjuLara (means of 
 future recognition), which had been 
 exposed at the same time as the child. 
 Dionysophanes and Cleariste, by 
 means of these, recognise Daphnis 
 as their own son, whom they had 
 exposed from motives of economy, at 
 a time when they had three other 
 children. Gnathon, alarmed at hear- 
 ing who Daphnis really is, in order 
 to recover his favour, rescues Chloe, 
 whom Lampis, a cowherd, had carried 
 off, while Daphnis was occupied with 
 
xxvi INTRODUCTION 
 
 his new parents. The lovers are 
 greatly afraid lest they shall be 
 separated ; but Dryas, like Lamon, 
 tells how he found Chloe, and ex- 
 hibits the tokens left with her. Dio- 
 nysophanes gives his consent to a 
 marriage between the two ; but first 
 gives a feast, to which all the chief 
 inhabitants of the city are invited, and 
 displays Chloe's " tokens " to all the 
 assembled guests : they are recognised 
 by a certain Megacles, a rich man, 
 who had exposed her in the days of 
 his poverty, and is now greatly troubled 
 because he has no heir. This naturally 
 leads to everything being settled satis- 
 factorily, and the marriage is cele- 
 brated on the following day. 
 
 The style in which Daphnis and 
 Chloe is written, although it has been 
 
INTRODUCTION xxvii 
 
 censured on account of its frequent 
 reiteration, sophistical plays upon 
 words, and affected antithesis, is 
 considered as the purest specimen of 
 the later Greek language : the de- 
 scriptions of rural scenery and rural 
 occupations are very pleasing. But 
 in some respects the romance is very 
 defective. It displays little variety, 
 except what arises from the vicissi- 
 tude of the seasons. The courtship 
 of Daphnis is in the last degree mono- 
 tonous, and the conversations between 
 the lovers extremely insipid. The my- 
 thological tales also are considered by 
 some to be totally uninteresting (al- 
 though this opinion does not seem to 
 be altogether justified), and not very 
 happily introduced. 
 
 Although mainly on chronological 
 
xxviii INTRODUCTION 
 
 grounds, it does not seem probable 
 that Daphnis and Chloe was the 
 origin of the pastoral drama ; it bears 
 a stronger, resemblance to the more 
 recent dramatic pastorals of Italy, 
 which frequently turn upon the ex- 
 posure of children, who, after being 
 brought up as shepherds by reputed 
 fathers, are discovered by their real 
 parents by means of tokens fastened 
 to them, or deposited by their side, 
 when they were abandoned. There 
 is also a considerable resemblance 
 between the story of Daphnis and 
 Chloe and that of the Gentle Shep- 
 herd, by Allan Ramsay. The work 
 formed the model of the Sireine of 
 Honore d'Urfe, the Diana of Monte- 
 mayor, and the Aminta of Tasso. 
 Marmontel, in his Annette and Lubin, 
 
INTRODUCTION xxix 
 
 has imitated the simplicity of the 
 lovers of Longus, and the celebrated 
 Paul and Virginie is an echo of the 
 same story. But, of all modern writers, 
 the author who has most closely fol- 
 lowed this romance is Gessner, who, 
 in his pastoral ofDapfims, exhibits the 
 same poetical prose, rural descriptions, 
 and the same innocence and simplicity 
 on the part of the rustic characters. 
 
 The fragment of our author dis- 
 covered by Courier in the library at 
 Florence is here given in an Appendix. 
 A brief account of the circumstances 
 connected with it, which created a 
 great stir in the learned world, may 
 here be given. Courier, who had 
 already visited Florence in 1808, paid 
 a second visit there in the following 
 year, and began to examine more 
 
xxx INTRODUCTION 
 
 carefully the MS. which he had not 
 previously had time to go through. 
 He found it perfect, and copied about 
 ten pages of Book I. which he knew 
 were not found in any existing edition. 
 Unhappily, just as at Strasburg, he 
 emptied an inkpot, which he had mis- 
 taken for a sand-box, upon a splendid 
 copy of Athenaeus, he smeared with 
 ink one of the pages of the MS. and 
 obliterated about twenty words . The 
 librarian was furious, possibly also 
 feeling aggrieved that he had been 
 anticipated by Courier in the discovery 
 of the fragment. Courier apologised 
 for the mishap as follows : u The piece 
 of paper, which was placed by mistake 
 in the MS. to serve as a marker, was 
 smeared with ink : I alone am to 
 blame : I alone was guilty of this act 
 
INTRODUCTION xxxi 
 
 of carelessness." Nevertheless, guilty 
 intentions were attributed to him, and 
 a great disturbance arose. On the 
 loth of February, Courier wrote his 
 letter to M. Renouard 1 who was in 
 Florence at the time : "I will not 
 allow you to be hung for me, and I 
 am always ready to cry : Me, me adsum 
 qui fed. When you please, I will 
 declare that I alone made the fatal 
 blot, and that I had no accomplices." 
 On the 1 2th of March, he wrote to 
 Firmin Didot : " I think you will not 
 be sorry to know that there exists a 
 complete Longus, and my translation, 
 dry and slavish as it is, will give you 
 an idea of what is missing in the 
 printed copies. I am setting out for 
 Rome, where I shall be able to see 
 
 1 See the end of the present volume. 
 
xxxii INTRODUCTION 
 
 other MSS. of Longus. By com- 
 paring them with the copy of the 
 one I have here, I shall perhaps 
 have a text which will not be un- 
 worthy to find a place amongst yours. 
 You might even do it still more 
 honour, if you felt inclined to enliven 
 with a few colours the rough draughts 
 of my sketches made to illustrate the 
 original." The edition was at last 
 printed. The first impression was 
 limited to 50 copies, which were 
 offered to the most famous Greek 
 scholars of France, Italy, and Ger- 
 many. The authorities thought fit to 
 interfere : the Minister of the Interior 
 caused 27 copies of the translation to 
 be seized, and Courier was ordered 
 to leave Tuscany. The stir created 
 by the affair lasted for nearly a year. 
 
DAPHNIS AND CHLOE 
 
Aorror 
 
 HOIMENIKQN, 
 TON KATA AASNIN KAI XAOHN, 
 
 IIPOOIMION. 
 
 'Ei/ AeV/3fc> Orjpwv, ev aXaei Nfyu0o>y, Sea/ma 
 elSov KaXXiarroi' wi> elSov eiKova, ypa<f>r]i>, icrro- 
 piav I/OCOTO?. KaXoi/ jmev KOI TO aXcro9, TTO\V- 
 SevSpov, avOqpov, KOLTafipvTOV JULIO. Trrjyr] iravra 
 Tpe(j>6, KCU TO. avOrj KOI TO. SevSpct' aXX' fj 
 ypa</>r] repTTVOTepa, KCU Te\vtive\ov<Ta irepiTTriv, 
 
 KOLl TV^nV epCOTlKtfV CO(TT TToXXol TWV ^CVCOV 
 
 Acara </}fJ.*]v flecrav, TU>V /xei/ Ni//x0wi/ IKCTCU, 
 rij? Se etKOVOQ Oearal. TvvatKcs PTT' avrfj? 
 TiKTOV(rai, KO.I aXXai (TTrapyavots KO<T/j.ovcrai 
 
THE PASTORALS 
 
 OF 
 
 LONGUS THE SOPHIST, 
 
 OR, 
 
 DAPHNIS AND CHLOE. 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 WHILE hunting in a grove sacred to 
 the Nymphs, in the island of Lesbos, I 
 saw the most beautiful sight that I have 
 ever seen : a picture representing a his- 
 tory of love. The grove itself was 
 pleasant to the eye, covered with trees, 
 full of flowers, and well-watered : a sin- 
 gle spring fed both trees and flowers. 
 But the picture itself was even more 
 delightful : its subject was the fortunes of 
 love, and the art displayed in it was 
 marvellous : so that many, even strangers, 
 who had heard it spoken of, visited the 
 island, to pay their devotions to the 
 Nymphs and examine the picture, on 
 which were portrayed women in child- 
 birth or wrapping children in swaddling- 
 clothes, poor babes exposed to the 
 
 i 2 
 
IIPOOIMION. 
 
 ta eKKel/meva, TOl/JWIQ, Tpe<j)ovTa, 
 avaipovfjievoi, veoi orvvTi6eju.evoi, \{](TT(JOV /cara- 
 Spoju.1], TroXefAtcov e/x/3oX>/. 
 
 IloXXa aXXa, /cai TraVra epWTiKu, ISovra /me 
 Kdl OavjmdcravTa TroOo 
 
 eiKovos, rerra/oa? /3l/3\ov$ e^eTrovrjardiuL^v, avd- 
 OrjjuLa imev'^pODTi, /ecu NuyU^af?, /cat IIa//, /cr^/xa 
 
 <Se TCpTTVOV TTaCTlV avOpCOTTOl?, O KOI VOOrOVVTOL 
 
 idcrerai, KOI \v7rovjuievov Trapa/mvOtfcreTai, TOV 
 epacrOevTa ava/uLvrfcrei, TOV OVK e 
 TTpOTratSeva-ei. IIai/TO>? yap ovSel? 
 e</>vyev, r] fau^cTctt, yue'x/o*? ai/ /caXXo? ^, /cal 
 6<j>6a\iuLol /3\e7r(ti<Tiv rnj.lv Se 6 6eo$ 
 vari TO. TCOV aXXcav ypa<pew. 
 
PREFACE 2 
 
 mercy of Fortune, beasts of the flock 
 nurturing them, shepherds taking them 
 up in token of adoption, young people 
 binding one another by mutual vows, 
 pirates over-running the seas, and ene- 
 mies invading the land. 
 
 Many other subjects, all of an amatory 
 nature, were depicted, which I gazed upon 
 with such admiration that I was seized 
 with a desire to describe them in writing. 
 Accordingly, I diligently sought for some 
 one to give me an explanation of the de- 
 tails : and, when I had thoroughly mastered 
 them, I composed the four following books, 
 as an offering to Love, the Nymphs, and Pan, 
 and also as a work that will afford pleasure 
 to many, in the hope that it may heal the 
 sick, console the sorrowful, refresh the 
 memory of him who once has loved, and 
 instruct him who has never yet felt its 
 flame. For no one has yet escaped, or 
 ever will escape, the attack of Love, as 
 long as beauty exists and eyes can see. 
 May God grant that, unharmed our- 
 selves, we may be able to describe the 
 lot of others ! 
 
AOrrOY riOIMENIKQN 
 
 AOTOZ HPQTOZ. 
 
 IIo'Xt9 ecrr) Aecr/3oy, MtTiA^i/j/, /jLeyaXrj /ecu 
 
 tf' SieiXtjTTTai yap evpiTroi?, e 
 r79 OaXaTTris, Kal /ce/coV/x^rat yefivpats 
 
 KOI \VKOV \16OV. NoyUtVet? OV 7TO\IV OpOLV 
 
 a\\a vy'i<rovs. 'AXXa e/c Tavrtj? r^9 TroXea)?, 
 
 , OCTOJ/ 
 
 ay/oo? ?i/ avSpo? evSai/ULOvos, KTrj/ma Ka 
 oprj 6tjpoTp6(j>a, ireSia Trvpocfrdpa, yri\o<t>oi 
 KXtijmarcov, VO/ULCU Troijuivicov KOI tj QuXarra 
 7rpocrK\vev JI'LOVI e/crerayuei/^ i/^ayuyuw jmaXOaKfl. 
 'E^ rwSe TOD ay/ow vejuow dnro\o$, AOLJULCDV 
 , TraiSlov evpev UTTO atyo? Tpe(j>6fjLvov. 
 
 7rXat/a>/xei/O9, KCU TTOO /xaXOa/d), /caO' 7)9 
 TO TraiSiov. 'Ei/ray^a ^ cu Oeovva 
 a^>a^9 eyti/ero 7roXXa/a9, Acoti TO 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 
 
 BOOK I. 
 
 THERE is. in Lesbos a flourishing and 
 beautiful city, named Mitylene. It is in- 
 tersected by numerous canals, formed by 
 the waters of the sea, which flows in upon 
 it, and adorned with several bridges of 
 white polished stone : to look at it, you 
 would say that it was not a single city, 
 but a number of islands. About two hun- 
 dred stades distant from the city, a wealthy 
 man possessed a very fine estate : mountains 
 abounding in game, fruitful cornfields, 
 hillocks covered with vine -shoots, and 
 ample pasturage for cattle ; the sea washed 
 a long stretch of soft sandy beach. 
 
 On this estate a goatherd, named Lamon, 
 while feeding his flock, found a child being 
 suckled by a goat. There was a thicket 
 of shrubs and briars, over which the ivy 
 straggled, and beneath, a couch of soft grass, 
 whereon the infant lay. Hither the goat 
 
AOrrOY IIOIMENIKfiN 
 
 a7ro\i7rov<ra, TU> /3pe<pet 
 Tct9 SiaSpoju.a$ 6 Aa/ucw, oucreipas u 
 TOV epi(f>ov' KOI fjL<rr]/uL/3plas a 
 eXOcov, opa T^V ju.ev alya 
 
 tjKviav, /mt] raf? xyXais /SXaTrroi Tra- 
 TOVGTCL, TO Se wcnrep CK /mtjTpipas 6ti\fjs Ttjv 
 eTTifiporjv \KOV TOV yaXa/cro?. Kcu 
 
 ctXTTrep GIKOS W, TTp6(reicriv eyyyy, KCU euptarKei 
 TratSiov dfipev, /ueya Kcti KciXov, KOI TJ/? /caret 
 Trjv cKOecriv Tv\rj<$ ev cnrap"yavoi<s KpetTTOcri. 
 J^ioV re ya/o ijv aXoy/oye?, KOI TTO/OTTI? 
 
 To yttei/ oi5i/ TTputTOV e^ofXeWaro, /xoVa ra 
 yva)pl(T/uLaTa Sao-Tcio-as, ajmeXtjcrat TOV /5/oe^of9* 
 aiSecrOels CL jmrjSe cuyo? (f>i\avQpwTriav 
 VVKTOL <t>v\da?, Kojuii^ei TravTa TT/OO? 
 T^ ywaf/ca Mu/oraXtyi/ /cat ra yi^w/o/cr/xaTa, 
 /caf TO TTdiSlov, KOI Trjv atya avTijv. T^? 5e 
 6/c7rXaye/o-i79 i KCU TraiSla TLKTOVCTIV atye?, 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 4 
 
 often ran and wandered out of sight, and 
 abandoning its own kid, remained by the 
 side of the child. Lamon, pitying the neg- 
 lected kid, observed the direction in which 
 the goat went : and, one day at noon, when 
 the sun was at its height, he followed and 
 saw it cautiously entering the thicket and 
 walking round the child, so as not to 
 tread on and hurt it, while the latter 
 sucked vigorously at its teat as if it had 
 been its mother's breast. Astonished, as 
 was natural, he approached closer, and 
 found that it was a little boy, beautiful 
 and well-grown, and wrapped in hand- 
 somer swaddling - clothes than suited a 
 child thus exposed : it had on a little 
 purple tunic fastened with a golden clasp, 
 and by its side was a little dagger with 
 an ivory hilt. 
 
 At first he was minded to take up the 
 tokens, without troubling about the child : 
 but afterwards, feeling ashamed at the 
 idea of being outdone by the goat in 
 humanity, he waited till night, and took 
 everything to his wife Myrtale, the 
 tokens, the child, and the goat. When 
 
5 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKJ2N 
 
 oSe wavTa avTtf SiqyeiTai, TTW? evpev e/c/cet- 
 fjievov, TTwy evpe Tpe^o/mevov, TTWS flScfrO*] 
 KaraXnreiv a7ro6avovfj.vov. Ao'fay Srj KCLKelvfl, 
 
 TO. JU.CV <TVVKTe6eVTa KpVTTTOVO-l, TO Se TTCtlSlOV 
 
 CLVTWV 7rovoiu.aov(ri, 777 ^e aiyl Ttjv Tpo^v 
 
 7riTp7TOV(riV. fi? S' OLV KOLl TO OVO/U.O. TOU 
 "TTGLlSloV TTOl/UiCVlKOV SoKOlt], A0l/fV CIVTOV 
 
 Se SiTOv$ \povov SuKVOv/mevov, 7roiju.tjv 
 e aypcov 6/u.opwv vl/nnav, A/oJa? TO OVO/ULCI, KGLI 
 auro? 6/u.olois 7TiTvyx avl Ka ^ 1 eyp>//xao-t KCU 
 OeajULCKTi. Nvju.<j)a)v avTpov ijv, TreTpa /meyaXtj, 
 TO evSoOev KoiXtj, e^wOev irepicjiepfa Ta ayaX- 
 /xara TWV Nv/uupwv CLVTWV \i6oi? e 
 
 TCOV av\VU)v \eXvfjievr}, 
 v, fJLeiSlajuLa Trepl Trji> o<f>pvv TO irav 
 \opela %v opxov/uLevwv. 'H wa TOU 
 avTpov Ttjs /uLeya\tj$ TreT/oa? fjv TO fj.ecraLTa.Tov. 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 5 
 
 she expressed her astonishment that goats 
 should bring forth little children, he told 
 her everything : how he had found the 
 child lying exposed and being suckled 
 by the goat, and how he had felt ashamed 
 to leave it to die. His wife agreed with 
 him, and they resolved to hide the 
 tokens, to bring up the child as their 
 own, and to let the goat suckle him. 
 Further, they decided to call him Daphnis, 
 that the name might have a more pastoral 
 sound. 
 
 When two years had passed, a shepherd 
 belonging to the neighbourhood, named 
 Dryas, while feeding his flocks, made a 
 similar discovery and saw a similar sight. 
 In his district there was a cave sacred to 
 the Nymphs : a large rock hollowed out 
 within, and circular without. Inside were 
 statues of the Nymphs, carved in stone, 
 with feet unshod, arms bared up to the 
 shoulders, hair falling down over the neck, 
 a girdle round the waist, and a smile on 
 the face : to judge from their attitude, 
 you would have said they were dancing. 
 The dome of the grotto was the centre 
 
6 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 'Eic (Se T*79 7r7y79 vStop ava/3\vov, peiOpov 
 cTrolei \e6juLevov, COCTTC KOI \eiju.a)v TTUVV yXa- 
 (j>vpo<s e/creraro TT/OO TOV avTpov, 7roXX^9 Kcii 
 Troa? UTTO T^? i/or/^o? Tp<j>Ojmevtj$. 
 Se KOI yav\ol, KOI av\ol irKdyioi, 
 i crvpiyyes, KOI KaXa/ULoi, irpecrflvTepoov 
 
 Ef? TOVTO TO vv/j.<f>alov o?9 apTi TO/CO? 
 (fioiTcoa-a, <$6av TroXXa/cf? aTreoXe/a? irapelye. 
 KoXao-at ^e /3ov\6/uLevo$ avryv, KOL ef? TT/I/ 
 TrpoTepav evvofj,iav /carao-T^craf, Secr/mov pa/3Sov 
 xXa>pa? Xfy/cra? O/ULOIOV /3pox<P> Ty irerpa 
 TrpoarrjXOev, 0)9 e/cef arv\\r]\ls6/u.vo$ OLVTrjv. 
 (5e, ou^et^ et^ei/ a>v rjX'jriarev aXXa 
 
 TY\V IJL 
 
 etV a<j>6ovov TOV yaXa/cro? 6\Krjv, TO 8e TTCU- 
 Stov a/cXayyJ Xa/5/oa)? et? a/i^orepa? ra? 6rj\as 
 
 /ULTa(j>pOV TO (TTO/JLO. KdOdpOV KO.I (/Hlto'pOV, 
 
 ola Trjs oib? r^ yXwrr^ TO TrpocrwTrov cnro- 
 
 JULCTOL TOV KOpOV Tt}9 TpO<f>fj$. 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 6 
 
 of this mighty rock. Water, gushing from 
 a fountain, formed a running stream; a 
 beautiful meadow extended in front of 
 cave, the soft and abundant herbage of 
 which was nourished by the moisture 
 of the stream. Within were to be seen 
 hanging up milk-pails, flutes, pipes, and 
 reeds, the offerings of the older shep- 
 herds. 
 
 A sheep, which had recently lambed, 
 went so often to this grotto, that more 
 than once she was thought to be lost. 
 Dryas, wishing to punish her and make 
 her stay with the flock to feed, as before, 
 twisted a bough of pliant osier into a collar 
 in the form of a running noose, and went 
 up to the rock, in order to snare her. But, 
 when he drew near, he beheld quite a dif- 
 ferent sight from what he had expected : 
 he saw the sheep giving her teat, just like 
 a human being, for a copious draught of 
 milk, to a child, which, without a cry, 
 eagerly shifted its clean and pretty mouth 
 from one teat to the other, while the sheep 
 licked its face, after it had had enough. 
 It was a female child, and by its side also 
 
7 Aorror HOIMENIKQN 
 
 f)V TOVTO TO TTdlSlOV, KClt 7TdpKlTO Kdl TOVTto 
 
 yvcoplar/ULdTd, piTpd oia\pv<ro<;, VTTO- 
 i\pva-a, Kdl irepiorKeXtSes xP V(Ta ^ 
 Qeiov Sy n i/oyu/cra? TO evprj/j.a, KCU SiScur- 
 KOJULCVOS Trapa r^9 oib? eXcetv re TO iraiStov KCU 
 ipi\tv, avcupeiTcu /mev TO /3p<j>o$ CTT' ay/ceot/o?, 
 Se TCI yvcDpicrjuiaTa KUTO. T^? 7r?//oa9, 
 Se Taf? NJyU^cu? CTTI Tvxtl XPI&Tfl 
 9pe\lscu TY\V bcerttr avTu>v. Ka), cirel Kcupo? 
 tjv a r jre\avveiv Tt]v Trolfjivrji/, \6cov ei? Tt]v 
 eiravXiv, T{j yvvaiKi StiiyeiTCu TO, 6<j)6ei>Ta, 
 SeiKvv<Tt TCI evpeOevTct, TrapctKeXeveTCti Ovyd- 
 Tpiov yo/x/few, \avOctvovarav w? 'iSiov 
 'H juiev Si} Na^n? (TOVTO yap KO\eiTo) 
 
 ll6v$ f]V } KCU <pt\6l TO KCuSlOV, COCTTC V7TO 
 
 oib? Trapevo'oKijULrjOfjvcu SeSoiKvia, KCU 
 
 KCtl aVTrj TTOLfULeVlKOV OVOJULd TTpO? TTICTTIV CtVT(f>, 
 
 TavTCt TO. TTcuSla. Taxi* yuaXa fjufijare, KOI 
 
 Kd\\OS dVTOt? (J>dlVTO KpCiTTOV aypOlKld$. 
 "13.Sr] OVV 6 JU.6V TTfcWe Kdl SeKd TWV CtTTO 
 
 yevea? rj Se TOCTOVTCOV, fivoiv 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 7 
 
 lay swaddling-clothes and tokens, a cap 
 interwoven with gold, gilded shoes, and 
 gold-embroidered anklets. 
 
 Thinking that what he had found was sent 
 from Heaven, and being moved to pity by 
 the example of the sheep, he took the child 
 up in his arms, put the tokens in his wallet, 
 and prayed to the Nymphs that he might 
 be permitted to bring up their suppliant 
 happily. Then, when it was time to drive 
 back his flock, he returned home, told his 
 wife what he had seen, showed her what he 
 had found, and bade her adopt and bring 
 up the child as her own, without telling 
 anyone what had happened. Nape that 
 was his wife's name immediately took up 
 the child and caressed her, as if afraid of 
 being outdone in kindliness by the sheep : 
 and, that it might be more readily believed 
 that the child was her own, she gave it the 
 pastoral name of Chloe. 
 
 The two children soon grew up, more 
 beautiful than ordinary rustics. When 
 the boy was fifteen years of age, and 
 the girl thirteen, Lamon and Dryas both 
 dreamed the following dream the same 
 
8 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 KCU 6 A/wa? KOI 6 A.afj.a)v ejrl yum? VVKTO? 
 opaxriv ovap ToiovSe r/* elvai ra? 
 eSoKOW eKeiva?, TCC? ev TW avTpw, ev a> fj 
 ev a> TO iraiSiov evpev 6 A/oua?, &a<pvLv KOI 
 Ttjv XXo>yj/ irapaSiSovai iraiStw yuaXa (ro/Sapw 
 
 KCLL ACaXtt), TTTCpa K TGOV CO/U.GOV 
 
 
 djma TO^apiw </>epovTi' TO Se e 
 jmevov aju.(j>OTpwv evl /3e\ei, KeXevarat \onrov 
 TroijUiaiveiv, TOV JULCV, TO aiiroXiov, Tyv Se, TO 
 
 TTOLfJLVLOV. 
 
 TOVTO TO ovap iSovreft '^OovTO jmev ol TTOL- 
 yueVe? el e&oivTO KOI OVTOI atVoXot, Tv^nv e/c 
 <nrapyavu>v eTrayyeXXojULevoi KpeiTTOva, St' r)v 
 CLVTOVS KOI Tpo(j>als a/3pOTepat$ eTpe</>ov, KOI 
 ypa/m/uaTO. eiralSevov, KOI iravTa ova /caXa 
 YIV sir aypoiKia. 'E<So'/ca Se TreiQevQai 6eoi$ 
 Trepl TCOV cra)6evT(i)v Trpovoia 6e(Jov. Ka KOIVO)- 
 
 aXX/JXof? TO ovap, KOI 6v(ravTes TW TO. 
 
 C'XOVTI TraiStw Trapa Tal<s Nuyu^at?, (TO 
 yap ovofjia \eyeiv OVK elyov) 0)9 
 
 avTOv$ a/ma Taif ayeXat?, ei 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 8 
 
 night. They dreamed that the Nymphs 
 of the grotto with the fountain, in which 
 Dryas had found the little girl, delivered 
 Daphnis and Chloe into the hands of a 
 saucy and beautiful boy, who had wings 
 on his shoulders and carried a little bow 
 and arrows : and that this boy touched 
 them both with the same arrow, and bade 
 them tend, the one goats, the other sheep. 
 When they saw this vision, they grieved 
 to think that Daphnis and Chloe were 
 destined to tend sheep and goats, since 
 their swaddling-clothes seemed to give pro- 
 mise of better fortune : for which reason 
 they had brought them up more delicately 
 than shepherds' children, had taught them 
 to read, and given them all the instruction 
 possible in a country place. They resolved, 
 however, to obey the gods in regard to 
 those who had been saved by their provi- 
 dence. Having communicated their dreams 
 to each other, and offered sacrifice, in the 
 cave of the Nymphs, to the winged boy 
 (whose name they did not know), they sent 
 the maiden and the lad into the fields, 
 having instructed them in all that they 
 
AOrrOY HOIMENIKftN 
 
 . ' 7TO)? 
 
 t09 Set vi^iv KOTracrai/TOs- TOV KCLVJULCITOS, Trore 
 ayetv 7n TTOTOV, TTOTC aTraye^ e?rf KOLTOV eirl 
 
 TlCTl KoXavpOTTl \pr]<TTOV, CTTl TLCTt tJiO 
 
 'O/ ^e, /xa'Xa x a ^P OVT ^> w <*PX*1 V 
 7rape\u/uL^avov } KOI e<j)i\ovv ra? a?ya? KOI TO. 
 yuaXXoi/ 17 jroi/aJo'iv e6o$' rj JULCV, eV 
 ayova-a rfj? trwriy/o/a? r^ aiTiav 
 6 Sk, iJ.ejuivrjju.evo? a>? cKKeijUievov avTov ai 
 
 YIV apx*1> Ka1 7ra / Ta yK/maev avrj, TO. 
 ev Spujmots, TO. ev \eiju.<jtxri, KOI ocra opeia. 
 
 ?<5>7 /UL\ITTU)V, 
 
 KU)i>, a-Kipr^/uLara Troifjiviwv apTiyevvrJTiov' cipve? 
 ev TOI$ opea-iv, e^ofji^ovv ev TO?? 
 
 at /xeXfrrai, ra? Xo'xAta? KarfiSov 
 opvi6e$. Toa-avrrjg Srj Trdvra Karexova-tis 
 evcvpias, ot aTraXoJ /cat j/eoi fju/uLijTal TCOV 
 aKOvoju.va)v eyivovTO KOI /^XeTTOyueVaw. 'A/cou- 
 oi/re? yue/ TWI/ opvlOcw aSovrtov, flSov /3\e- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 9 
 
 had to do : how they ought to feed their 
 flocks before midday, and when the heat 
 had abated : when they should drive them 
 to drink, and when drive them back to the 
 fold : when they should use the shepherd's 
 crook, and when the voice alone. They 
 undertook this duty as joyfully as if they 
 had been intrusted with some important 
 office, and were fonder of their goats and 
 sheep than shepherds usually are : for 
 Chloe felt that she owed her life to a 
 ewe, while Daphnis remembered that, 
 when exposed, he had been nurtured by 
 a goat. 
 
 It was the beginning of spring, and all 
 the flowers were blooming in the woods 
 and meadows, and on the mountains. 
 The humming of bees, and the twittering 
 of tuneful birds was already heard, and the 
 new born young were skipping through the 
 fields : [the lambs were gamboling on the 
 mountains, the bees were buzzing through 
 the meadows, the birds were singing in 
 the bushes.] Under the influence of this 
 beautiful season, Daphnis and Chloe, them- 
 selves tender and youthful, imitated what 
 
 2 2 
 
io AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 irovTe? Se <7/a/oTa>j/Ta? rov? apvas, j/XXoyro 
 Kovfya* Kai rcc9 /xeX/rra? $e /mijULOv/uievoi, ra 
 
 Kcu 
 
 ra /xev et? TOW? 
 e/3a\\ov TO. 8e, arT(j>avi(rKOv? 
 
 "T&TTpCLTTOV Se KOlVfl TTaVTd, TT\r](TLOV aXXr/Xft)J/ 
 
 veju.ovT<?. Kal TroXXcua? /xet/ o Aa0^9 TW^ 
 TO. cnroTrXavcbjUieva. arvve<TT\\' 
 
 alywv OLTTO TUIV KprjjULvwv KaTrjXavvev. 
 
 Se Tf? KOLI ra? ayeXa? a/x0oreyQa? e<ppovprj<T, 
 
 /xara ^e ?y awro?? TroijmeviKa Kal TraiSiKa. 'H 
 /xei/ avQep'iKovs aveXofJLevt] TroOev e eXou? 
 ctKpiSoO^pav av7r\eK, KOI Trep\ TOVTO TTOVOV- 
 [J.evr], TWV TrotfJLViow tjjULeXrja-ev 6 Se, KaXajULov? 
 eKre/uLwv XeTTTOi/9, KOU r/)>/<7a9 ra9 TCOV yovarwv 
 Sia</>va$, aXX?/Xa9 re Krjpw /maXOaKtp (rvvapTyarcK?, 
 jmexpi VVKTOS crvpi^eiv e/meXeTrjcre. Ka/ TTOTC Se 
 Koivu>vovv yaXa/cro9 KCLI dtvov, KOI T/oo0a9, 09 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 10 
 
 they saw and heard. When they heard 
 the birds sing, they sang : when they 
 saw the lambs gambol, they nimbly 
 skipped in rivalry: and, like the bees, 
 they gathered flowers, some of which they 
 placed in their bosoms, while they wove 
 garlands of others, which they offered to 
 the Nymphs. 
 
 They did everything in common, and 
 tended their flocks side by side. Daphnis 
 frequently gathered together Chloe's wan- 
 dering sheep : while she often drove back 
 his too venturesome goats from the pre- 
 cipices. Sometimes one of them tended 
 the two flocks alone, while the other 
 was intent upon some amusement. Their 
 amusements were those of children or shep- 
 herds. Chloe would pluck some stalks 
 of asphodel from the marsh, to weave a 
 locust-trap, without any thought for her 
 flock : while Daphnis, having cut some 
 slender reeds, and perforated the intervals 
 between joints, joined them with soft 
 wax, and practised himself in playing 
 upon them until nightfall. Sometimes 
 they shared the food they had taken with 
 
ii AOrrOY nOIMENIKON 
 
 o'iKoOev efapov, e*V KOIVOV e<pepov. Garros 
 av TI$ eioe TO. trot/Avid KOI Ta? ayeXa? air 
 aXXj/Xaw /ze/xe/oto-yUeVa?, rj XXo'^y KOI Aa^wv. 
 
 Toiaura $e avrwv TTCU^OVTCW, TOiavSe (rirov- 
 Srjv 5/ E/3a>9 aveirXacre. AvKcttva Tp<povora ovcJ/x- 
 vov$ veof?, e/c TWI/ TrXtjcriov aypwv, e aXXcov 
 
 TTOljULVlGOV TToAAa/a? TJpTTCt^C, 7ToXX^9 T/OO^)^9 6? 
 
 ovv oi KO)/u.fJTai WKTcop, <rippov<s opvTTOvari TO 
 evpos, Opyvtaf, TO /3a0o?, Tecrcrapwv. To yue^ 
 TO TroXu crTreipovori, /coyw/crai/re? /xa- 
 ^e ^>?/oa /xa/c/oa TivavTe$ vTrep TOU 
 TO irepiTTOv TOV x ( * ) J ULaT S KaTe- 
 Tracraj/, T^? irpoTepov y/7? tlKqvct' axrre /cav 
 Xaya>9 eTTiopafjir], /caTa/cXa T ^JXa Kap(pa)i> 
 aa-6ev(TTepa. OVTCI, KOI TOTC 7rapex ei paOeiv 
 OTI yrj OVK yv, aXXa jme/uLijULtjTO yrjv. TOICLVTCL 
 TroXXa opuy/maTa, KO.V Tor? opecri, Knv 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS n 
 
 them from home, their milk, or wine. 
 In short, it would have been easier to 
 find sheep and goats feeding apart, than 
 Daphnis separated from Chloe. j 
 
 While they were thus engaged in their 
 youthful sports, Love contrived the 
 following trouble for them. There was 
 a wolf in the district, which, having re- 
 cently brought forth young, frequently 
 carried off lambs from the neighbouring 
 fields to feed them. The villagers ac- 
 cordingly assembled together by night, 
 and dug some trenches, one fathom in 
 depth and four in breadth : the greater 
 part of the earth which they dug out 
 they removed to a distance from the 
 trenches : then, placing over the hole 
 long pieces of dry wood, they covered 
 them with the remainder of the earth, 
 so that it looked level ground just as it 
 had been before : this they did so cun- 
 ningly that, if even a hare had run 
 across, it would have broken the pieces 
 of wood, which were more brittle than 
 bits of straw; and then it would have 
 been seen that it was not solid earth 
 
12 AOrrOY DOIMENIKN 
 
 iois, opvavTe$, rrjv /mev \VKCHVOLV OVK 
 \a/3eiv (aia-Odverai yap KOI yfjs 
 arearo(f>i<TiJLevri<s) TroXXce? Se alya<s /ecu iroijULVia 
 Sie<j)9eipav, Kal Aa^Ht/ Trap' oXtyov, &Se. 
 
 Tpdyoi Trapo^vvOevres, e/? MX I ? 1/ tnwereerov, 
 Tco ow ere/aft) TO erepov /ce/oa?, /3iaioTepa$ yevo- 
 juivr]$ crvju,/3o\fis, OpaveTai ' KOI aAyj/cra?, ^>pt- 
 e? (pvyrjv eTpajrero. '0 ^e 
 
 , a.7rav(TTOv 
 
 riv. 'AXyef Aa^t/t? Tre/of rw Kepari, KCLI, 
 Tfl 6pa<rvTr]Ti axOevOels, v\ov KOI rrfv KaXav- 
 pOTra Xa/3a>i/, eSlcoKe TOV SuaKOvra. Ola Se TOV 
 /mev vTreiupevyovTos, TOV Se opyjj SIWKOVTOS, OVK 
 V iroarlv r Troocrof? ?y aXXa 
 
 Kara x aa 'J ULaTO ^ V0 W TriirTovcriv 6 r/aayo? 
 Trpore/oo?, 6 Aa^w? ^ei/reyoo?. Tovro /cal ecraxre 
 
 T/oaya). '0 /xev ^ TOI/ avi/jirjcrofJLevov, e'l rt? 
 a/oa yeyofro, SaKpvwv aveinsvev y Se XXo?/ 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 12 
 
 at all, but an imitation. Although they 
 dug several similar trenches on the 
 mountains and plains, they could not 
 succeed in catching the wolf, which per- 
 ceived the snare, but were the cause of 
 the loss of a number of sheep and goats, 
 and Daphnis also nearly lost his life, in 
 the following manner. 
 
 Two goats, in a fit of jealousy, charged 
 each other so violently that the horn of one 
 was broken, and, mad with pain, he took to 
 flight bellowing, closely and hotly pursued by 
 his victorious adversary. Daphnis, grieved 
 at the sight of the mutilated horn, and 
 annoyed at the insolence of the victor, 
 seized his club and crook, and started in 
 pursuit of the pursuer. But, while the goat 
 was trying to make his escape, and Daphnis 
 was in angry pursuit, they could not see 
 clearly what was in front of them, and both 
 fell into one of these pits the goat first, 
 and Daphnis after him. This saved Daph- 
 nis from injury, since he was able to hold 
 on to the goat to break his fall. In this 
 situation he waited in tears to see if any- 
 one would come to pull him up again. 
 
13 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 Oeacra/Jievrj TO (rv/JL/Bav, SpojULM TrapayiveTcu e*9 
 TOV (rifipov /ecu /uLctOoiicra OTL $J, KoXet /3ov- 
 KO\OV K TWV ayptav TCOV 7r\t]<Tiov Trpo? CTTI- 
 Kovpiav. '0 ^e e\6(t)v, (T\olvov e^ret /maKpav, 
 ai/f/xftjyuei/o? eK/BrjcrcTcu. KaJ 
 
 JULV OVK ^V ' rj Se X\0>; \V(Ta/ULVJ] 
 
 Tctivlav, SlSdvcri KaOetvai TW /3cw/co'Aw. Kaf 
 OVT(*)$ oi fjiev eirl TOV )(e/Xof? eiTTa)Te9 el\KOV 
 6 Se ave/3rj raf? r^9 ram'a? oX/ca?? ra?9 yepar\v 
 a.KO\ov6u)v. 
 
 'Aw/A77<Tai/Te9 (5e /caf TOI^ a^Xtoi/ Tpciyov <rvv- 
 TeOpava-juLevov a/uKpco ra /ce/aara, (TOCTOUTO^ a/oa 
 ^ ^i/c>; jULCTyXOe TOV viKrjOevTO? Tpayov) TOVTOV 
 
 fJ.V 8rj Tv6r)<r6/ULVOV yapL^OVTO.1 VWGTpOL TO) 
 
 /3ovKO\<p' KCU e/xeXXoj/ ^sevScvOai Trpo? TOU9 
 
 o'iKOl \VK(DV 7TlSpOjULt]V, L Tf9 OLVTOV 
 
 A.vTol 8e CTraveXOovTe?, 
 
 TrOl/ULVyV KCU TO dl TTO\IOV ' KCU 7Tel 
 
 ev Koorjuup vojuifj? KCU T9 atya9 KCU Tci 7r/3o/3ara, 
 KaQla-avTes GTH. crTeXexovs Spvo?, ecrKOirovv /j.rj 
 TL yue/QO9 TOV <ra>/xaTO9 o Aa^>H9 WM a ^ e Kara- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 13 
 
 Chloe, having seen what had happened, 
 ran up, and, finding that he was still alive, 
 called one of the herdsmen from the neigh- 
 bouring fields to her assistance. The 
 herdsman came up, and looked for a 
 long rope with which to haul him out, 
 but found none. Then Chloe unloosed 
 the band which fastened her hair, and 
 gave it to the herdsman to let down. 
 Then they stood on the edge of the pit 
 and pulled : and Daphnis, holding on to 
 the band as it was being hauled up, at 
 last succeeded in reaching the summit. 
 
 Then they drew up the wretched goat, 
 whose horns were both broken so fully 
 was his vanquished adversary avenged 
 and made a present of him to the herds- 
 man,' in return for his assistance, having 
 agreed to tell those at home that he 
 had been carried off by a wolf, if anyone 
 missed him. Returning to their flocks, 
 and finding them all feeding peacefully 
 and in good order, they sat down on 
 the trunk of an oak, to see whether 
 Daphnis had been wounded in any part of 
 his body by his fall. But they found no 
 
H AOrrOY IIOIMENIKftN 
 
 Trecrcbv. TeVpeoTO JJ.GV ovv ovSev, ovSe 
 ovoev x < *>/ UiaTO $ $ K( *i TT^Aoi? TreVacrro KOI 
 ra? /cojuay, KOI TO a'AAo crco/xa. 'EcJo/cei ^e 
 Aowra<r$af, TT/O)/ atcrOrjcriv yevecrOai TOU (TU/JL- 
 A.djuiwvi KOI ^ILvpTaXfl. Kcu e\6c0v a/xa 
 
 o^ TT/OO? TO CLVTpOV TWV Nf/X0WJ/, J/ W 
 
 TJJ jmev eScoKe KOI TOV 
 
 e'yeWro, TOiaura irpo? CLVTOV aTreXrjpei " Tt 
 Trore /xe XAo>?9 e/oyafercu 0i A^a ; Xe/A>7 
 /xei/ poSwv onrdXwTepa, KOI crro/ma Ktjpiwv yXv- 
 Kvrepov TO Se <pi A^/xa /ceWpof /xeA/rr^? Trt- 
 KpoTepov. IIoAAa/ct 9 <f)l\t]a-a epi</>ov$ TroAAa- 
 Aft? <pi\ti<ra (T/cuAa/ca? ayOTfyewjyTOf?, KCU rot/ 
 IULO&XOV, ov 6 AopKcov exaplcraTO' aAAa TOVTO 
 <j>i\r]/ULa KOLIVOV. '^KTrrjSa. /ULOV TO 
 rj KapSla, TTJ/cerai ^ 
 
 vocrov Acati/^9, f/9 ovSe eiireiv olSa TO ovo/xa. 
 
 T A ' ' VN ' 'x -\ ' 
 
 A/oa 0ayo/xa/ccoi/ eyef<TaTO AAo>7 /LteAAoiftra /ue 
 </>i\eiv ; IIa)9 oi>^ oux 1 ctTrcOavev ; Oioz/ aSovariv 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 14 
 
 trace of any injury or blood : only his 
 hair and the rest of his person were 
 covered with earth and mud. Daphnis 
 therefore resolved to wash himself, before 
 Lamon and Myrtale found out what had 
 happened. He went with Chloe to the 
 grotto of the Nymphs, where the foun- 
 tain was, and gave her his tunic and 
 wallet 
 
 Meanwhile, Daphnis raved to himself as 
 follows: "What has Chloe's kiss done to 
 me ? Her lips are tenderer than roses, 
 her mouth is sweeter than a honeycomb, 
 but her kiss is sharper than the sting of 
 a bee. I have often kissed my kids : I 
 have often kissed newly-born puppies, and 
 the little calf which Dorcon gave me : 
 but this kiss is something new. My 
 pulse beats high : my heart leaps : my 
 soul melts : and yet I wish to kiss again. 
 O bitter victory ! O strange disease, 
 the name of which I cannot even tell ! 
 Can Chloe have tasted poison before she 
 kissed me ? why then did she not die ? 
 How sweetly sing the nightingales ; but 
 
15 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 a i atjSove?, rj Se ejunj a-vpiy cncoTra, ; Olov 
 CTKipTaxriv 01 epi(f>oi, Kayo) KaOrjjmai ; Olov 
 a/cyudfei ra avOrj, Kayco <TT(j>dvov<s ov 
 'AXXa ra /mev 'la KOI 6 vaKiv6o$ avOei, 
 Se /JLapaLverai. "A/oa /ULOV Kal AopKCOv 
 
 KOI 
 
 , ola irpuiTOV yevo/mevov TOU e/9a>TO? 
 KOI epycov KOI \6ycw. '0 Se AopKwv, 6 
 
 TOV ApVCLVTCl fyVTQV KaTOpVTTOVTCL 7T\r](TlOV 
 
 /cXr//xaro?, Trpoa-eicriv OLVTO) /xera Tvpwv KOI 
 crvpiyywv TIVMV [yajuLiKwv] . Kcu TOV$ jmev 
 rvpov? Swpov eivai SiScocrL, TraXai 0/Xo? cov 
 rjvLKa auro? evejjiev' evrevOev Se ap^ajmevos 
 dv/3a\e \oyov irepl TOV Ttjs XXo79 ya.jj.ov. 
 Kaf, el \ajm/3dvoi yvvaiKa, Swpa TroXXa KCU 
 /xeyaXa, co? /3of/coXo?, eTT^y 
 /3owv dpOTtjpcw, v/mrivr] rerrapa 
 <pvTa ju.r)\ea)v TrevTijKOVTa, Scpjuia. Tavpov re- 
 jjLelv vTroSrjjULaTa, iJ.oar\ov, ava trav ero?, juLtjKeri 
 yaXa/cro? SeojuLevov wcrre jmiKpov Seiv 6 A/oJa? 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 15 
 
 my pipe is silent ! How wantonly leap 
 the kids, but I sit still ! How sweetly 
 bloom the flowers, but I weave no gar- 
 lands ! The violets and hyacinths bloom, 
 but Daphnis fades. Shall even Dorcon 
 appear more beautiful than Daphnis ? " 
 Such were the passionate outbursts of 
 the worthy Daphnis, who then for the 
 first time felt the influence of love. 
 But Dorcon, the herdsman, the lover of 
 Chloe, seizing the opportunity when Dryas 
 was planting a tree near a vine-shoot, 
 went up to him with some cheeses 
 and pipes. He gave him the cheeses, 
 since he had been an old friend of his, 
 at the time when he himself pastured 
 his flock. Then he began to speak of 
 marriage with Chloe, and promised him 
 a number of valuable presents, if he 
 should gain her hand : a yoke of oxen for 
 ploughing, four swarms of bees, fifty 
 young apple trees, an ox-hide for making 
 shoes, and, every year, a calf that had 
 been weaned. Allured by the prospects 
 of such presents, Dryas was on the point 
 of giving his consent. But afterwards, 
 
1 6 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 i$ TO?? Swpoi?, 7revV(T TOV ya/mov. 
 Se w? KplTTOVO$ r\ TrapOevo? ala 
 vv]u.<f)iov, KOI Sel<ra$ jmrj (frcopaOets Trore, 
 
 TrepiTrecroi, TOV re yayttoi/ avevevare, 
 Kat <Tvyyvu)/uLt]v e'xeiv iJTJcraTO, KOI ra ovojmaar- 
 
 Su>pa 
 
 Aeirre/aa? Srj Sia/JiapToov 6 Ao/o/cwi/ eXTT/^o?, 
 Kdi jmaTqv Tvpovs ayaQovs aTroXetra?, eyvw Sia 
 \tpu)v eTTiOetrOai Tfl XXo'# yito^ yevoju.evfl. Kai 
 7rapa(pv\aa$ OTL Trap' ^jmepav eirl TOV TTOTOV 
 ay over i TCI$ ayeXa?, Trore yuey 6 Aa^j/t?, TTOTC 
 ^e r\ Traf?, eirLTe^yaTCLi Te\vrjv iroijULevi Trpe- 
 Trovcrav. A.VKOV /meyaXov Sep/ma Xa/Bwv, ov 
 Tcwpos Trore Trpo rcoy /3oa)v /jLa\6fj.evo<i TOI<? 
 Kepacri Sie(/>6eipe, TrepteTCive ra> crco/maTi, TTO- 
 Sfjpe? KaTav(*)Ti<TaiuLvo$' a>? roJ? r' e/ 
 
 OrK\e<TlV OLXpt TTTepV)]?, KCU TOV 
 
 o-ro/xaro? TO x ao "M a crKCTreiv Trjv K<pa\r]v, 
 ibcnrep avSpos OTT\LTOV Kpavo?. 'E/c^pfaxra? 
 ^e avTOv CDS evi /xaXfcrra, TrapaylveTai irpos Trjv 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 16 
 
 thinking that the maiden deserved to 
 make a better marriage, and being afraid 
 that, if he were found out, he might be 
 punished and even put to death, he re- 
 fused his consent, at the same time 
 asking Dorcon not to be offended. 
 
 Dorcon, thus for the second time 
 cheated of his hopes, and having lost his 
 fat cheeses for nothing, determined to 
 lay violent hands on Chloe when he 
 found her alone. Having observed that 
 Daphnis and Chloe took it in turns to 
 drive their flocks to drink, he contrived a 
 scheme worthy of a shepherd. He took 
 the skin of a large wolf, which one of 
 his oxen, fighting in defence of the kine, 
 had killed with his horns, and flung it 
 over his shoulders, whence it hung down 
 to his feet, so that the forefeet covered 
 his hands, and the hinder his legs down 
 to his heels, while the head with its 
 gaping mouth enclosed his head like a 
 soldier's helmet. Having thus trans- 
 formed himself into a wild beast as best 
 he could, he proceeded to the spring 
 where the goats and sheep used to drink 
 
 3 
 
i; AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 7/9 GTTIVOV at aiye$ KO.I TO, 
 a Trjv vojULtjv. 'Ey KOiXfl Se Travv yy yv rf 
 Kai Trepl avTyv Tray 6 TOTTO? aKctv6ai$, 
 
 KOI /3aTOf?, KOI apKv6(f) TaTTClVfl, KOI OTKoXvjULOlS 
 
 tjyplwTO' paSiw? av CKCI KOI \VKO$ a\rj6tvo$ 
 e\aOe Xoxy. 'T&vTavOa Kpv\lsa<} eavrov, eTre- 
 
 TY)pei TOV TTOTOV T*]V COpCtV 6 Ao/0/COH>, KCLI 
 
 dX/yo? Siay'iverai, KCU XXoy KCIT- 
 r'j\avve ra? ayeXa? 6/9 T^ irtjyrjv, KaraXiTrovara 
 
 01 
 
 Ot TWV TTpO/BcLTCDV 7ri(j>V\CtKe$ KOI TU)V CLi 
 
 eirojuievoi, ola Srj KVVWV ev ptvrj\acriaig Treptepyia, 
 KLvovpevov TOV AopKCwa 7T/30? Tip eTTiOecrtv r^? 
 Koprj? fpwpacravTes, TriKpov /xaXa uXa/crj/crai/Te?, 
 cbp/ULi>]<rav 0)9 Ctrl \VKOV KCU TrepicrxovTe? Trp\v 
 oXeo? ava<TTijvat Si' K7r\r]iv, eScucvov KOLTQL 
 KpaTog. Tea)9 JULCV ovv TOV e\eyxov aiSovjULevcx!, 
 KCU VTTO TOV Sep/uiaTOS eTTHTKeTrovTO? <{>povpov- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 17 
 
 after they came from pasture. This foun- 
 tain was in a hollow valley, and the 
 whole spot around was full of wild 
 brambles and thorns, low-growing juniper 
 bushes and thistles, so that even a real 
 wolf could easily have concealed himself 
 there. Here Dorcon hid himself, waiting 
 for the time when the animals came to 
 drink, hoping to frighten Chloe under the 
 guise of a wolf, and so easily lay hands 
 upon her. 
 
 After he had waited a little while, Chloe 
 came driving the flocks to the spring, 
 having left Daphnis cutting fresh foliage 
 for the kids to eat after pasture. The 
 dogs who assisted them to guard the 
 sheep and goats followed her: and, with 
 the natural curiosity of keen-scented ani- 
 mals, they tracked and discovered Dorcon 
 preparing to attack the maiden. With a 
 loud bark, they rushed upon him as if he 
 had been a wolf, surrounded him, before he 
 was able in his astonishment to rise upon 
 his feet, and bit at him furiously. At first, 
 afraid of being recognised, and being for 
 some time protected by the. skin which 
 
 32 
 
is Aorror 
 
 fJiCVOS, CKCtTO (TIWTTIOV V Tfl \OXfJ-fl' CTTel $ tf T 
 
 XXo7 TT/OO? TTJV TrpcoTyv Oedv 
 TOV Aa0wi/ Kd\i /BorjOov, o f i re 
 
 (T7T(Jl)VT<; TO SepjULd, TOV CTCO/XaTO? JJTTTOVTO 
 
 avTov, jmeya oifAU)a$, ucereye /3o*]6eiv Trjv 
 
 KOpqV KOI TOV Aa(f>VlV 9/StJ TTCtpOVTd. ToU? /ULGV 
 
 Acwa? Srj ava.K\ri(rei (rvvriBei raxeft>9 wepuxrav, 
 TOV Se AopKcwa, /card re juirjpcov KOI COJULWV SeSrjy- 
 IULCVOV, ayayoVre? cirl TY\V Tryyrjv, airevi^av ra 
 OYiyfjiaTa, \va rjtrav TQOV oSovTcw at eyu/3oAal, 
 
 Kdl Sld/ULd(T<Tr](TdJULVOl <p\OlOV 
 7T7rd(TdV' V7TO T 
 
 lSldV 
 
 (JLdTCOV 'TTOlliJiVlKr]V TTdlldV VOJJLLOVTGS TtJV 7Tl- 
 
 /3o\rjv TOV SepjuLdTOS, ovSev opyicrOevTe?, aXXa 
 
 f O JULCV KIVOVVOV TTdpd TOCTOVTOV \Oo)V, 
 
 Kdl a-coOel? 6K KVVOS, ipacrlv, ov \VKOV crroyuaTO?, 
 TO crw/xa' 6 Se Ad(j>vis Kdi rj XXoiy 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 18 
 
 covered him, he lay in the thicket without 
 uttering a word : but when Chloe, terrified 
 at the first sight of the supposed animal, 
 shouted for Daphnis to help her, and the 
 dogs, having torn off the skin, began to fix 
 their teeth in his body, he cried out loudly 
 and implored Chloe and Daphnis (who had 
 just come up) to assist him. 
 
 They quickly calmed the dogs with their 
 familiar shout ; then taking Dorcon, who 
 had been bitten in the legs and shoulders, 
 to the fountain, they washed his wounds, 
 where the dogs' teeth had entered the 
 flesh, and chewed the green bark of an 
 elm-tree and spread it over them. In their 
 ignorance of the audacity prompted by 
 love, they thought that Dorcon had merely 
 put on the wolfs skin for a joke : where- 
 fore they felt no anger against him, but 
 tried to console him, and, having helped 
 him along a little distance, sent him on 
 his way. 
 
 Dorcon, having been in such deadly 
 peril, after he had made good his escape 
 from the mouth of a dog (not, as the 
 proverb goes, of a wolf), devoted his at- 
 
ig AOrrOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 KCLfJLdTOV TTOUV (TXOV M e x/ f WKTO$ TO? 
 
 Kat ra? ot? crvXXeyovTe$. YTTO yap TOV 
 oepfjiaTog TrTO>i6ei<rai, KOI VTTO TWV KVVWV 
 v\aKTtj(ravTa)v Tapa^Oeicrai, at 
 aveSpa/uiov, at Se fj.e\pi T^? OaXaTTys av 
 
 . Ka/ro ye eTrewalSevvTO Kal 
 i, KOI vvpiyyi 0eAyecr$a(, /cai 
 Tra.TO.yri crvXXeyeorOat' a\\a rore TTOLVTWV 
 avrai? 6 <po/3o$ \ri9t]v eve/SaXe. KaJ ytxoXf?, 
 axTTrep Xaya)? e/c rcoy t'x>w>' evpi.<TKovTe<s ) eh TCL<S 
 7rav\i$ riyayov. 'E/ce/j/jy? /aoV^? r^? VVKTOS 
 CKoi/ULrjOrjarav /3aOvv VTTVOV, KOI r^? epcoTiKfjs 
 
 \U7TW (jXlp/JLOLKOV TOV KU/ULCtTOV <T\OV. A.v6l$ 
 
 Se ^/uepa? e7re\6ovcrr]$, iraXiv eTrourxov Trapa- 
 iSovres, eXvirovvro aTraX- 
 v^eXo^ TI, yyvoovv o, TL 
 6e\ov(Ti. TOUTO /ULOVOV flSea-av, on TOV /u.ev, 
 , T*]V Se, \ovTpov a.7rw\earev. 'E^eVac 
 CLVTOVS KOI rj wpa TOV 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 19 
 
 tention to his wounds. Daphnis and 
 Chloe, however, found considerable diffi- 
 culty in getting together their goats and 
 sheep, which, .alarmed by the sight of the 
 wolf's skin, and thrown into confusion by 
 the barking of the dogs, had fled to the 
 tops of the mountains or down to the sea- 
 shore. Although they had been trained to 
 obey their masters' voice and to be soothed 
 by the sound of the pipe, and to gather 
 together when they merely clapped their 
 hands, fear had caused them to forget 
 everything; and they could only get them 
 back to the fold with difficulty, after track- 
 ing them like hares. During that night 
 alone they slept soundly, and weariness 
 was a remedy for their amorous uneasi- 
 ness : but, as soon as day came again, 
 they felt the same passion as before. They 
 were glad when they saw each other, and 
 sorrowful when they parted : they suffered, 
 they wanted something, but they did not 
 know what they wanted. They only knew, 
 the one that he had been undone by a kiss, 
 the other that she had been destroyed by 
 a bath. In addition to this, the season 
 
20 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKftN 
 
 ovv qdrj Te\rj, KCU 6epov$ ctpX*i> KCU 
 Travra. ev aKfj.fl' SevSpa ev KapTrois, TreoYa ev 
 Xq't'oi?. 'HcSeux JULCV TeTTiywv >Jx r /' y^vKeta KOII 
 f] TVJS OTrwpas dSfJLTj TepTTvrj Se TTOI/ULVLCOV /SX^x 7 ?- 
 E*/cao"ey av TI$ KO.I TOI/? TroTayuov? aSeiv, t}pefj.a 
 peovrag' KGU rou? ai/e/xof? arvpiTTeiv, rat? TTL- 
 TVOTIV e/uiTrveovTas' KCU TO. yu7\a epwv 
 Xa/ucu ' KOI TOV rj\iov, (piXoKaXov ovra, Tra 
 airoSveiv. '0 /mev ovv Aa0j/i? Oa\7ro/u.vo$ TOV- 
 rof? dVacriv, ei$ roy? TroTd/movs eve/Bmve' KCU 
 Trore /xei/ eXoJero, Trore 5e /cat ra>i/ ix6va)v TOV$ 
 evSivevovTcts eO^pa' TroXXa/cf? Se KCU eTcwev, a>? 
 TO evSoOev KavfAO. (r/Becrcov. 'H ^e XXo'*?, yuera 
 TO a/xeX^ai Ta? of? /ecu TCOI/ aiyav TC\? TroXXa?, 
 ?Tf TTO\VV fJLev XP VOV ?X e ^^yvv^o. TO yoXa' 
 8eivai yap at /xf?a: \v7rrjcrai KCU SaKelv, el 
 
 . To ^e evrevOev, axoXoi/cra/xej/i; TO 
 , TTITVOS e<TT6<j>avovTO K\aSoi$, KCU 
 ve/3ptSi efaWi/TO, /ca/ TOI/ yafXoi/ a 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 20 
 
 of the year still further inflamed their 
 passion. 
 
 It was the end of spring and the com- 
 mencement of summer : all Nature was in 
 full vigour : the trees were full of fruit, the 
 fields of corn. The chirp of the grass- 
 hopper was sweet to hear, the fruit sweet 
 to smell, and the bleating of the sheep 
 pleasant to the ear. The gently flowing 
 rivers seemed to be singing a song : the 
 winds, blowing softly through the pine- 
 branches, sounded like the notes of the 
 pipe : even the apples seemed to fall to 
 the ground smitten with love, stripped off 
 by the sun that was enamoured of their 
 beauty. Daphnis, heated by all these sur- 
 roundings, plunged into the river, some- 
 times to bathe, at other times to snare 
 the fish that sported in the eddies of the 
 stream : and he often drank, as if he could 
 thereby quench the fire that consumed him. 
 Chloe, after having milked her sheep and 
 most of Daphnis's goats, was for a long 
 time busied in curdling the milk : for the 
 flies annoyed her terribly and stung her, 
 when she endeavoured to drive them away. 
 
2i AOrrOY HOIMENIKON 
 
 (racra o'tvov KOI yaXa/cro?, KOIVOV yuera TOV 
 
 TTOTOV etx e ' 
 
 Se /xecr^/u/S/o/a? e7reX$oi/a">/?, ey/i/ero v&7 
 raw o^6a\juLwv aXaxris aurof?. 'H yuei/ yap 
 opwva. Aa^j/ii/, e-r avQovv eveTrtTrre TO 
 y, /cat er^/cero, /mySev avTOu /xe/oo? /xeyu- 
 \fsaa-6ai Swajmevt]' 6 Se, iSow ev ve/3plSi KOI 
 (TT<pavq) Tr/Tfo? opeyovarav TOV yav\ov, /x/ai/ 
 wero TWV ev TO) avTpio Nf/x0a)i/ opav. /xei/ 
 
 O^J/ T>;i/ TTLTVV CL7TO T^? K(pa\r]9 GLpTTafav, 
 
 airro? eorTe(j>avovTO, wpOTepov (j>i\rjara$ TOV 
 <TTe(/>avov' t] 8e, Ttjv eor6fJTa avTov \ovojmevov 
 Kal yv/u.va)OevTO$ eveSveTO, irpOTepov KOU avTrj 
 $t\ri<Ta<Ta. "Hoy TTOTC KOI /XT/Xot? a 
 /3a\ov, KCU ra? /ce^aXa? aXX^Xcoi/ eKo 
 SictKpivavTes ra? /co/xa?. Kaf } /tcey e'//cao-ei/ 
 aurov T/yj/ KOfJirjv, OTI jmeXaiva, ju.vpTOi$" 6 Se, 
 /xtyXeo TO irpoarooTTOv GLVTW, OTI \evKov KCU 
 <5/(5aor/ce/ avTrjv Kal crvpiTTeiv 
 eV^? e/ULirveiv, ap7rdwv Ttjv <rvpiyya, 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 21 
 
 After this, she washed her face, and 
 crowned with branches of pine, and girt 
 with the skin of a fawn, filled a pail with 
 wine and milk to share with Daphnis. 
 
 When noon came on, they were more 
 enamoured than ever. For Chloe, having 
 seen Daphnis quite naked, was struck by 
 the bloom of his beauty, and her heart 
 melted with love, for his whole person was 
 too perfect for criticism : while Daphnis, 
 seeing Chloe with her fawn skin and gar- 
 land of pine, holding out the milkpail for 
 him to drink, thought that he was gazing 
 upon one of the Nymphs of the grotto. He 
 snatched the garland from her head, kissed 
 it, and placed it on his own : and Chloe 
 took his clothes when he had stripped to 
 bathe, kissed them, and in like manner 
 put them on. Sometimes they pelted each 
 other with apples, and parted and decked 
 each other's hair. Chloe declared that 
 Daphnis's hair, being dark, was like myrtle 
 berries : while Daphnis compared Chloe's 
 face to an apple, because it was fair and 
 ruddy. He also taught her to play on the 
 pipe: and, when she began to blow, he 
 
22 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 auras rot'? KctXdjmovs eire 
 KCLI eSoKei JULCV a^apTavovcrav SiSaorKeiv, evirpe- 
 7ro>9 Se Sia Ttj$ o-J/otyyo? Trjv XXoyv e<t>l\ei. 
 
 e Kara TO iu.<Tr)/u./3pivov, KCU 
 
 3>cpd(ra$ TOVTO 6 Act0j/t9, 
 KCU KctTaOejUievos Ttjv crvpiyya, Tracrav avTvjv 
 e/3\7Tv a7rX^(TTW9, ola fJirjSev alSou/mevo^t KCU 
 a/uLa KO.I avTfl iipe/ma VTretyQeyyeTO' " OIoi 
 KaOevSoviriv 6(j>9a\/u,OL' olov Se (nroTrvei TO 
 <TTo/xa. OvSc TO, ju.fj\a TOIOVTOV, ovSe at 
 \6xiu-cu- 'AXXa <pi\eiv /jiev SeSouca' Saicvei 
 TO 0/X^/xa TI]V KctpSiav, KOI, wcnrep TO veov 
 jmeXt, /ULalveorOai iroiei' OKVCO Se JULY) Kai <j>i\qara$ 
 avTYjv a<j)V7rviarco. "^0 XaXa>i/ Terriywv. OVK 
 ea(rov<Tiv avrrjv Ka6evSeiv /meya 
 'AXXd KCU ol Tpayoi TOI$ Kepa(ri 
 
 cS \vKU)v aXwTreKcw SeiXorepcov, o* 
 rjpTraarav." 
 
 'El/ TOUTOIS OVTOS aVTOV XoyOf?, T 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 22 
 
 snatched it away, and ran over the reeds 
 with his lips : and, while he thus pre- 
 tended to show her where she was wrong, 
 he speciously kissed the pipe in the places 
 where her mouth had been. 
 
 While he was piping in the noonday 
 heat, and the flocks were resting in the 
 shade, Chloe unwittingly fell asleep. When 
 Daphnis perceived this, he put down his 
 pipe, and gazed at her all over with greedy 
 eyes, without any feeling of shame, and 
 at the same time gently whispered to him- 
 self: "How lovely are her eyes in sleep! 
 how sweet the perfume from her mouth, 
 sweeter than that of apples or the haw- 
 thorn ! Yet I dare not kiss it : her kiss 
 pricks me to the heart, and maddens me 
 like fresh honey. Besides, if I kiss her, I 
 am afraid of waking her. O chattering 
 grasshoppers ! you will prevent her from 
 sleeping, if you chirp so loudly ! And on 
 the other side, the he-goats are butting 
 each other with their horns : O wolves, 
 more cowardly than foxes, why do you 
 not carry them off?" 
 
 While he was thus talking to himself, 
 
23 AOrrOY HOIMENIKfiN 
 
 (fievycov x e ^ l ^ ova Orjpdcrai 6e\ov<rav, 
 
 1? TOV KO\7TOV XXo^?' KOI r\ \\lSi 
 
 TOV /uiev OVK ySwyOt] \a/3eiv, rcu9 Se TTTe 
 eyyf? Sia TYJV SLW^LV yevo^evrj, TU>V 
 avrfj? rji/^aro. H Se OVK eiSvia TO 
 /meya. /3ov<racra, TWV VTTVWV ee9opev. 'ISovara 
 Se Kai Tyv \e\iS6va CTL 7r\r}<Tiov TreTO/uLevrjv, 
 Kai TOV &a<f>viv 7rl TW Seei yeXa)j/ra, TOV 
 <f>6/3ov jUiev eTraJcraro, rot*? Se 6<f>9a\juLOv? 
 
 TfTTt( K TU)V KOXTTWV 67n^Xr](TV OJULOIOV IKCTfl 
 
 X a P tv ojjioXoyovvTt T^? cra)T>7/o/a9. IlaXfi/ ovv 
 rj XXo>; jmeya ave/Sorja-ev, 6 Se Adffivig eye\a- 
 <rev. Kaf Trpoffiacrecos \a/3oju.evo$, KaOrjKev av- 
 
 TO. tTTeva ra? e i a< ?> KC " aef TOV 
 
 /3e\Ti(TTOv TCTTiya, jm.r]Se ev Tfl Seia ariw- 
 TTtoj/ra. 'H Se J'jSeTO tSovcra, KOI e(j>L\rj<re 
 \af3ovcra, KOI avOi$ eve/3a\\e TOJ KoXirM 
 \a\ovvTa. 
 
 CLVTOV$ rore <j>aTTa /BovKoXiKov 
 
 jmaOeiv o, TI \eyei, SiSdcrKet avTrjv 6 Aa0j/f?, 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 23 
 
 a grasshopper, pursued by a swallow, fell 
 into Chloe's bosom : the swallow followed, 
 but could not catch it : but, being unable 
 to check its flight, touched Chloe's cheek 
 with its wing. Not knowing what was the 
 matter, she cried out loudly, and woke 
 up with a start : but, when she saw the 
 swallow flying close to her, and Daphnis 
 laughing at her alarm, she was reassured, 
 and rubbed her still drowsy eyes. The 
 grasshopper, as if in gratitude for its 
 safety, chirped its thanks from her bosom. 
 Then Chloe cried out again, and Daphnis 
 laughed : and, seizing the opportunity, 
 thrust his hand into her breast, and 
 pulled out the grateful insect, which con- 
 tinued its song, even while held a prisoner 
 in his hand. Chloe was delighted, and 
 having kissed the insect, took it and put 
 it, still chirping, into her bosom. 
 
 Another time, they were listening with 
 delight to the cooing of a wood-pigeon. 
 When Chloe asked what was the meaning 
 of its song, Daphnis told her the popular 
 story : " Once upon a time, dear maiden, 
 there was a maiden, beautiful and bloom- 
 
24 AorroY 
 
 TCI 6pv\\ovjmva. ' ^Hy TrapOevo?, 
 irapOeve, o>9 <rv OUTGO Ka\tj, KOI eW/xe /3ov? 
 
 TTciXXag, OVTC09 V ^\IKIOL. ^Hl/ apa KCU UiSlKYJ, 
 
 Kai crcpTTOVTO at /3oe? avTrj? Ty /movcriKfl, Kal 
 eve/mev OUTC KaXavpOTrog 7rX>yy;J, ovre KevTpov 
 Tr/oocr^oX^ aXXa KaOicraa-a VTTO TTITVV, KCU 
 <TTe<j>avcocrajULevri TTITV'I, f]Se Ilai/a Kal Ttjv 
 i-Tvv. Kai al /8oe? rfj <t>toVfl Trapefjievov. 
 ov paKpav vefjiwv /3ov?, KCU avros /caXo?, 
 wSiKog to? YI 7rap6evo<f, tpiXoveiwjaras TT/OO? T*IV 
 IUL\wStav, fj.L^ova a)? avyp, f/Seiav cog TTQ??, 
 ijv avTeTreSei^aro. KaJ TWI/ /3oco/ OKTCO 
 
 /3\a/3fl 
 
 opvi<s yevccrOai, Trplv o'tKaSe a<j)iKe(r9ai. 
 HeiOovTctt ot 9eol, KCU. TTOIOVCTI TrjvSe T*]V opvw, 
 opeiov ft)? TrapOevov, JULOVVIKIIV a)? eKelvrjv. Kai 
 Ti vvv aSovara jj-yvvei TV\V (rvjm^opav, on /3ovs 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 24 
 
 ing as yourself. She tended cattle and 
 sang beautifully : her cows were so en- 
 chanted by the music of her voice, that 
 she never needed to strike them with her 
 crook or to touch them with her goad : 
 but, seated beneath a pine-tree, her head 
 crowned with a garland, she sang of Pan 
 and Pinus, and the cows stood near, en- 
 chanted by her song. There was a young 
 man who tended his flocks hard by, beau- 
 tiful and a good singer himself, as she was, 
 who entered into a rivalry of song with 
 her : his voice was more powerful, since he 
 was a man, and yet gentle, since he was 
 but a youth. He sang so sweetly that he 
 charmed eight of her best cows and en- 
 ticed them over to his own herd, and drove 
 them away. The maiden, grieved at the 
 loss of her cattle, and at having been van- 
 quished in singing, begged the Gods to 
 transform her into a bird before she re- 
 turned home. The Gods listened to her 
 prayer, and transformed her into a moun- 
 tain bird, which loves to sing as she did. 
 Even now it tells in plaintive tones of her 
 misadventure, and how that she is still 
 seeking the cows that strayed away." 
 
 4 
 
25 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 ToidarSe Tep\lsei$ avTOt? TO Qepog 
 
 Se aKfjid^ovTos, KOI TOV /3oTpvo$ 
 
 TTCpKCl^OVTO?, TV/Of Of \fl(TTCU JLaplKYJV 
 
 y/uuoXiav, w? rft>9 jmrj SOKOICV ftdp- 
 ftapoi, irpocreo-xov TO?? aypois, KCU K/3dvT$ 
 <rw /xax//oai9 KOI rjjuLiOcopaKioi?, KaTearvpov 
 Trdvra Tci el<s \elpas \66vTct, olvov dvOocr/JLiav, 
 Trvpov a<f>6ovov, juLe\i cv Krjplois' rjXacrav TIVCL? 
 KO.I potts CK T^9 Aop/cft)j^o? ayeX>;9. A.aju.j3avov(ri 
 KOI TOV kaffrviv Trepl TTJV OaXaTTCtv aXvovTa' 
 f] yap XXo?y fipaovTepov, a>? Koprj, ra 7r/oo/3ara 
 
 evwv. 'I^oi^re? ^e jueipctKiov /ueya KCU 
 Ka\ov, KpeiTTOV r^? e^ dypwv apTrayrjs, jmrjKeTi 
 /mrjSev, /uitjSe ei<? ra? alya?, /x^^e 6^9 rou? aXXou? 
 aypov<s, TrepiepyacrajULevoi, /caT^yoj/ afroy et? 
 r^ /aw K\aovTa KCU /jiropyiuievov, KOI yue 
 XXo^t' /caXowra. KaJ ot /xe/, TO 
 apTi a7ro\vcravT?, KOI ret? /ao-ma? ra?? 
 
 t$ TO 
 TO TTOI/ULVIOV, crvpiyya Kaivrjv TCO 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 25 
 
 Such were the enjoyments which the 
 summer afforded them. But, in mid- 
 autumn, when the grapes grew ripe, some 
 Tyrian pirates, having embarked on a 
 light Carian vessel, that they might not 
 be suspected of being barbarians, landed 
 on the coast : and, armed with swords and 
 corslets, carried off everything that came 
 into their hands, fragrant wine, a great 
 quantity of wheat, and honey in the honey- 
 comb, besides some cows belonging to Dor- 
 con. They also seized Daphnis as he was 
 wandering on the shore : for Chloe, being a 
 simple girl, for fear of the insolence of the 
 shepherds, did not drive out the flocks of 
 Dryas so early. When the robbers beheld 
 the tall and handsome youth, a more valu- 
 able booty than any they could find in the 
 fields, they paid no heed to the goats or 
 the other fields, but carried him off to 
 their ship, weeping and in great distress 
 what to do, and calling the while for 
 Chloe in a loud voice. No sooner had 
 they loosed the cable, and begun to ply 
 their oars, and put out to sea, than Chloe 
 drove down her flock, bringing with her a 
 
 42 
 
26 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 Aa(j>vtSi Swpov Ko/miov<ra. 'ISovara Se ray 
 alya<s Terapay/xei/a?, KOI a/coucracra TOV Aa^>- 
 viSo$ ael jmei^ov avrfy /BocovTos, Trpo/Bdrcov ju.ev 
 a/u.e\ei, KCU rqv (rvpiyya p'nrTei, Spo/mca Se Trpo? 
 TOV Ao'/o/cawa irapayLveTai, Serjarojuievr] fiorjOeiv. 
 Se eKeiTO TrX^yaf? veaviKals cryy/ce/co/x/ue- 
 
 j/o? VTTO TCOV \y(TTU)v, KOI oXiyov ej 
 
 \OV <p6pO/ULVOV. 'ISo)V Se KCU Trj 
 
 ojyy, Kai oXiyov CK TOV irpoTepov e 
 \a/3u)V " 'Eya> 
 yuer' oXiyov ol yap /me a 
 
 \rj(TTai TTpO TWV /3oO)V 
 
 0)9 /3ow. 2y (5e (rol KOI 
 
 TijuLwprja-ov, KaKeivovs aTroXecroK ' 
 
 ra? j8oi/9 ^x^ cr^/o^yyo? aicoXovOeiv, KOI SiM 
 
 TO /UL6\O$ aVTrj$, KOLV Ve/J.WVTO.1 7TOI 
 
 "Wi Sri, \afiova-a Trjv crvpiyya TavTtjv, CJUL- 
 
 7TVV(TOV CLVTfl /UL6\O$ KtVO, O 
 
 TTOTC eSiSaaiu.r]V, ere (5e Aa^^9' TO 
 
 Ty crvpiyyi /uL\r)(ri, Kai TCOV /3ou>v TMV Ki. 
 
 Xaplo/u.ai 8e <TOI KOI Ttjv crupiyya avTrjv, rj 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 26 
 
 new pipe as a present to Daphnis. But, 
 seeing the goats scattered hither and 
 thither, and hearing Daphnis calling to 
 her ever louder and louder, thinking no 
 more about her sheep, she flung away the 
 pipe, and ran to Dorcon, to implore his 
 aid. 
 
 She found him lying prostrate on the 
 ground, hacked by the swords of the 
 robbers, and almost dead from loss of 
 blood. But, when he saw Chloe, revived 
 by the smouldering fire of his former 
 passion, he said : " Chloe, dear, I am at 
 the point of death : when I tried to defend 
 my cattle, the accursed brigands hewed me 
 to pieces like an ox. But do you save 
 Daphnis for yourself: avenge me, and de- 
 stroy them. I have taught my cows to 
 follow the sound of the pipe, and to come 
 when they hear it, however far off they 
 may be feeding. Come, take this pipe, 
 and play the same strain upon it which I 
 once taught Daphnis, and he in turn 
 taught you. Leave the rest to my pipe and 
 my cows that are on yonder ship. I also 
 make you a present of the pipe, with which 
 
27 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 TroXXoi'9 epi^cov KOLI {3ovKO\ov$ evLKrjtra KGLI 
 anroXoy9- Zt> Se avri TOVTCW KOI fftWa ert 
 </>l\r]arov, /ecu aTroOavovTO. K\avarov /caV ^9 
 aXXoi/ vefjLovTO, ra? /3ou9, e/aov 
 
 , ical 
 
 varTGLTOV, a(/>fJKi> d/ma KOI TU> 
 $ft>v^ T^ \lsvxhv- 'H ^e XXo>/ \a/3ovcra 
 tjv arvpiyya, KOI evOcitra TOI$ xeiXecriv, ccrvpi^e 
 jjieyio'TOv a)? e^waro* /cal a/poey CLKOVOVCTI, KCU 
 TO /xeXo9 yvwpiov(ri, KCU opiJ.fi /JLIO, /mvKtj(rd- 
 TrrjSwanv e/9 T^ ^aXarrai/. Bfa/of <5e 
 ^9 1/6(09 
 
 KOI K T^9 e/X7TTft)(7ea>9 TWV /3oO)l/ 
 
 0aXarT>79 <5facrTacr>/9, crr/oe^erai /aei/ ?} yat/9, /cat 
 TOU /cXJ^a)^O9 crvviovTOS, a-TroXXirrcu. Ot <5e 
 oux OJU.OICLV e'xovTes e\7riSa <ra)- 
 Ot /uey ya/3 X^crraf ra9 jmaxaipas 
 , KCU TO. ^/ULiOwpaKia XeTn&ora e/e- 
 ) KCU KvniJi.iSa<5 ei$ ju.<rr)v KV^/ULtjv vireSe- 
 6 <Se Aa0^9, a^f7ro^>?TO9, 
 ve/mcov, KOI fHULiyvfJiVOS, o>9 ert r^9 
 
 |/ o^^ ^ 7r ' oXlyov 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 27 
 
 I have gained the victory over many 
 herdsmen and shepherds. Kiss me once 
 in return, and lament for me when I am 
 dead : and, when you see another tending 
 my cattle, then think of me." 
 
 When Dorcon had thus spoken, and had 
 kissed her for the last time, he breathed his 
 last as he spoke and kissed her. Chloe 
 took the pipe, put it to her lips, and blew 
 with all her might. And the cows heard 
 it, and, recognising the strain, began to 
 low, and all with a bound sprang into the 
 sea. As they had leaped from the same side 
 of the vessel, and caused the sea to part, 
 it upset and sank under the waves that 
 closed over it. Those on board were 
 flung into the sea, but with unequal pro- 
 spect of safety. For the pirates were 
 encumbered with swords, and clad in scaly 
 coats of mail, and greaves reaching half- 
 way down the leg. But Daphnis, who 
 had been tending his flocks, was unshod, 
 and only half-clothed, owing to the burn- 
 ing heat. The pirates had only swum 
 a little way, when the weight of their 
 armour dragged them down into the 
 
28 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKftN 
 
 TO. 07r\a KaTtjveyKev ei$ /3v66v 6 Se 
 qv /ULCV (T0iJTa paSico? aTreSueTO, irepl 
 Se Tr)v vrjiv eKdjuivev, ola irpOTepov vtfxpf/uorof 
 v TroTctjUoF? /xoVoi?. YcrTepov Se, Trapa Ttj? 
 avayKtjs TO TrpaKreov SiSaxOel?, ety /ueVa? cop- 
 arjcre rag 8ov$' KOU Svo /3ocov Kepdrcov raf? S vo 
 t \a/36/uLvo$, e/co/x/fero /aea-o? aXvircos KOI 
 , cbarTrep eXavvcov djmaav. N^Jxerat ^e 
 apa /3oi/? ocrov ovSe avOpouTros' JULOVOV Xe/Trerat 
 evvSpcw opvlQwv, /ecu CLVTWV l^Qvwv. 
 
 av a7TOoiTO ov$ vriyoiJLevos, el /ULIJ TW 
 
 01 ovvxe? TrepiTreffoiev Sidfipoxoi yevo/Jievoi. 
 
 M.aprvpov(n rco Xoya) [AXP L v ^ v ^"o\\ol TOTTOL 
 
 , /3oO$ TTOpOL \y6jJLVOl. 
 
 JULCV fit] TOVTOV TOV Tpoirov 6 
 <$vo Klv8vyOV$ Trap \7rl8a Tracrav Sia- 
 \y<TTtipiov KO.I vavayiov. 'Re\6wv Se, 
 KO.I TJJV lK.\ot]v 7ri T^? ytj<s yeKwxTOiv a/xa KCLI 
 SaKpvov<rav evpcw, e/XTr/Trra re avTtjs TOI$ KO\- 
 
 TTOi?, KOt 7rVv9dvTO, TL /3oV\OjU.evr] (TVpL<Tl6V. 
 
 H Se avTw SirjyeiTai TravTa.' TOV Spojmov TOV 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 28 
 
 depths: Daphnis easily threw off the 
 clothes he had on, yet it cost him some 
 effort to swim, since he had hithejrto only 
 swum in rivers : but soon, under the im- 
 pulse of necessity, he reached the cows by 
 an effort, and, while with each hand he 
 grasped one by the horns, he was carried 
 along between them without difficulty or 
 danger, as if he had been driving a cart : 
 for an ox swims far better than any man : 
 it is only inferior to the water-fowl and 
 fishes. An ox would never sink, were it 
 not that the horn falls off their hoofs when 
 it gets wet through. The truth of what I 
 say is borne out by many places on the 
 coast which are still found bearing the 
 name of " Ox fords." 
 
 Thus Daphnis, against all expectation, 
 was saved from the double danger of the 
 robbers and shipwreck. When he came 
 to land, and found Chloe weeping and 
 smiling through her tears, he threw him- 
 self into her arms, and asked her what she 
 had meant by playing on the pipe. And 
 she told him everything, how she had run 
 to Dorcon for help, how his cows had 
 
2 9 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 7rl TOV Ao'/o/cftu/ct, TO TTGtiSev/uLa TWV flow, 
 KeXevcrOeir) crvpiarai, Kal OTI TeOvrjKe Ao'/o/con/' 
 /uiovov, atSea-Oeiara, TO <t>i\tijma OVK eiTrev. "E^o^e 
 (5^ Tt/uLrjcrai TOV evepyeTtjv KOI e\06vT$ /uerd 
 TCOV TrpovrjKOVTCov, kopKwva OaTTTOvcri TOV 
 aOXiov. Trjv jULev ovv 7ro\\tjv 7re6ecrav, (J>VTU 
 Se 7//xe/oa TroXXa e^vTevcrav, KCU effipTJicrav 
 TCOV epycov airapxa^' a\\a KCU yaXa 
 KCU 3oTva$ KaTe6Xi\/av, KOI 
 
 
 KOL 
 
 /3oS)v eXeeiva yuf/c^/txara, KCU Sp6ju.oi Tive$ 
 co</)6t](rav ajma TO?? fULVK^/maariv GLTCIKTOI' KCU, 
 w? ev TroifJLecriv eiKCt^eTO KOI atVoXof?, Taura 
 
 0pf]VO$ >JV TWV j3oCOV 7Tl j3oVKO\(p TT\eV- 
 TtJKOTl. 
 
 MeTa Se TOV TOV Aop/ccoi/o? TOL(/>OV, \ovei TOV 
 &a<f)viv fj XXo; 7T/3O? Ta? NJ/i^a? ayayovtra, 
 et? TO avrpov eLfrayayovara. Kal avTrj, TO'TC 
 TrpcoTOV Ad<pviSo$ opcovTOs, eXoJcraTO TO crcoyua 
 \evKov KCU KctOapov VTTO /caXXof?, KOI ovSk 
 \ovTp(iov e? /caXXo? Seo/mevov KCU avBrj TC 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 29 
 
 been trained to obey the sound of the 
 pipe, what strain she had been bidden to 
 play, and how Dorcon had died : only, 
 from a feeling of modesty, she said no- 
 thing about the kiss she had given him. 
 Then both resolved to honour the memory 
 of their benefactor, and went with his re- 
 latives to bury the unhappy Dorcon. They 
 heaped earth over him in abundance, and 
 planted a number of cultivated trees round 
 about, and hung up as an offering to the 
 deceased the first fruits of their labours : 
 they poured libations of milk over his 
 grave, crushed grapes, and broke several 
 shepherds' pipes. His cows lowed piteously, 
 wandering hither and thither the while : 
 and to the herdsmen and shepherds it 
 seemed that they were mourning for the 
 death of their master. 
 
 After the burial of Dorcon, Chloe led 
 Daphnis to the grotto of the Nymphs, 
 where she washed him, and then she her- 
 self, for the first time in Daphnis's pre- 
 sence, also washed her own fair and 
 beautiful person, which needed no bath 
 to set off its beauty: then, plucking the 
 
30 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKftN 
 
 9, ova avOr) r^? wpas etcelytjs, ecrre- 
 (fravwrav ra ayaX/xara, KOI T*]i> TOV Ao'/o/ca)yo9 
 crupiyya T>?9 Trer/oa? e^rjpTrjcrav ava6r]iu.a. Kcu 
 a TOVTO eXOovTe?, ewearKOTrovv ra? a?ya? 
 t ra Trpo/Sara. Ta ^e Trai^ra /care'/caro 
 
 , /UL^T6 /3\*]X ( * > l ULl ' a > XX', ol/ULCtl, 
 
 TOV &a<l>viv KOI Ttjv XXo>yi/ a(/>avei$ oi/ra? TTO- 
 Oovvra. '^TreiSr] yovv 6<j>QevTe<$ KOI e/36*i(rav 
 TO crvvrjOes, icai ecrvpKrav, TO. fjiev ava<TTavTa 
 , at <5e atye9 earKipTc 
 evai <ramjpi<jt ( 
 Ou /u.tjv o Aa0w? xaipeiv eTreiOe TTJV \lsv\riv 
 tSa)v Ttjv X\6*]V yvi*.vr\v, KOI TO irpoTepov 
 \avOavov /caXXo? e/c/ce/caXf/x/xeVo^, ?Xyet r^^ 
 KapSiav, <W9 evQiofJievriv VTTO (pap/motKCOv. Kat 
 CWTO TO Trvevfjia TTOTC /xej/ \d/3pov ee7rvei, 
 KaOdirep Ttvog SIWKOVTOS avTOv, TTOTC Se eire- 
 XetTre, KaOctTrep eKSaTravrjOev ev ra?9 irpoTepais 
 TrtSpo/u.at$. 'E(5o/cet TO \ovrpov elvai T^9 
 OaXaTT>/9 (frofiepcoTepov. 'Et/o/xffe T^J/ V^^X^ 
 ert 7ra/oa TO?9 X^CT-TO^ juieveiv, ola veos aypoiKO$ 
 KOI CTL ayvowv TO "E/oa)TO9 XflcrTijpiov. 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 30 
 
 flowers that were in season, they crowned 
 the statues of the Nymphs, and hung up 
 Dorcon's pipe against the rock as an 
 offering. After this, they went to look 
 after their sheep and goats, which were 
 all lying on the ground, neither feeding 
 nor bleating, but, I believe, pining for the 
 absent Daphnis and Chloe. But, as soon 
 as they came in sight, and began to shout 
 and pipe as usual, they jumped up and 
 began to feed : the goats skipped wan- 
 tonly, as if delighted at the safe return 
 of their master. Daphnis however could 
 not bring himself to feel happy : for, since 
 he had seen Chloe naked, in all her beauty 
 formerly hidden and then revealed, he felt 
 a pain in his heart, as if it was consumed 
 by poison. His breath now came rapidly, 
 as if someone was pursuing him : and now 
 failed him, as if exhausted in previous 
 attacks. Chloe's bath seemed to him 
 more terrible than the sea. He thought 
 that his soul was still amongst the pirates, 
 since he was merely a young rustic and as 
 yet knew nothing of the thievish tricks of 
 Love. 
 
3i AOITOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 AOTO2 AEYTEP02. 
 
 Se Trj$ oirwpas aKju.aovarr)$, KOI eirei- 
 yovTO<s TOV TpvytjTov, 7ra9 Tjv /caret TOV$ aypov? 
 ev epyci). O /uiev Xrjvov? eTrecTKeva^ev 6 Se TTI- 
 6ov$ e^eKaOaipev 6 Se afipi\ov$ e 
 
 fJ.\ TlVl SpeTTCLVrjS fJLlKpGLS 6? /3oTpVO$ 
 
 KCLI erfc/aco \l9ov 6\i\/scu ra evoiva TWV /3oTpu(0v 
 Svva/u.evov KCU aXXa> \vyov ^/5a? 7T\rjyat<? 
 KaTeacrju.vr]$, 0)9 dv UTTO 0am vvKTwp TO 
 (pepoiTO. 'AyUeA^crayTe? ovv KCU 6 
 
 KCU t] o>? TWV TroarcDV KOI 
 
 aiywv, 
 
 f O jaw e/3d(TTaei> ev appixoi? /36rpv$, KCU 
 eTTCtTei Ta?9 \ijvoi$ ejuL/3a\\(*)v, Kal ei$ TOV? 
 TTiOov? e<pepe TOV olvov rj e Tpo<j>r)v Trape- 
 <TK6uae Toi? Tpvyuxn, KOI evex l ^OTOV ai>TO?s 
 TTpecr/SvTepov olvov, KCU TWV a/u.7re\(iov ra9 ra- 
 aireTpvya. Hatra yap /rara T?JV 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 31 
 
 BOOK II 
 
 IT was now the middle of autumn, and 
 the vintage was close at hand ; everyone 
 was in the fields, busily intent upon his 
 work. Some were repairing the wine- 
 presses, others cleaning out the jars : some 
 were weaving baskets of osier, and others 
 sharpening short sickles for cutting the 
 grapes : some were preparing stones to 
 crush those full of wine, others preparing 
 dry twigs which had been well beaten, to 
 be used as torches to light the drawing off of 
 the new wine by night. Daphnis and Chloe, 
 having abandoned the care of their flocks, 
 assisted each other in these tasks. Daphnis 
 carried bunches of grapes in baskets, threw 
 them into the press and trod them, and 
 drew off the juice into jars : while Chloe 
 prepared food for the vintagers, and poured 
 some of the older wine for them to drink, 
 while at the same time she picked some of 
 the lowest bunches from the trees. For 
 
32 AOrrOY nOIMENIKON 
 
 Ae(T/3ov tjv a/xTreXo? Tcnreivrj, ov 
 ovSe avaSevSpa?, a\\a KOLTCO TO. /cXv/xara axo- 
 Tetvovva, KOI toa-Trep KITTOS vefj.ojm.evri- KOI irals 
 av e^LKOLTO /3oTpvo$, apri ra9 x^/? ^ cnrap- 
 yavcov \e\v]u.evo$. 
 
 Qlov ovv eiKog ev eoprfl AIOVV<TOV KCU o'tvov 
 yevea-ei, at /mev yvvaiKe? e/c TO>V TrXrjviov aypwv 
 etV eTTiKovpiav KeKXrj/mevai, TW Aa<j>viSi TOV$ 
 o</>6a\iu,ovs 7T/3a\\ov, KOI etrflvovv a>9 ojmotov 
 
 TO) AlOVVffCi) TO ACaXXo?. Ka/ Tf? TCOV OpCLCTV- 
 
 TepcDV Kal e(j>l\r)cre, KOI TOV Ad<pviv 7rapu)vve, 
 Trjv Se XX orjv eXvirrjcrev. 01 Se ev raf? \rjvoi$ 
 <j>u)va<s eftpnrTOV eir} Ttjv XAoiff, KOU, 
 ?Ti Tiva Ba/cx 1 /^ 2crrt>/oi, /maviKcorepov 
 TnjScvv, Kat rju^ovro yevecrOai Troi/uLvia, KCU VTT* 
 vefJLe(rOai' co(TT av TrdXiv rj jmev tfSeTO, 
 
 TOV TpvyrjTOV Kal \a/3ear6ai TWV 
 \topUOV, KOI, avT\ Ttj$ a/movarov fiorjs, 
 uKoveiv crvptyyos, y TWV 7roiju.vla)v avTwv /3\rj- 
 \(i)/ui.ev(iDV. Kal cTrel Siayevo/mevoov oXlycov y/ 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 32 
 
 all the vines in Lesbos grow low, and 
 are not trained to trees : their branches 
 hang down to the ground, spreading like 
 ivy, so that even a child that is, so to 
 speak, only just out of its swaddling 
 clothes, could reach them. 
 
 As is customary at the festival of Bac- 
 chus, on the birthday of the wine, women 
 had been summoned from the neigh- 
 bouring fields to assist ; and they cast 
 amorous eyes on Daphnis, and extolled 
 him as vying with Bacchus in beauty. 
 One of them, bolder than the rest, kissed 
 him, which excited Daphnis, but annoyed 
 Chloe. On the other hand, the men who 
 were treading the wine-presses, made all 
 kinds of advances to Chloe, and leaped 
 furiously, like Satyrs who had seen some 
 Bacchante, declaring that they wished they 
 were sheep, to be tended by her : this, 
 again, pleased Chloe, while Daphnis felt 
 annoyed. Each wished that the vintage 
 was over, and that they could return to 
 the familiar fields, and, instead of uncouth 
 shouts, hear the sound of the pipe and the 
 bleating of their flocks. 
 
 5 
 
33 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 pwv, at fjiev afJLtreXoi TeTpvyrjvTO, TriOoi Se TO 
 y\evKO$ et\ov y eSet Se OVKGTI ovSev TroXvxeipia?, 
 KaTrjXavvov ra? ayeXa? el<s TO TreSlov Koi, yuaAa 
 ra? Ni^/x^a? TrpoveKvvovv, /3oTpv$ 
 vTes CTTI K\ri/u,a.T(av, a7rap\a$ TOV 
 TpvyrjTOv. OvSe TOV irpoTepov \povov a 
 TTOTe TraprjXQov, aXX act, TC ap^ojULevoi 
 TrpoarriSpevov, KOI CK i/o/x^? ai/toVre?, Trpoare- 
 KVVOW KOL Trai/Tft)? TL airecpepov, rj avQos, q 
 , t] <pv\\dSa xXcopav, 37 yaXa/cro? 
 riv. Kal TOVTOV pels vcTTepov a/uLOi/3as 
 Kojj.l(ravTO Trapa TU>V Qeu>v. Tore Se KVVC?, 
 
 TOV, flSov TOIS r/oayof9 KOI TOI? 7rpo/3aTOig 
 (rvveiraXaiov. 
 
 Se avTOts e^/a-rctrou Trpea-- 
 <Ti(rvpav evSeSv/mevos, /ca/o/3ariVa? VTTO- 
 SeSe/u,evo$, Trtfpav c^rjpTrj/uLevo?, KOI T*]V Tn'ipav 
 av. QVTOS 7r\*]<rtov /ca^/<ra? OVTWV, coSe 
 <&i\r}Ta$, w TraiSe?, 6 7Tpea-/3vTr]$ eyor 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 33 
 
 In a few days the grapes were gathered 
 in, the casks were full of new wine, and 
 there was no need of so many hands : then 
 they again began to drive their flocks down 
 to the plain, and joyfully paid liomage 
 to the Nymphs, offering them grapes still 
 hanging on the branches, the first fruits 
 of the vintage. Even before that they had 
 never neglected them as they passed by, 
 but when they drove their flocks to pasture, 
 as well as on their return, they reverently 
 saluted them ; never omitting to bring them 
 a flower, some fruit, some green foliage, or 
 a libation of milk. And they afterwards 
 reaped the reward of this piety from the 
 Gods. Then they gamboled like dogs 
 loosed from their bonds, piped, sang to 
 the goats, and wrestled sportively with 
 the sheep. 
 
 While they were thus amusing them- 
 selves, an old man appeared before them, 
 clad in a goatskin, with shoes of undressed 
 leather on his feet, and carrying a wallet, a 
 very old one, round his neck. Seating him- 
 self close by them, he addressed them as 
 follows : " My children, I am old Philetas : 
 
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34 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 09 TroXXa jmev TaicrS 
 
 TroXXa Se Tft> Haw e/ce/ya) earvpicra, /3owv Se 
 
 ocra eT^o^, jmrjvvcrcw, ocra 
 /. K^?ro9 ecrr/ /xoi TOW e/ 
 ov, e ov vfj.eiv Sia y^pa9 eTravar 
 ardimrjv, ocra copai (pepovcri, iravra exaw ev avrw 
 wpav eKaa-Trjv. ^H/oo9, pdSa, tcplva, KOI 
 , KOI 'la a/Ji</>dTepa' Oepovs, juLrjiccwes, 
 Kal a\paSe<}y Kal /uLrj\a iravTa- vvv, aiu.7re\oi, 
 Kal (TVKat, Kal poial, Kal /mvpra xXoo/oa. E(V 
 TOVTOV TOV KtJ7rov opviQtov ayeXai (rvvepxovrai 
 
 TO CwOlVOV, TCOV /ULCV, 69 TpO^qV, TU>V $, $ 
 
 u>8t]V (rvvrjp<j>Y]$ yap, Kal KardcrKios, Kal 7ryya?9 
 Tpicrl KarafipvTOS' av 7repie\fl Tig Trjv aijuLacriav, 
 aX(TO9 opav oirja~Tai. 
 
 " lEiicreXOdvTi Se JULOI Tri/mepov aju.<pl 
 yfjiepav, VTTO ra?9 poiais KOI ra?9 
 8\7TTai irai?, fjivpTa Kal poia? exwv, \CVKO? 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 34 
 
 I have sung many songs to these Nymphs, 
 I have often played the pipe to Pan yonder, 
 and guided a whole herd of oxen by my 
 voice alone. I am come to tell you what 
 I have seen, and to declare to you what I 
 have heard. 
 
 " I have a garden, which I have planted 
 and cultivated myself, ever since I became 
 too old to tend my flocks. You will always 
 find there everything that grows, in its 
 proper season : in spring, roses, lilies, hya- 
 cinths, single and double violets : in sum- 
 mer, poppies, wild pears, and all kinds of 
 apples : and, in the present autumn season, 
 grapes, figs, pomegranates, and green 
 myrtles. Every morning flocks of birds 
 assemble in the garden, some to seek 
 food, others to sing: for it is thickly 
 shaded by trees, and watered by three 
 fountains : if you were to remove the 
 wall that surrounds it, you would think 
 it was a native forest. 
 
 " When I went into it yesterday about 
 mid-day, I saw a lad under the myrtles 
 and pomegranate trees, with some of their 
 produce in his hands : he was white as 
 
35 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 yaXa, KCU avOo$ w? Trvp, o-rtXTn/o? a>? 
 XovyUtyo?. TVJU.VOS Jjv, JULOVOS tjv 7raiev 
 a)? 'iSiov Krjirov Tpvywv. 'Eyco HJLCV ovv cop/mtjcra 
 
 tV CiVTOV W? (TV\\t]\l^6jULVO9 } (WcTd? fAt] V7T* 
 
 ayepcoxtas ra? fjLVpplvag KOI ra? pom? /cara- 
 /cXaoY/' 6 ^e /xe KOV(J)(*)$ KO.I paSicos vTrefavye, 
 Trore yuet' ra?? /6o^a)^iaf? v7roTpex<M, Trore ^e 
 
 TGU9 fJLrjKUXTlV VTTOKpVTTTOfJieVOS, COCTTrep 
 
 veoTTo$. Ka/roi TroXXa/ct? /xei/ 
 
 jmeTCiOecDv /xocrxoi/? apTiyevvi'iTOVs' aXXa 
 
 TOVTO TTOlKiXoV TL 
 
 a>9 yepcov, KCU eTrepeia-a/jievos 
 l d'yua ^)V\UTTODV /u.tj (f>vyfl, e 
 6av6]UL*ii/ T/i/o? ecTTf TOW yeiToVft)!/, /caf ri 
 /3ov\6ju.evo$ aX\oTpiov K^TTOV Tpvya. '0 ^e 
 JULCV ovSev crra? ^e 7rX/(7/oj/, eyeXa 
 o^, Acai e/3aXXe ^te TO?? /uLvprois, KCU, 
 OVK old' OTTO)?, eOe\ye JUUJKCTL OvjuLOvcrOai. 'E<5e- 
 o/x>7/ ow V X e ^ a? f^0eiv f /uitjSev <f>o/3ovjuivov 
 ert, /ecu WJJLVVOV Kara TWV /mvproDv a<p}i<Tii>, eiri- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 35 
 
 milk and ruddy as fire, and his body 
 shone as if he had just been bathing. 
 He was naked and alone, and he was 
 amusing himself with plucking the fruit 
 as if the garden had belonged to him. 
 I rushed at him to seize him, being afraid 
 that, in his wantonness, he might break 
 my trees : but he nimbly and easily 
 escaped my hand, now running under the 
 rose-bushes, now hiding himself under the 
 poppies, like a young partridge. I have 
 often had trouble in chasing young kids, 
 and tired myself with running after newly- 
 born calves : but this was a wily crea- 
 ture, and could not be caught. Being an 
 old man, and obliged to support myself 
 with a stick, I soon became tired : and, 
 being afraid that he might escape, I asked 
 him to which of my neighbours he be- 
 longed, and what he meant by pluck- 
 ing the fruit in a stranger's garden. He 
 made no answer, but, coming close to 
 me, laughed quietly, flung some myrtle- 
 berries at me, and, somehow or other, 
 appeased my anger. I asked him to come 
 to me without fear, and I swore by my 
 
36 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 Sov$ juLrjXwv KOI poiwv, Trape^eiv re ael rpvyav 
 Ta <j>VTa KOI SpeTretv TCL avOrj, TV\U>V Trapa 
 
 avrou 
 
 IT aw Kcnrvpov yeXaaras, a<pit 
 rjv, olav ovre xeXiStov, oure arjSuw, ovre 
 KVKVOS, oyuoto? jj.ot yepwv yei/oV^o?. 'E/xot 
 /mev, co 3>i\rjTa, <j>i\fjaral ere TroVo? ovSeis' (/3ov- 
 Xo/xai yap <pi\ei<r6ai jULaXXov, r] crv yeve<rOai 
 veo$') opa Se e'l voi KOL& rjXiKiav TO Swpov. 
 QvSev yap ere a)0eXi}(7et TO yrjpas Trpo? TO M 
 dia)Kiv ejuLe /xeTa TO ei/ <pL\rj/ma. Afcr&j/oaTO? 
 eya) KOI lepaKi, KOL aero) Kal e'1 Tf9 aXXo? 
 
 TOVTCOV (JOKVTCpOS OpVl$. OuTOl 7TCU? eya), Kttl 
 
 cl SOKW TraF?, aXXa TOU K/aoVoy TT pea- /Sure pos, 
 KOI avTOv TOV Trat/To? \povov. Ka/ ere o/^a 
 ve/ULOVTa 7rp(*)6rj(3r]v ev eKGivw TOO eXet TO 
 /3ovKO\iov, KOI Traprjimriv croi 
 
 aXXa yue oi^x ew/oa?, Kairoi 7r\r)<riov yttaXa 
 TrapecTTOoTa. ZoJ /xej/ oyi/ eKeivrjv 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 36 
 
 myrtles, and, in addition, by my apples 
 and pomegranates, that I would let him 
 pluck the fruits of my trees and cull my 
 flowers whenever he pleased, if he would 
 only give me one kiss. 
 
 "Then, laughing loudly, he began to 
 speak in a voice sweeter than that of 
 a swallow, or nightingale, or swan as 
 old in years as myself : ' It would be easy 
 for me to kiss you, Philetas : for my wish 
 to be kissed is stronger than your desire 
 to become young again : but look to 
 it whether the gift is suitable to your 
 age. For, when you have once kissed 
 me, your years will not exempt you from 
 a desire to pursue me : but neither the 
 hawk, nor eagle, nor other bird that is 
 swift on the wing can catch me. I am not 
 a child, even though I seem to be : I am 
 older than Kronos, more ancient than all 
 time. I knew you in the bloom of your 
 first youth, when you tended your nume- 
 rous flock in yonder marsh, and I was by 
 your side when you played upon your pipe 
 under the beech-trees, when you were in 
 love with Amaryllis, but you did not see 
 
37 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 KCU ySrj aroL TraiSes ayaBoi /3ovKO\oi KOI 
 yewpyoi. Nw/ Se A.d<pviv Trot/xcuVo) /ecu XXoijv 
 KCU rjvLKa av CLVTOVS ei$ ev crvvdyco TO etoOivov, 
 etj TOV crov epx ^ 1 K^TTOJ/, KOI repTTOjULcu TOIS 
 avOevi KOI rois <j>VTOt9, Kav rats Tn/ycu? Tavrais 
 \ovo/m.at. Ata TOVTO /caXa KCU TO. avQrj KCU. TCI 
 <pvTct, TO?? ejuLois \ovTpoi$ ctpSojuLeva. "0/oa Se 
 /UT} TL <TOI TWV <f>VTU>v /cara/ce/cXacTTaf, jmr/ TI$ 
 OTrcopa TTpvyt]Tcu, JULTI ri? avOovs pla TreTra- 
 TrjTCtt, /ULJJ Ti? Trtiyrj TeTapGLKTai. Kal Xdlpe 
 ]u.ovo$ avOpcoTTcov ev yvipa 6eo.<raju.evo$ TOVTO 
 
 TO TraiOlOV. 
 
 " Ta^Ta eiTTdw, avtjXctTO, KaOcnrep arjSovo? 
 i/eorro?, e'Tri ra? juLvpplvas, KOI K\aSov a/jLeL^wv 
 CK K\aStov, Sia TWV (j>vX\(0v avelpirev eis aKpov. 
 
 E?<5oi/ aVTOV KCU TTTGpVyaS K TtOV WfJiCDV, KCU 
 
 Todpia iu.Tav TTTepvywv KOL rcoi/ w^icoi/, KGLI 
 
 OVKCTL elSoV OVT TCLVTCt, OUT CWTOV. Ef ^6 
 
 TCLVTOLS ret? -rroAia? ecfrvcra, 
 ra? 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 37 
 
 me ; and yet I was very close to her. I 
 gave her to you, and the fruit of your union 
 has been stalwart sons, good herdsmen and 
 labourers. But now Daphnis and Chloe 
 are my care : and when I have brought 
 them together in the morning, I come into 
 your garden, to enjoy the sight of the 
 plants and flowers, and to bathe in this 
 spring. This is why all the produce of 
 your garden is fair to see, since it is watered 
 by my bath. Look whether any branch 
 is broken, whether any fruit is plucked, 
 whether any flower is trodden upon, or 
 your springs disturbed. Think yourself 
 happy that you are the only man who has 
 seen this child in your old age.' 
 
 " With these words, he sprang up, like a 
 young nightingale, upon the myrtles, and, 
 mounting from branch to branch, at length 
 reached the top. Then I saw that he had 
 wings on his shoulders, and a bow and 
 arrows between the wings and his shoulders, 
 and after that I saw him no more. But, 
 unless my grey hairs count for nothing, 
 unless I have grown more foolish with age, 
 you are consecrated to Love, my children, 
 and Love watches over you." 
 
38 AOrrOY 
 
 Haw cTep^Orjarap wcnrep juvOov, ov \6yov, 
 
 CLKOVOVTCS, KOI eTTVvOdvOVTO TL <TTL 7TOT6 6 
 
 J/ E/oo)9, TTOTepa irai?, y opvis, KOL TL Svvarai ; 
 TLaXiv ovv 6 ^Xiyra? e<prj' " Geo9 ecrrlv, & 
 TraiSes, o v E/oft)?, veog KCU /caXo9, KCU Trero- 
 
 /X6J/O9. AfCt TOVTO KOI VeOTtJTL X a ^P eL > KCL\\O^ 
 
 8iutKi, KCU ra? ^fsvxa? avcnrTepol. Avvarai 
 
 Se TO(TOVTOV, O<TOV OV$ 6 ZtV<}. K/)aTf jUieV 
 
 <TTOL\eLu)v, Kparei Se aa-Tpwv Kparel Se TCOV 
 oimoiwv Oewv ovSe v/mei$ TOCTOVTOV TWV alywv 
 
 KOI TWV 7rpO/3dTto)V. Ta avOtJ TTOLVTa J/ E/OtOTO9 
 
 epya ra <j>vra Tavra TOVTOV Troiv/xara. Am 
 TOVTOV teal Trora/uiol peovcri, KOI ave/JLOL 
 
 Se eya) KOI ravpov epacrOevra, KOI a>? 
 7r\rjyel$ e/xu/caro' KCU Tpayov <pi\v- 
 cravTa aiya, KOI >JKO\ov6ei TravTa\pv. AUTO? 
 /mev yap qjULW veos, Kal qpdcr6r)v Ajmapv\\iSo$' 
 Kal ovT ryoo0^9 eyue/xj/^/x>7J/, oi/re TTOTOJ/ Trpoar- 
 e<j>epoiu.riv, ovTe VTTVOV ypovimrjv. ^HXyow Trjv 
 yv, Trjv KapStav 7ra\\6/u.t]V, TO 
 
 veKpov/mevos, e/9 Trora/xo^ evefiawov a>9 /cao- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 38 
 
 Daphnis and Chloe were as delighted as 
 if they had heard some fable, and not a true 
 story, and asked what Love was ; whether 
 it was a bird or a child, and what it could 
 do. Philetas replied: "My children, Love 
 is a winged God, young and beautiful. 
 Wherefore he takes delight in youth, pur- 
 sues beauty, and furnishes the soul with 
 wings : his power is greater than that of 
 Zeus. He has power over the elements 
 and over the stars : and has greater con- 
 trol over the other Gods that are his equals 
 than you have over your sheep and goats. 
 The flowers are all the work of Love ; the 
 plants are his creation. He makes the 
 rivers to run, and the winds to blow. I 
 have seen a bull smitten with love, and 
 it bellowed as if stung by the gadfly: I 
 have seen a he-goat kissing its mate, and 
 following it everywhere. I myself have 
 been young, and was in love with Ama- 
 ryllis : then I thought neither of eating nor 
 drinking, and I took no rest. My soul was 
 troubled, my heart beat, my body was 
 chilled : I shouted as if I were being 
 beaten, I was as silent as a dead man, I 
 
39 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 juei/O9* KCL\OVV Tov Ilcu/a /SoyOov, a>9 KOI 
 TJ?9 Urn/Off epacrOevTa' eTTflvovv Ttjv 
 <w, TO ' AjULapvX\tSo$ ovo/u.0. jmer ejme 
 Ka\ov<rav /care/cXwi/ ra? crvpiyyas, OTL JULOI 
 ra9 /mev /Sou? eQe\yov, 'AuapuXXlSa Se OVK 
 fjyov. 'E/ocDTO? yc(/o ov&ev <j>apiu.a.Kov, ov TTLVO- 
 /mevov, OVK <T6i6/u.vov, OVK ev u>Sats \d\ovjuievov, 
 
 OTL fJ.rj 0/X/yUa, KOL 7Tpl/3o\r], KOI (TVyKOLTa- 
 
 K\i6ijvai yv/mvois o-co/xacr/." 
 
 ^fXiyra? yueVrot rai/ra 7raiSev(ra$ avTOv?, 
 aTraXXarreraf, Tvpov$ TIVOLS 7ra/o' aurcov /ecu 
 epupov jjSrj Kpd<TTr]v \a/3oev. Ot (5e /ULOVOI /cara- 
 
 \l<p6eVT?, KOI TOT6 TTpWTOV aKOVOraVTC? TO 
 
 "E/)&)TO9 ovojuia, ra? re x^^a? crvvecrTa\r]<Tav 
 
 V7TO \V7Trj?, KO.I 7rave\66vT$ VVKTWp 61? T09 
 
 9, Trapef$a\\ov 0X9 Jicowtrav ra avTwv. 
 A.\yov<riv oi epwvTes' KOI rj/u.ci$. 'AjmeXovcriv 
 a>9' /c^ ^ef"9 tjime\^Ka/uLev. JLaOcvSeiv ov 
 ovvavTGu- TOVTO fjiev KOI vvv Trdcrxo/Uiev rj/JLelg. 
 fioKovcri- KOI Trap' ^/x?!/ TO TTU/O. 
 aXXr/Xof9 o/oai/' ^m TOVTO 6aT- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 39 
 
 plunged into the rivers as if I were con- 
 sumed by fire : I called upon Pan, himself 
 enamoured of Pitys, to help me : I thanked 
 Echo, who repeated the name of Amaryllis 
 after me : I broke my pipes, which, though 
 they charmed my kine, could not bring 
 Amaryllis to me. For there is no remedy 
 for Love, that can be eaten or drunk, or 
 uttered in song, save kissing and em- 
 bracing, and lying naked side by side." 
 
 Philetas, having thus instructed them, 
 departed, taking away with him a present 
 of some cheeses and a horned goat. When 
 they were left alone, having then for the 
 first time heard the name of Love, they 
 were greatly distressed, and, on their return 
 to their home at night, compared their 
 feelings with what they had heard from 
 the old man : " Lovers suffer : so do we. 
 They neglect their work : we have done 
 the same. They cannot sleep : it is the 
 same with us. They seem on fire : we are 
 consumed by fire. They are eager to see 
 each other : it is for this that we wish the 
 day to dawn more quickly. This must be 
 Love, and we are in love with each other 
 
40 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 TOV cvxofjieOa yevecrOat Trjv fi/u.pav. 
 TOVTO <TTIV 6 e/>o>9, KGU epw/mev aXXijXwv 
 OVK eiSoTe?. E TOVTO jmrf <TTLV 6 e/oo)?, 
 eyo) $e 6 epw/u.evos, TL ovv TCLVTO. aXyov/mev ; 
 T/ 5e aXXr/Xou? *]Tov/u.v ; 'AXyOf] Trai/ra 
 GiVey o ^iX^ra?. To e/c TOU KJTTOV TrcuSlov 
 w(j>6r] KOI TO?? 7raTpd<Tiv fumwv ovap eKeivo, KOI 
 
 ve/metv ^/xa? ra? ayeXa? eKeXevcre. Ila)? ai/ Tf? 
 auro Xa/Bot ; Mt/cyoov ecrrt, /cal <f>eveTai. JLai 
 7TW9 aj^ T9 OUTO <pvyoi ; Ure/oa exef, KCU /cara- 
 Xtf\lseTai. 'ETT ra? NJ/u^a? <5el /3or]9ov$ rara- 
 (f>vyelv ; 'AXX' o^e ^X^rat/ 6 Hay axpeXrjcrev 
 'A/xa/ofXX/(5o9 epwvTa. ' 0<ra direis apa <f>ap- 
 /xa/ca, Tat/roc f^r^Wa' <plXrjjuLa, KOI TreptTrXoKt], 
 KCU Ki(rOai yv/jivovs \afj.cu. Kpuo9 M^> aXXa 
 KapTep^cro/mev SevTepov ytxera ^Xifrcu/." 
 
 TOUTO auro^ ylveTai WKTepivov Tra^eimj- 
 
 f ayayoi/re9 r^9 eTriovarrjs fumepa? ra9 
 e/9 vojmtjv, e<p[Xr]<Tav IJLCV aXX7yXof9 
 
 o /JLrJTroo irpOTepov eiroirjo-av KOI Trepte- 
 
 To Se 
 TptTOV COKVOW <j>ap/u,aKOv, aTToSvOevTe? /cara- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 40 
 
 without knowing it. If this be not love, 
 and I am not beloved, why are we so dis- 
 tressed ? why do we so eagerly seek each 
 other? All that Philetas has told us is 
 true. It was that boy in the garden who 
 once appeared to our parents in a dream, 
 and bade us tend the flocks. How can we 
 catch him ? he is small and will escape. 
 And how can we escape him ? he has wings 
 and will overtake us. We must appeal to 
 the Nymphs for help. But Pan could not 
 help Philetas, when he was in love with 
 Amaryllis. Let us, therefore, try the re- 
 medies of which he told us : let us kiss and 
 embrace each other, and lie naked on the 
 ground. It is cold : but we will endure it, 
 after the example of Philetas." 
 
 This was their nightly lesson. At day- 
 break they drove out their flocks, kissed 
 each other as soon as they met, which they 
 had never done before, and embraced : but 
 they were afraid to try the third remedy, 
 to undress and lie down together: for it 
 would have been too bold an act for a 
 young shepherdess, even for a goatherd. 
 Then again they passed sleepless nights, 
 
 6 
 
4i AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 K\i6f]var OpacrvTepov yap ov JULOVOV irapOevow, 
 a\\a KOI vewv cuVoXftB/. TLaXiv ovv aypvirvla 
 KOLI evvoiav TU>V yeyevy/ULevcw, Kctl /cara- 
 
 juLju.\jstv TUIV TrapaXeXeijULimevcov. " KaJ e^X>}- 
 <rafj.v, KOI ovSev o^eXo?* Trepie/BaXojULev, KOI 
 
 OvSeV 7T\OV (TXO]ULV. To OVV KOLTaKXlOrjVCU 
 ILQVQV (fiap/JLClKOV I/3WTO?. TLeipCLTeOV KCti TOVTOV 
 
 TravTws ev avrw TI Kpeirrov earrai ^fXr//xaro9''' 
 'ExJ TOVTOIS TO?? Xoyiarjuioi?, olov e/Vo?, KOI 
 oveipara ecopcw cpwriKa, ra (/>i\rfiu.aTa, ra? 
 irepi/SoXas' KOI ocra Se /u.0' Jj/mepav OVK 
 Tairra bvap e7rpaai>' yvjjivoi /ULCT' a 
 Keivro. 'lv0eu)Tepoi Se Kara TTJV ewiovarav 
 ^jmepav avevrriarav, KOI polfo ra? ayeXa? /car?}- 
 \avvov, 7reiy6]u.evoi TT/OO? ret ^fX/iyuara* /ca: 
 iSovres a\\7}\ov<;, d/u.a juLetStajuLctTi KctTeSpa/uLov. 
 Ta juiev ovv ^fXr/yuara eyeveTO, KOI rj 7repi/3o\ij 
 
 TWV \eipWV 1JKO\OvOrj<T' TO Se TptTOV <pap/ULClKOV 
 
 e/BpdSvve, /XTJTC TOV Ad<j>vtSo$ ToX/xwi/ro? eiTreiv, 
 TW XXoi?? /3ov\oju.evr]$ Karapx^at, earre 
 KOI TOVTO eirpa^av. 
 
 eirl crreXexof? Spvos, 7r\rj<rlov 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 41 
 
 thinking of what they had done, and re- 
 gretting what they had left undone. " We 
 have kissed each other," they complained, 
 " but it has profited nothing. We have 
 embraced, but nothing has come of it. 
 The only remaining remedy is to lie 
 down together : let us try it : surely there 
 must be something in it more efficacious 
 than in a kiss." 
 
 With such thoughts as these their 
 dreams were naturally of love and kisses 
 and embraces : what they had not done in 
 the day, they did in a dream : they lay 
 naked together. The next morning, they 
 got up more inflamed with love than ever, 
 and drove their flocks to pasture, whistling 
 loudly, and hurried to embrace each other : 
 and, when they saw each other from a 
 distance, they ran up with a smile, kissed, 
 and embraced : but the third remedy was 
 slow to come : for Daphnis did not ven- 
 ture to speak of it, and Chloe was 
 unwilling to lead the way, until chance 
 brought them to it. 
 
 They were sitting side by side on the 
 trunk of an oak: and, having tasted the 
 
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42 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 KOI yev(rdju.evoi Trjs ev <J>i\rjju.aTi 
 Tep\]sa)$, aTrXr/crTco? eve<popovvTO TJ?? rjSovrjs. 
 Se KOI yeipu>v 7repi/3o\ai, 6\i\/siv TO?? 
 Trapeyovvai. Kara Trjv TCOV \eipwv 
 7Tpi/3o\r]v fiiaiorepov Stj TOV Aa^)j/f ^09 eTrianra- 
 K\LVTat TTW? ewl TrXevpav rj XXo>/, 
 Se crfy/cara/cXiJ/erat TO) <pi\iiju.aTi 
 KOI yv(j$pi(ravTe<s TWV oveipo&v T>]V 
 KeivTO iro\vv \povov cocrTrep crvv- 
 tvoi. Ef<5ore9 ^e T<W evrevOev ovdev, KOI 
 vojj.icravTes TOVTO clvou Tre/oa? aTrdXavcreco? 
 
 epCOTlKlj?, fJLCLTriV TO 7T\ei<TTOV T^ff flfJLepa$ 
 
 3a7ravri(ra.VTes, SieXvOtjvav, KOI ra? ayeXa9 
 aTrrjXavvov, Tr\v VVKTCL JULI<TOVVT$. ^lo-co? 8' av 
 TI TCOV a\rj6u>i/ eTTpaav, ei jmrj 66pv/3o$ TOioarSe 
 TY\V aypoiKiav eKeivrjv AcareXa/8e. 
 
 ^/LyOvjULvaioi TT\OV(TIOI, ScaOearOai TOV 
 TpvyrjTOV ev eviKrj Tep\}sei OeXrjaravTe?, vavv 
 
 KGU ot/cera? f 7rpo<TKW7rovg 
 
 rou? fTf^i/ai ay/oou? 
 , ocrot OaXcLTTtj? TrXrjcriov. 
 TC yap ij TrapaXia, KOI oiKrjareariv tj 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 42 
 
 delights of kissing, they could not have 
 enough : in their close embrace their lips 
 met closely. While Daphnis pulled Chloe 
 somewhat roughly towards him, she some- 
 how fell on her side, and Daphnis, fol- 
 lowing up his kiss, fell also on his 
 side: then, recognising the likeness of 
 the dream, they lay for a long time as if 
 they had been bound together. But, not 
 knowing what to do next, and thinking 
 that this was the consummation of love, 
 they spent the greater part of the day in 
 these idle embraces; then, cursing the 
 night when it came on, they separated, 
 and drove their flocks home. Perhaps they 
 would have found out the truth, had not 
 a sudden disturbance occupied the atten- 
 tion of the whole district. 
 
 Some wealthy young Methymnaeans, 
 wishing to amuse themselves away from 
 home during the vintage, launched a 
 small vessel, manned with their servants 
 as oarsmen, and coasted along the shore 
 of Mitylene, which affords good harbour- 
 age, and is adorned with splendid houses, 
 baths, parks, and groves, some natural, 
 
43 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKflN 
 
 . Kal \ovrpa orvvexn, TrapdSeicrol. 
 re Kal a\<n)' TO. jmev (pvcrecos epya, ra Se 
 Trdvra evoiKrja-ai /caXa. 
 e /cat evopju.ioju.evoi, KCLKOV 
 jj.ev CTTOIOVV ovSev, Tepifsei? Se Trof/c/Xa? erep- 
 7TOVTO" Trore fj.ev ayKiarrpois KaXa/uuav airrjp- 
 
 TrilJLVOl$ K XtVOV \TTTOV, TTeT/Oa/Of? f*X^^ 
 
 a\iuovT$ K Trer/oa? aXirei/oi'?' Trore ^e /ci/cri 
 /cat <5f/crJo/9 Xayajoi'9, tpevyovTas TOV ev raf? 
 auTreXoi? 66pv/3ov, \ajuL/3avovTe$. '^iSrj Se 
 KOI opvlOow ay/)a? efjieXrjarev avTois, Kal e\a/3ov 
 X*J va< > MYploW* KCU ^/rra?, /caf tort^a?' 
 Kal rj Tep\jsi$ avrois Kal Tpairefys to(j)e- 
 \eiav Trapelx^V' Et Se TWOS irpocreSei, Trapa 
 rwv ev Tol<$ ay/Qo?? eXa/x/8ai^o^ TrepiTTorepovs 
 
 JULOVOV apTov Kal oivov Kal (jrey^?' 01) ya/Q 
 , fj.eT07r(mpivfj$ wpag e(TT<iocni$, 
 cocrre Kal rr\v vavv avei\Kov 
 eirl TTJV yfjv, j/J/cra x l l UL ' P LOV ^e^of/core?. 
 
 Twv Se Stj TI 9 aypoiKow, e? avo\Ktjv \iOov 0\i- 
 flovros TO. TrartjOevra porpv 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 43 
 
 others artificial, but all pleasant to dwell 
 in. Coasting along and putting in to land 
 from time to time, they did no damage, but 
 amused themselves in various ways. They 
 fastened hooks to the end of a fine line 
 attached to the end of a reed, and caught 
 fish from a rock that jutted out into the 
 sea : or, with dogs and nets, captured the 
 hares which were scared by the noise of the 
 labourers in the vineyard ; or again, they 
 set snares for ducks, wild geese, and bus- 
 tards, which, besides affording them sport, 
 provided them with an addition to their 
 repast. If they wanted anything else, they 
 bought it from the villagers, at a higher 
 price than it was worth. They only needed 
 bread, wine, and lodging, for, as it was 
 late in the autumn, they did not think it 
 was safe to pass the night on the water: 
 they accordingly drew up the ship on land, 
 being afraid of a storm by night. 
 
 It chanced that a peasant, being in need 
 of a rope to lift up the stone that was 
 used for crushing the grapes after they had 
 been trodden (his own being broken), went 
 secretly down to the sea-shore, and, finding 
 
44 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKflN 
 
 r79 TrpoTepov /oayetcrj/?, Kpvtya eVi T^V da\ar- 
 TOLV eXOcov, a</>povpr'iT(*y Tfl vrji 7rpo<re\0u>v, TO 
 Tretcrjuia e/cXfcra?, o'tKaSe /co^u'cra?, e? o, T eXPH~ 
 ev, ex/o^/craro. "Eeo^ei/ o^r/ ot M^Of/xi/aroi i/ea- 
 eTTotovvTO TOV 7re/(7/>taTO9, /cai 
 ya/> ovSets Tyv K\OTTYJV) dX/ya 
 jULju.\lsdju.evoi TOV? ^evoSoKovs, TrapeTrXeov Kal 
 TpiaKOVTO. 7rape\dcravT$, TrpovopfjiL- 
 aypols ev ot? WKOVV rj XXo*7 Kal 6 
 yap avTOtg KO\OV etvai TO 
 TreSiov e? Orjpav Xaywcoj/. S^o^oi/ /mev ovv 
 OVK elxov COOTTC eKS^araarOai TreZcr^ta' XJyo^ 8e 
 av <rTpe\lsai>Te$ co? <r\olvov, 
 
 vavv CK T^? TrpvjuLi/tj? a/c/oa? 
 
 TOI/? /cJj/a? acf>evT<3 p 
 ev TCtl$ evKaipois <f>aivofj.evai$ TWV oSwv, e\ivo- 
 
 (TTOLTOVV. 01 ]ULV Sr] KVV$ ofytta vXdKfl Sia6eOVT$, 
 
 e<po/3r](rav ra? a?ya?* at (5e, ra opeiva /cara- 
 \L7rov(rai, JULO\\OV TL TT/OO? T^I/ ^aXarrai/ w/o- 
 jULrjarav. "Exof crat (5e ou^ei/ ei/ ^OLJULJULO) Tpa>iiu.ov, 
 e\6ov(rai TT/QO? T^I/ J^aw at' OpcurvTepat CLVTWV, TJJV 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 44 
 
 the ship unguarded, unfastened the cable, 
 took it home, and used it for what he 
 wanted. In the morning, the young Me- 
 thymnaeans looked everywhere for the 
 rope, and, as no one admitted the theft, 
 after abusing their hosts, they put out to 
 sea again. Having sailed on about thirty 
 stades, they put in at that part of the coast 
 where was the estate on which Daphnis 
 and Chloe dwelt : since it seemed to them 
 to be a good country for coursing. But, as 
 they had no rope with which to moor their 
 vessel, they twisted some long green osiers 
 into a cable, and with them fastened it 
 to land : then, having let loose their dogs 
 to scent the game in the most likely spots, 
 they spread their nets. The dogs, running 
 in all directions and barking, frightened 
 the goats, which left the hills and fled 
 hastily in the direction of the sea. There, 
 finding nothing to eat in the sand on the 
 shore, some of them, bolder than the rest, 
 went up to the boat, and gnawed off the 
 osiers with which it was fastened. 
 
 It so happened that the sea was rather 
 rough, as there was a breeze blowing from 
 
45 A01TOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 \vyov rr]v xXw/oai>, y SeSero Y\ vavs, aTre</>ayov. 
 
 'Hi/ Se Tl KOi K\VOU)VIOI> V Tfl OoXoLTTfl, KL~ 
 
 aXa \v0eicrav avTyv virrfveyKev rj 7ra\ippoia 
 TOU Kvfj.aTo$, Kal ? TO TreXayo? fJirretopov efa- 
 pev. AfV0?}(7eft)? <5e ToFj ]/Lrj6v[j.vatoi$ yevofj-evris, 
 ol jj.ev CTTL QaXcLTTav e'Oeov, OL Se TOV$ KVVCLS 
 crvveXeyov e/3oW Se Trdvre?, a>? Trat/ra? rot'? 
 CK TWV Tr\r)<rtov ayptov oLKovGavTas crvve\6eiv. 
 'AXX' YIV ovSei> o^eXo?* TOU yap Tri/eJ/xaTO? 
 a/c/xccfoi/TO?, aaryeTU) TCL^L Kara povv rj vav? 
 
 (pepTO. 01 S' OVV OVK O\lyCi)V KTri/ULaT(DV 
 M.tjOvjULVaiOl CTTepO/ULCVOl, efyjTOVV TOV V6JU.OVTCL 
 
 ray a?ya9 KOI evpdvres TOV Aa^wy, eiraiov, 
 CLTreSvov. El? Se Tt? Kal KvvoSear/uiOV apajmevos, 
 Trepifjye ra? x e ip a $> ? S^<r(av. '0 Se c/3da re 
 
 /cal iKTeve roy? aypoiicov?, Kal TT/OCO- 
 re TOI/ Aa/xft>i/a /caJ TOI> A/oJai/ra /3o*i6ov$ 
 7TKa\eiTO. OL Se avTeixovTO (TKifipol yepovTes, 
 yecopyiKwv epycov lcr\v 
 
 Acal rj^iovv SiKaioXoyrjcrao'Oai irepl TU>V yeyevq- 
 
 JJLGVWV. 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 45 
 
 the mountains: and, as soon as the boat 
 was unfastened, the tide carried it away 
 into the open sea. When the young 
 Methymnaeans saw what had occurred, 
 some of them ran down to the shore, and 
 others called their dogs together: and all 
 raised such a shout that all the labourers 
 hurried up from the neighbouring fields. 
 But it was all in vain : for, as the breeze 
 freshened, it bore away the vessel down 
 the current with irresistible force. 
 
 Then the Methymnaeans, having thus 
 sustained a considerable loss, looked for 
 the keeper of the goats, and, having found 
 Daphnis, flogged him and stripped him of 
 his clothes. One of them, taking up a dog- 
 leash, twisted Daphnis's hands behind his 
 back, intending to bind him. He shouted 
 loudly as he was being beaten, and 
 implored the countrymen to help him, 
 above all Lamon and Dryas. They, being 
 vigorous old men, whose hands were 
 hardened by their labours in the fields, 
 assisted him stoutly, and demanded that 
 a fair inquiry should be held into what 
 had taken place. 
 
46 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 Tavra Se KOL TWV a\\wv aiovvT(tiv, 
 Ka9iov<ri <&i\r]Tav TOV flovKoXov Trpea 
 re yap rjv TGOV Trapovrcw, Kctl /cXeo? elyev ev 
 rof? Ka)/ULt)Tai$ SiKaiovvvrjs TrepiTTrjs. Tipcoroi 
 Se KctTrjyopovv ot M.t]6v]u.vatoL cra(j)f] KOL vvv- 
 TOJU.CI, fiovKoKov eyovTes SiKaa-TyV' " 
 ei$ TOVTOVS TOVS aypov?, Orjpacrai 
 Trjv jjLev ovv VCLVV XJya) ^Xco/oa Srja-avres, eTrl 
 TeXiTTOimev avTol 8e Sia TWV KVVWV 
 eTTOiou/meOa Orjplcov. E^ TOVTM 7rpo$ 
 OaXdTTav at aiyes TOUTOV KareXOova-at, 
 re \vyov Karea-QLova-L Kai Tr\v vavv CLTTO- 
 \vov(riv. Ef^e? avryv eV rfj OaXaTTfl (pepo- 
 /mevrjv, TTOCTOW dtei /xecrr^ ayaOcov ; Ola JJLCV 
 ecrOrjs ccTroXtoXei/, 0109 Se /cocTytto? KVVWV, oarov Se 
 apyvpiov Toy? aypov$ av TIS Toi/TOf?, eKeiva 
 excw, (jwrjvaiTO. 'Ai/$' &v a^iovfjiev ayeiv 
 
 TOVTOV, TTOVqpOV OVTCL ai7r6\OV } O? CTrl T*/? 
 
 vejuei ra? afya? a)? j/ai/r*??." 
 
 ol ]ILr]OvjUivaioi KaTrjyoptjcrav. '0 
 dieKeiro /uev KCIKWS VTTO TWV 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 46 
 
 As the others who had come up pressed 
 the same demand, the herdsman Philetas 
 was chosen as umpire : for he was the 
 oldest of those present, and he had the 
 reputation amongst his fellow villagers of 
 being perfectly impartial. First the young 
 Methymnaeans briefly and clearly made 
 their complaint : 
 
 " We came to these fields to hunt. We 
 had fastened our boat to the shore with a 
 green osier-withe, and left it there : after 
 which, we set out with our dogs to look for 
 game. Meanwhile, this man's goats went 
 down to the shore, ate the osiers, and set 
 loose the boat. You yourself saw it being 
 carried away out to sea : what do you think 
 was the value of the property with which 
 it was loaded ? of the clothes and dog- 
 trappings, besides money, enough to pur- 
 chase this estate ? Wherefore, by way of 
 recompense, we claim that we have a right 
 to carry away this rascally goatherd, who 
 pastures his flock on the sea-shore, as if he 
 were a sailor." 
 
 Such was the charge brought by the 
 Methymnaeans. Daphnis, although suf- 
 
47 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 XXoyv Se opwv irapovcrav, iravTWV KaT<j>p6vei, 
 KOI wSe etTrey " 'Eyw veju.co ra? atya? /caXoo?. 
 (]Tid<raTO /CW/A/JTJ/? ovSe el?, w? 37 
 
 /3\acTTdvov<rav /care/cXacre^. O^rof <5e etcri KV- 
 vrjycTai Trovrjpol, KOI Kvvas exovcrt /ca/cto? 
 TreTraiSevfjievovs, o'lTive? Tpexovres TroXXa, KOI 
 
 V\CtKTOVVT$ OTKXypa, KCLTeSlGO^ClV aVTU$ K 
 OpCOV Kdl TCOV TTeSlGOV C7TI Tt]V OdXciTTClV 
 
 \VKOI. 'AXXa aTretpayov Ttjv \vyov ov yap 
 etX ol/ ^ x^a^yuw Troai/, ^ KOjmapov, r] OVJULOV. 
 'AXXa aTTcoXero rj vav<5 VTTO TOV Tri/eJ/xaro? 
 KOI rrj9 OaXdrrw ravra yeiuwvo?, OVK alywv, 
 ecrriv epya. 'AXXa ecr^i? CVCKGLTO KCU apyvpos' 
 KOI r/9 Tncrreiycref vovv e^v, on Tocravra 
 
 (j>epovcra 
 
 ToJrof? eTreSatcpvcrev 6 Aa^w?, real et$ OLKTOV 
 viniydyeTO TOV$ aypotKOv? TroXvv cocrre 6 
 6 SiKacrTris, COJULVVC Ilaj/a Kal Nuya^a?, 
 v aSiKetv Aa^wi/, aXXa fjLySe ra? aTya?' 
 Se 6a\aTrav KOI TOV ave^ov, &v aXXof? 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 47 
 
 fering terribly from the blows which he 
 had received, seeing Chloe amongst those 
 present, made light of the pain, and spoke 
 as follows : 
 
 " I tend my goats properly. No one in 
 the village has ever complained of a goat of 
 mine browsing in his garden or breaking 
 down his sprouting vines. It is the fault of 
 these sportsmen, who have dogs so badly 
 broken, that they keep running about and 
 barking so loudly, that, like so many wolves, 
 they have driven my goats from the hills 
 and plains to the sea-shore. But they 
 have eaten the osiers : could they find 
 any grass, or wild arbutus, or thyme to 
 eat on the sand ? Again, their boat has 
 been destroyed by the winds and waves : 
 the storm, not my goats, is to blame for 
 this. Again, there was a large store of 
 clothes and money on board : who would 
 be so foolish as to believe that a boat, 
 carrying so valuable a freight, would have 
 been fastened with nothing but a rope 
 made of osier-withes?" 
 
 Having thus spoken, Daphnis began to 
 weep, and moved the villagers to great 
 
48 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 elvai SIKCKTTCIS. OVK eTreiOe Tavra 
 ^ILr)6vjuivaloi$ \eycov aXX' VTT* opyij? o/ 
 arctVTe?, qyov TOV katyviv TraXiv, KCU arvvSeiv 
 */Qe\ov. 'Ej/rai/Oa oi KcoimrJTai ra/oax^eVre?, 
 avTols coo-el \lsape$, rj KoXoioi' KO.I 
 a^cupovvTcii TOV ta<j>viv rjSri KOL 
 avTov fjLaxofJLevov rax^ ^e v\ot$ 
 19 <l>vyriv erpe^av. 
 
 ou irporepov, ecrre TWV opcw avTOug 
 69 aXXoy? aypov?. 
 
 AlCOKOVTCW Se TOV$ M.t)6viULVaiOVS 
 
 XXo>; Kara 7ro\\rjv r]<rv^iav ayei TT/OO? ret? 
 Nu/x^a? TOV Aatpviv, KCU aTrovtirTet re TO 
 7rp6<T(i)7rov fjfJiayiuLevov K TWV ptvcov payeiarwv 
 VTTO 7r\tjyrj$ TWOS, KCU Ttj<s TTrfpa^ TrpoKojuiia-cta-a 
 /mepos KOI Tvpov TyUJ^ua TI, SlSaxrt 
 , TO re /xaXftrra avaKTtjcro/mevov CIVTOV, 
 e(j>i\rj(re juLeXtTwSe? aTraXois rof? 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 48 
 
 compassion : so that Philetas, who had to 
 pronounce the verdict, swore by Pan and 
 the Nymphs, that neither Daphnis nor his 
 goats were in the wrong, but the sea and 
 the wind, which were under the jurisdic- 
 tion of others. However, Philetas could 
 not convince the Methymnaeans, who, in the 
 impulse of their rage, again seized Daphnis, 
 and would have bound him, had not the 
 villagers, roused at this, rushed upon them 
 like a flock of starlings or jackdaws, and 
 speedily rescued Daphnis, who also was 
 stoutly defending himself. Then, with 
 vigorous blows of their clubs, they routed 
 the Methymnaeans, and did not cease from 
 pursuing them, until they had driven them 
 out of their territory. 
 
 While they were thus engaged in the 
 pursuit of the Methymneans, Chloe quietly 
 led Daphnis to the grotto of the Nymphs, 
 where she washed his face which was 
 smeared with the blood from his nostrils : 
 then, taking a slice of bread and some 
 cheese from her wallet, she gave him to 
 eat, and what comforted him most of 
 all she imprinted upon his mouth a 
 
 7 
 
49 AOrrOY nOIMENIKftN 
 
 Tore juiev Srj Trapa TOCTOVTOV Act^w? tj\6e 
 KUKOV' TO Se 7r/oay/xa ov TGLVTU TreTrauro' 
 aXX' e\66vTe$ OL ^/LrjOvjUivaioi ju.6Xi$ ef? T*JV 
 eavTwv, oSoiTropoi JULCV avri vavTwv, Tpav/maTiat 
 Se avrt Tpv<t>u>vT(tiv, e/c/cX^cr/ai/ re crvvriyayov 
 
 , KOI WCeT^/0/a? 6ei>T?, IKTVOV 
 
 Xeyoi/re? 
 
 ovSe eV, M KOI 'JTpoa'KaTayeXa.crroL yevoivro, 
 ToiavTO. KCU ToaravTa Tra^oVre? J^TTO TTOI/ULWCOV 
 3e M-iTvXrjvaiwv, w? Tyv vavv 
 evow, KOI ra xPVf J - aTa apTraaravTtov 
 ojuLw. Ot Se TTicrTevovTes Sia TO. 
 KCU veavivKOis TWV TrpwTwv OLKICOV 
 Trap* avroi? TijULWprjcrai SIKCLIOV 
 
 cravTO, TOV Se orrpartjyov e/ceXefcraj^, Seicct 
 Ka6e\Kv(ravTa, Kaitovpyelv avrcov rrjv TrapaXiav 
 7r\ri<jiov yap xeifAwvos WTO?, OVK rjv acr<f>a\g 
 
 crroXov Trio-Teveiv Ty OaXaTTfl. 
 ^e ev6v$ Tqs eTrioixrrjs avayojmevos avTcpe- 
 
 7rapa0ct\aT- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 49 
 
 kiss sweeter than honey with her tender 
 lips. 
 
 Thus Daphnis had a narrow escape, but 
 the matter did not rest there : for the 
 Methymnaeans, having reached their home 
 with great difficulty on foot, whereas they 
 had come in a ship, full of wounds instead 
 of in the enjoyment of luxury, called 
 an assembly of their fellow-citizens, and, 
 holding out olive branches in sign of 
 supplication, besought them to deign to 
 avenge them : they did not, however, utter 
 a word of truth, for fear that they might 
 be laughed at, for having allowed them- 
 selves to be so maltreated by a few shep- 
 herds : but they accused the Mitylenaeans 
 of having plundered them and seized their 
 vessel and its contents, as if they had been 
 at open war. 
 
 The Methymnaeans believed what they 
 said when they saw their wounds, and, 
 thinking it their duty to avenge their 
 wrongs, since the young men belonged to 
 the highest families in the place, they 
 immediately decided to make war without 
 the usual formalities, and ordered their 
 
 72 
 
50 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 totg TCOV MtnA^i/GuW aypoig. Kcu TroXXa 
 yuei/ fjpTra^e Troijmvia, TTO\VV Se GITOV KOL olvoi, 
 apTi 7re7raviu.evov TOV TpvyyTOv, KOI av6pu>- 
 Se OVK dX/yoi/9, ocrot TOVTWH epyarai. 
 KOI TOI$ T^? XXo^? aypols, KOI 
 TOV Ad<pviSo<}' KOI aTroftaviv o^elav Oe/mevos, 
 \etav rjXavve ra ev TTOCTLV. JULCV Aa^w? OVK 
 evejuie rag cuya?, aXXa 6? Trjv v\t]v aveXOwv, 
 <f>v\\aSa 'x\(*)pav CKOTTTCV, w? ^X f Tr i 
 
 Tpo</>rjv 
 
 *iv, eveKpv\fsev 
 a? ovr)<;. 'H <5e 
 XXo'j? TraprivTals aye\ai<s' KUL SiwKO/mevr] /cara- 
 <pevyei TT/OO? T9 NJ/x0a9 fcerifj 
 
 KOI wv evejme, KCU avTrjs, 8ia 
 'AXX' ?/ ou(5e^ o$>eXo$" ot ya/o M/- 
 TroXXa TWI/ ayaXyuarwi/ /cara/ce/oTO- 
 , /cat TO? ayeXa? ?Xao-a^, 
 rjyayov, cocnrep a?ya, ^ irpofiaTOv, 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 50 
 
 chief captain to put to sea with ten 
 galleys and ravage their coast : for, as the 
 winter was close at hand, it was not safe 
 to intrust a larger fleet to the mercy of 
 the waves. 
 
 On the following day, the captain put 
 out to sea, using his soldiers as oarsmen, 
 and directed his course towards the coast- 
 land of Mitylene. He carried off a large 
 number of cattle, and a quantity of corn 
 and wine, since the vintage was only just 
 over, and also took prisoner a considerable 
 number of those who were working in the 
 fields. He at last landed on the estate 
 where Daphnis and Chloe were tending 
 their flocks, and carried off everything 
 that he could find. At the time Daphnis 
 was not with his flock : for he had 
 gone up to the wood to cut some green 
 branches to serve as fodder for the kids 
 during the winter. Seeing the inroad from 
 a distance, he hid himself in the hollow 
 trunk of a dry beech-tree. Chloe, who 
 was with her flocks, being pursued, fled 
 to the grotto of the Nymphs as a sup- 
 pliant, and besought her pursuers to spare 
 
5i AOrrOY HOIMENIKON 
 
 e >']Sr) TO? vavg TravToScnrrjs ap- 
 jmecrraif, OVKCT eylyvoixrKov TrepaiTepo) 
 iv, aXXa TOV o'iKaSe TT\OVV eTroiovvTo, KOI 
 TOV xeiju,u)va KOI TOW? TroXeyU/oy? SeSioT$. 01 
 /u.ev ovv a7T7r\eov elpecria 
 avefjios yap OVK tjv 6 Se Aa 
 /xeV/9, \6(t)v et? TO TreSiov evOa evejmov, KOI 
 ra? a?ya? iScw, /to/re ra 
 a/3u>v, /xr/re XXo;z/ evpwv, XXa e 
 7ro\\tjv, KOI Ttjv arvptyya e^pi/UL/mcvrji', y <rvvr)- 
 6(0$ ere/oTrero rj XXo>7, /xeya /3oa)j/ /cat \eeivov 
 KWKVCVV, TTore fjiev TT/OO? T^I/ </iyov 
 evOa Ka6e oi/ro TTOTC $e CTT! T 
 
 Trore (5e e?rf ra? 
 Te<pvyev. ']&vTav6a KCU 
 eppL\!sev eavrov xayucu, KaJ raf? 
 trpoSovcrais, Ka.Tefj.efj.faTO. 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 51 
 
 herself and her flocks, out of respect for 
 the goddesses. But it was all in vain : 
 the Methymnaeans insulted the statues 
 and drove off the flocks, and Chloe with 
 them, as if she had been a sheep or a 
 goat, whipping her with switches. 
 
 Their ships being now loaded with all 
 kinds of booty, they made up their minds 
 to sail no further, but directed their course 
 homewards, being afraid of the wintry 
 season and hostile attacks. Accordingly 
 they rowed away as hard as they could, 
 but made slow progress, as there was no 
 wind. Daphnis, when all was quiet, went 
 down to the plain where their flocks had 
 been in the habit of feeding, and finding 
 neither goats nor sheep nor Chloe, but 
 everywhere desolation, and Chloe's pipe, 
 with which she used to amuse herself, 
 lying on the ground, he cried aloud and 
 lamented piteously, now running to the 
 beech under which they used to sit, and 
 now to the seashore, to look for her, and 
 then to the grotto of the Nymphs, where 
 she had taken refuge when she was being 
 carried off. There he flung himself on the 
 
52 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 " 'A^>' VJULCOV fipTrd&Orj XXo'i;, KOI TOVTO iSeiv 
 vjULeis vTre/ULelvaTC q row? (TTe<t>avov$ vfj.iv TrXe- 
 Kovtra, tj (TTrevSovira TOV irpwTOV yaXa/cTO?, 779 
 KOI YI <rvpiy tjSe avdOrj/uLct ; Afya /u.ev ovSe /ULLCIV 
 JULOI \VKOS rjpTracre, TroXeyUfOi Se ryv ayeXrjv KOI 
 Ttjv crvvve/ULOixrav. Kaf TCC? /mev arya? aTroSe- 
 poveri, KOI TO. 7rpd/3aTa KaTaOv<T overt, XAo'y Se 
 
 7TO\IV \O17TOV 
 
 Tcapa TOV TraTepa KOI Ttjv u^re/oa, avev TCOV 
 /, avev XXo>79, XefTre/ayariy? ea-o/mevos ; 
 ya/o ve/uieLV CTI ovSev. ^vravOa Trepi- 
 co Ki/uivo$ t] OdvciTOV, r] 7ro\fj.ov Sevrepov. 
 KOI crv XXo'jy TOiavra Tracrxei? 
 
 TOV Treolov TOvSe, KOI TWV 
 , Ka/mov ; *H Trapa/uivOovvTai ere ra TT/DO- 
 /3ara AcaJ at atye? atx/xaXwrof /xera croi; 
 yevojuLvai ;" 
 
 Tai/ra Xe'yoyra aivroi/, e/c TCOI/ SctKpvcov KOI 
 Trj<s \v7rr]$, VTTVOS /3a6v<f KaTO\ajm./3dvei' KOI 
 avTu> at r/oef? <j>i<TTavTai NJ/x^at, /xeyaXat 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 52 
 
 ground and reproached the Nymphs with 
 having abandoned her : 
 
 " Chloe has been carried off from- you, 
 
 Nymphs, and you have had the heart 
 to see and endure it she who used to 
 weave for you chaplets of flowers and 
 offer you libations of fresh milk, whose 
 pipe hangs suspended yonder as an offer- 
 ing to you. No wolf has ever carried off 
 a single goat of mine, but an enemy has 
 carried off the flock and she who tended 
 it with me. They will flay the goats and 
 sacrifice the sheep, and Chloe will have to 
 dwell in some distant city. How shall I 
 dare to return to my father and mother 
 without my goats and without Chloe, as 
 if I had proved false to my charge ? For 
 
 1 have no longer anything to tend. 
 
 " Here I will lie and await death, or 
 some other attack. Are you suffering like 
 myself, Chloe ? do you still remember 
 these fields, these Nymphs, and me ? or 
 do you find some consolation in the sheep 
 and goats that are your fellow-prisoners ? " 
 
 While he was thus lamenting, a deep 
 sleep overcame him in the midst of his 
 
53 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 KOL KoXai, jfiiyvftvoi KGU avviroSrjTOi, 
 Ta? /co/aa? \\vju.evai, KOI TOI? ayaX/xacny 
 o/uLoiat. Kcu TO JJ.GV irpwTov ewKearav eXeovcrai 
 TOV ka<f>VLV eTTCLTa fj Trpecr/SvTaTr] \eyei 
 
 o>/9 ya/a rijj.lv /uLoXXov % croi jmeXei. 'H/xeF? 
 TOI KOLI iraiStov ovcrav avTtjv ^Xe^cra/xei/, KOI 
 ev T(*)Se TO> avTpw KeuuLevrjv avrrjv ave9pe\JsajUiev. 
 'E/ce/y# TreSlois KOLVQV ovSev KOI TO?? 7r/oo/3a- 
 Ttoi$ TOV Aajuiwvos. Kcu vvv Se fjju.iv TT<ppov- 
 
 TKTTCli TO KGLT KlVr]V, ft)? yUT/TG ff 
 
 KOjULi<r6eicra SovXevoi, /xr/Te /xe/oo? 
 yevoiTO Xe/a? 7roXe/xf/c^?. Kai TOI/ Ilat/a 
 
 KIVOV, TOV V7TO Tfl 7TLTVL lSpVJU.VOV, OV It/met? 
 
 ovSeiroTe ov$ avOecriv eTi/ULrjcraTe, TOVTOV eSet'i- 
 Otjfjiev eTTLKOVpov yevearOai XXoi;?' arvvY)Qri<s yap 
 <TTpa.TO7re8oi$ /uaXXoi/ rjiiwv, KO.I TroXXoi/? ^6'>y 
 
 aTTCLcri TO?? Miy^fyOti/a/of? oy/c aya0o? TroXe- 
 Ka/xi/e 6"e juLrjSev, aXXa ai/acrTa? o<j)6r]Tt 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 53 
 
 grief and tears. The Nymphs appeared to 
 him, three tall and beautiful women, half- 
 naked, without sandals, with their hair float- 
 ing down their backs, just like their statues. 
 At first they seemed to feel compassion for 
 Daphnis : then the eldest addressed him in 
 the following words of comfort : 
 
 " Do not reproach us, Daphnis : Chloe 
 is more our care than yours. We took 
 pity on her when she was but a child, 
 and adopted her when she was exposed 
 in this cave and brought her up. She 
 has no more to do with the sheep and 
 fields than you have to do with the goats of 
 Lamon. Besides, we have already thought 
 of her future : she shall neither be car- 
 ried off as a slave to Methymna, nor 
 become part of the enemy's spoil. We 
 have begged the God Pan, whose statue 
 is under yonder pine, to whom you have 
 never offered so much as a chaplet .of 
 flowers in token of respect, to go to the 
 assistance of Chloe : for he is more used 
 to the ways of camps than we are, and 
 he has often left the country to take 
 part in battle. He will set out, and the 
 
54 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKON 
 
 KCU Mt//oraX#, ol KOI avTol KCIVTCU 
 Xyixa/, vojmlovT$ KCU ere /xe/oo? yeyovevcu T^? 
 XXo>y yd/3 croi r^9 7nov(rr)$ a(j> 
 
 /ULTCL TWV OLiytoV, JJLTO. TU)V TTpO/BoLTCOV' KCU 
 
 crere Koivfl, KCLL o-f/o/crere Koivfj' TO. Se aXXa 
 
 TOICLUTO. iSa)v KCU a/coJcra? 
 
 TWV VTTVCW, KOI v(j> ySovfjs KOI 
 
 tKpVWV, T(JL ayaX/XC 
 
 7rpo(TKvvi, KCU. eTD/yyeXXero, crcoOeicrtys 
 9vcreiv TU)V aiycov TY\V api(TTt]V. kpa/juav Se KCU 
 eirl T*JV TTITVV, evOct TO Tov Ilai/o? ayaX/xa 
 r lSpvTO, rpaycxr/ceXe?, Kepavfiopov, Tfj /u.ev 
 orvpiyya, T{J Se Tpayov TrrjSwvTa 
 
 TrpocreKvvei, KOI rju-^eTO vTrep 
 >y?, /cat Tpayov Ovcreiv eTnyyyeXXero. 
 Trore ?re/)f rjXlov Kara^opa? Travcra/mevo? 
 
 KCU. evv, apajmevos ra? 
 a? KO\lsev, 7ravfj\6ev ef? T^v 7rav\iv, KCU 
 TOV$ afjL(j)l TOV A.a/j.<*)va 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 54 
 
 Methymnaeans will find him no con- 
 temptible foe. Be not troubled : arise 
 and show yourself to Lamon and Myrtale, 
 who, like yourself, lie prostrate with 
 sorrow, thinking that you also have 
 been carried off. To-morrow Chloe will 
 return with the sheep and goats; you 
 shall tend them and play on the pipe 
 together; leave the rest to the care of 
 Love." 
 
 At this sight and at these words Daphnis 
 started up from sleep. Weeping both for 
 joy and grief, he did obeisance to the 
 statues of the Nymphs and promised, if 
 Chloe should be saved, that he would 
 sacrifice to them the finest of his goats. 
 He next ran to the pine tree, beneath 
 which stood the statue of Pan, with the 
 legs of a goat, his head surmounted by 
 horns, in one hand holding his pipe, in the 
 other a bounding goat. He did obeisance 
 to him also, begged his assistance on be- 
 half of Chloe, and promised to sacrifice a 
 goat to him. The sun was almost set 
 before he ceased from his tears and 
 entreaties : then, taking up the green 
 
55 AorroY TIOIMENIKQN 
 
 ev<j)poarvvr]$ e/xTrXr/cra?, T/OO^J?? re eyeuararo, 
 KCLI 69 virvov wpjuLijarev, ovSe TOVTOV aScLKpW 
 a\\ evxo/mevo? ju.ev avOi$ ra9 Ni^u^a? ovap 
 iSeiVj vxo/u.evos Se rrjv tjjmepav yevearOat 
 ^ v 27 XXo^j^ eTTi/yye/Xai/TO ai/TO). 
 7ra<ra)i> eKeivtj ZSo^e /maKpOTartj yeyo- 
 ve-Vcu. 'E-TT/oax^ 5e CTT' aur^? raSe. 
 
 '0 (TT/oar^yo? 6 TWJ/ ^/LtjOvjUivaiwv, o(rov 
 SeKa (TraSlov? avreXacra?, ^eX^o-e T^ /cara- 
 Spoimfj rou? (TT/jarfcora? KeKfjLrjKoras ava\a/3eiv. 
 "A.Kpa$ ovv eTre/jL/Saivovcrrjs TO) TreXayet \a/36- 
 
 , 7reKTtVOjULV>]$ fJLrjVOeiSdOS, 7?? ei/TO? 
 
 yaXyvoTepov TCOV \ijmevcw op/mov 
 eipya^ero, vrav6a ra? i^ai/9 e?r' ayKvpwv 
 SiopjuLi<ra$, (09 /x^^e /x/ai^ e/c T^9 
 ypoiKwv TLVOL \v7rfj<rat, avrJKev TOV<S 
 i$ Tep\/siv eiptjvtK^V. Ot Se 
 a<j)9oviav CK r^9 apirayrjs, 
 
 CTTIVOV, CTTai^OV, CTTtVlKCOV COpTrjV fJLljU.OVVTO. 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 55 
 
 branches which he had cut, he returned 
 home, where his reappearance comforted 
 Lamon and Myrtale and filled them with 
 joy. Having taken a little food, he went 
 to bed : but even then his rest was dis- 
 turbed by tears. He prayed that the 
 Nymphs might appear to him again in a 
 dream, and prayed for the speedy coming 
 of the day, on which they had promised 
 him that Chloe should return. Never had 
 a night seemed so long to him. Mean- 
 while, the following events had taken 
 place. 
 
 The Methymnaean captain, when he had 
 proceeded about ten stades, was desirous 
 of giving his men some rest, as they were 
 greatly fatigued with rowing. Accordingly, 
 having reached a promontory which jutted 
 out into the sea in the shape of a crescent, 
 the bay of which afforded a quieter port 
 than any harbour, he cast anchor, but at 
 some distance from the shore, for fear that 
 the inhabitants might annoy him; then 
 he allowed his crew to enjoy themselves 
 undisturbed. Since they were abundantly 
 supplied with everything, they drank and 
 
56 AOrrOY HOIMENIK12N 
 
 "A/cm Se 7ravoju.Vtj? fjuepas, Kai r>79 
 
 e*9 VVKTCI X7yoJcr>79, al<j>v'i&iov /u.ev Tracra 17 yrj 
 
 eSoKei \a/u.7re(r6ai irvpi, KTUTTOS Se JJKOVCTO 
 
 poOio? KWJTWV, ft)? 7ri7r\eovTO$ 
 
 crTO\ov. 'E/36a Tf? OTr\L^cr6aL TOV 
 
 yov aXXo? aXXov e/caXef, /ca) TCTpcoarOai Ti9 
 
 eSoKCl, Kdl (T\f)IJ.a Tl KITO VGKpOV /ULl/ULOVIULeVOV. 
 
 av Tf? opav vvKTO^aXLav ov Trapovrow 
 
 ^? Se VVKTO<S avroi? TOiavrt]? 
 TTO\V r^9 VVKT.O? () 
 
 01 TpayoL fjiev oi TOV Aa0^f5o9 KOI al alye<; 
 
 KiTTOV V T0?9 Kpa<T 
 
 Oi Se Kpioi KOI al OLe<s 
 copvyju.ov (jopvovro. "Q,(f>Qri oe KOI 
 <TT(f)av(0/uievr]. 'Eytj/6ro Kal irep\ Trjv 6a\ar- 
 TOV avTtjv TroXXa 7rapaSoa. At' re yap 
 ayKvpai Kara /3v6ov Treipwuevcvv ava<j>epeiv 
 e/mevov, a f l re KWTrai KaOievrcw eis elpecriav 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 56 
 
 made merry, as if they had been cele- 
 brating a feast in honour of a victory. 
 But, when night began to fall and put an 
 end to their enjoyment, suddenly the whole 
 earth appeared in flames : the splash of 
 oars was heard upon the waters, as if a 
 numerous fleet were approaching. They 
 called upon the general to arm himself: 
 they shouted to each other : some thought 
 they were already wounded, others lay 
 as if they were dead. One would have 
 thought that they were engaged in a 
 battle by night, although there was no 
 enemy. 
 
 After a night thus spent, a day fol- 
 lowed even more terrible to them than the 
 night. They saw Daphnis's goats with 
 ivy-branches, loaded with berries, on their 
 horns : while Chloe's rams and ewes were 
 heard howling like wolves: Chloe herself 
 appeared, crowned with a garland of pine. 
 Many marvellous things also happened on 
 the sea. When they attempted to raise 
 the anchors, they remained fast to the 
 bottom : when the oars were dipped into the 
 water to row, they snapped. Dolphins, leap- 
 
57 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 
 eOpavovTO' Kai Se\<pive$ TrrjSwvTes, TGUS ovpats 
 TraiovTes Tct9 vai/9 e aXo9, e\vov TO. yo/m^co- 
 /uara. 'Hjcovero r*9 KOI uTrep r^? opOlov 
 Trer/aa? T^? uxo T^I/ a/c/oai/ o-J/otyyo? ?xS" 
 aXXa ou/c eTepirev a)? crvpiy, effro/Bei Se Toy? 
 \Triy. 'Era/oarroi/TO ow, 
 ra oVXa eOeov, KOI -rroAe/x/Of? e/caXoff 
 ou jSXeTro/xej/ov? wcrre ?raX^ r/u\ovTO 
 
 VVKTCL CTTeXOeiV, ft)? Tev6jULVOt CTTTOvSftiV V 
 
 avrfj. ^VVCTO, fjLev ovv 7rci(Tiv yv TO. yLvo^eva 
 roig (j>povovariv 6pOu>?, on e/c IIaj/o9 ?^ TCI 
 (j>a.vTa<TiJ.a.Ta KOL aKovcr/uLara JULIIVIOVTOS TI TOI<S 
 vavTdis. OVK ei\ov Se Trjv CUT/OV crvfj-ftaXelv 
 (ovSev yap lepov cretruXrjTO Tiavo?,) eorre a/ji(pi 
 /mea-rjv yju.epav ei$ VTTVOV OVK aOeel TOV arrpa- 
 Trjyov KarairearovTOS, CLVTO? o Hav axpOrj 
 aSe \eyoov 
 
 Trdircov avoviwraroi KOI 
 
 T/ rai/ra jULaivojmevai? <ppe<r}v eroX/x)/(raT ; 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 57 
 
 ing from the waves, lashed the ships with 
 their tails, and loosened the fastenings. 
 From the top of the steep rock over- 
 hanging the promontory was heard the 
 sound of a pipe : but the sound did not 
 soothe the hearers, but terrified them, like 
 the blast of a trumpet. Then, smitten 
 with affright they ran to arms, and called 
 upon their invisible enemies to appear : 
 after which, they prayed for the return 
 of night, hoping that it might afford them 
 some relief. All who possessed any in- 
 telligence clearly understood that all the 
 marvellous things that they had seen and 
 heard were the work of God Pan, who was 
 angry with them for some offence they had 
 committed against him : but they could 
 not guess the cause of it, for they had 
 not plundered any spot that was sacred 
 to him. At last, however, at mid-day, 
 when their general had fallen asleep, not 
 without the intervention of the Gods, Pan 
 himself appeared to him and spoke as 
 follows : 
 
 " O most impious and sacrilegious of 
 men ! what has driven your frenzied minds 
 
 82 
 
58 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 TLo\/uiou IJLCV Ttjv aypoLKiais ei/eTrX^craTe 
 e/uLol <f>t\r]v, aye\ag Se fiocov KOI alywv a 
 crare ra? ejmol /xeXo/xeVa?' aTreo-Tracrare 8e 
 TTdpOevov, e rjg <A Epft>9 /mvOov 7roifj(rai 
 KOI oure Tag Nu/x^a? fiSeorOrjre 
 , oi/re TOI/ Ilaj^a e/xe. Ot/re oyj^ 
 vav o^earOe /ULCTU TOIOVTWV \a(j>vpu>v 
 ovre TrjvSe (>ve(r6e r^ (rvpiyya, rrjv 
 Tapa^acrav' aXXa v[j.a$ {3opav l\Qvwv 
 KaraSvcra?, ei JUL*] TY\V TaxiVTrjv 
 
 /x^>a(9 aTroScocreis, KO.I Tag ayeXa? 
 o>?9, Kal Tag atya9, KOI TO. irpo/BaTa. 
 
 tJ, KOI Ka Tt]V KOpljV /& WV 
 
 eiirov. 'Hy?i(TOyuaf ^e eya) Kai aroi TOV irXov, 
 
 ^i/ TeOopv/Brj/mcvog 6 J$pvaig (TOVTO 
 yap eKoXeiTO o (TTpaTtjyog) avairySa, KOI TWV 
 vewv KaXecrag Tovg qyejuiovag, creXewt Tr\v 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 58 
 
 to such audacity ? You have filled with war 
 the country that I love, and have carried 
 off the herds of cattle and flocks of sheep 
 and goats entrusted to my care : you have 
 dragged away 'from my altars a young girl 
 whom Love has reserved .for himself, to 
 adorn a tale. Nay, you did not even 
 respect the presence of the Nymphs, nor 
 me, the great God Pan. Wherefore you 
 shall never again see Methymna with such 
 booty on board, nor shall you escape this 
 pipe, which has so smitten you with alarm : 
 I will swamp you in the waves and give 
 you as food to the fishes, unless you 
 speedily restore Chloe and her flocks, 
 sheep and goats, to the Nymphs. Arise 
 then, put ashore the young girl with all 
 that I have mentioned : and then I will 
 guide your course by sea, and Chloe's by 
 land." 
 
 Alarmed at this vision, Bryaxis that 
 was the captain's name started up, sum- 
 moned the commanders of the ships, and 
 ordered them to search for Chloe with 
 all speed amongst the captives. They 
 soon found her and brought her before 
 
59 Aorroy HOIMENIKQN 
 
 XXoip>. Ot $e raxeW Kcit avevpov, KOI eij 
 o(j>6a\iu.ov<s eKOjULiarav e/ca0efero yap T*J<S 
 
 TTTfO? (TT<>aV(Jl)JJLVr]. yUooi/ *j KCU 
 
 TOVTO Ttjs ev TOI$ oveipois o^ew? TTOIOV- 
 
 WP avTrjs r^? vavapxiSos els rrjv 
 Ko/ml^ei. Ka/ce/j/^ ^e apn aiToSe/ 
 Kai crvpiyyos ?X? aKoverai iraXiv e/c r?9 
 7rer/)a?, OVKGTL TToXe/xf/co? /cal </>o/3epo?, aXXd 
 
 TTOl/ULeVlKOS, KCtl oTo? f? VO/Uir]V 
 
 vltov. Kat ra re TT/oo'jSara /cara 
 /3a6pa$ e^eTpexev, OVK e^oXiarOalvovra rof? 
 Kepaan TWV x^Xwi/* AcaJ at atye? TroXv 
 crvrepov, ola KCU Kp^/ULVoftareiv ei6i(T/ULV<u. 
 
 Kat rai/ra /xei/ ?re/of iVrarai KVK 
 cbanrep XP$> VKipTcovra, KCU. 
 ojUiota. \alpowriv at Se TU>V a\\wv aliroXcov 
 atye?, /cal ra Trpoftara, KCU ru /3ovKo\ia Kara 
 e/ULevev ev KoiXy vrfi, KaOairep aura TOU 
 w KKaXovvTO$. Qavjut-art TTCLVTCOV ev- 
 evtov, KCU TOV ITai^a avev<pi]fj.ovvTU>v, u></>6t] 
 TOVTCOV ev TOI? tTTOixeiois a]u,<f>oTepoi$ Oavjma- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 59 
 
 him : for she was sitting down, with a 
 pine garland on her head. Recognising 
 by this that it was she to whom his 
 vision referred, he put her on board his 
 own vessel, and conveyed her to land. As 
 soon as she had gone ashore, the sound of 
 the pipe again made itself heard from the 
 summit of the rock, not martial and awe- 
 inspiring, as before, but playing a pas- 
 toral air such as shepherds play when 
 driving out their flocks to feed. Then 
 immediately the sheep hurried down the 
 gangway, without stumbling : while the 
 goats descended with even greater confi- 
 dence, being accustomed to climb steep 
 places. 
 
 Then the sheep and the goats danced, 
 skipped, and bleated around Chloe, as if 
 they rejoiced with her : but the herds 
 and flocks of the other shepherds re- 
 mained where they were in the hollow 
 ship, as if the sound of the pipe had not 
 summoned them. While all were lost in 
 admiration at this, and were singing the 
 praises of Pan, stranger sights were seen 
 on both elements. For the vessels of the 
 
60 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 (riwrepa. To>i/ /mev 'M.rjOvjJLvaioiv, Trpiv ava- 
 cr7ra(Tcu Tag ayKvpas, eVXeoy at vfjes, KCU r^? 
 vavapyloos riyelTO Se\<p}v 7rt]Su>v e aXoV TWV 
 Se alywv KCU TWV Trpo/BaTtov fjyelTO crvpiyyos 
 
 <5fO-TO9, KCU TOV (TVplTTOVTa /3\e7TV 
 
 WCTTC ra TroijJLvta KOI ai cuye$ Trpofjecrav 
 a/u.a KCU eve/ULOvro repTroimevcu TW /ueAa. 
 
 Aefre/oa? TTOV voju.rjs Kcupo? rjv, KCU o katyvis 
 GLTTO (TKOTrrjs TWOS jULerecopov Oeaord/ULCvo^ ra? 
 ayeXa? KCU Ttjv XXo?yi/, /meya /3oy(ra?, w Ny^a^ai 
 KOI Hav, KCLTeSpa/jiev ei$ TO TreSlov, KOI irepi- 
 7r\aKi$ Tfl XXo>7 KCU XeiTroOvjuujo-as, /careVeo-e. 
 MoXf? ^e efji/3io$ VTTO r^9 XXo?;? <f>i\ov(rr]$ KCU 
 
 yevo/uievo?, 67rl T*IV 
 KOU VTTO TU> (TT\ex i 
 Ka6t<ra$, eTrvvOavero TTW? aireSpa TO<TOVTOV$ 
 TroXe/x/of?. 'H Se avTW /careXefe iravTa' TOV 
 TCOV alywv KITTOV, TOV TWV 7rpo/3aT(*)v wpvy/uiov, 
 Trjv eiravOria'aa'av TJJ Ke<pd\rj TTLTVV, TO ev Ttj 
 
 yy TTVp, TOV V Ty OaXcLTTU KTV7TOV, TO. (TV' 
 
 /o/y/xara ajm^oTepa, TO TTO\IULIKOV KCU TO eiprj- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 60 
 
 Methymnaeans unmoored themselves of 
 their own accord, before the anchors were 
 pulled up, and a dolphin, leaping out of 
 the sea, piloted the commander's ship : on 
 land the sweet sounds of a pipe guided 
 the goats and sheep, although no one 
 could be seen playing upon it. Thus 
 the two flocks went on, feeding the while, 
 delighted to hear such strains. 
 
 It was about the time when the flocks 
 were being driven to the plains after mid- 
 day, when Daphnis, perceiving from a 
 lofty hill the approach of Chloe and the 
 herds, with a loud cry of " O Nymphs ! 
 O Pan ! " hastened down, ran towards 
 Chloe, and, after embracing her, fainted 
 from excess of joy. Even the hot kisses 
 of Chloe, as she clasped him in her arms, 
 scarcely revived him ; but at last, having 
 regained consciousness, he made his way 
 to the well-known beech, and, sitting on 
 its trunk, inquired of her how she had 
 managed to escape her numerous foes. 
 Then she told him everything : the ivy 
 that grew on the horns of her goats, the 
 roaring of the sheep, the garland of pine 
 
6 1 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 VIKOV, rrjv i/J/cra rrjv <f>o/3epdv, OTTO)? avrfj rqv 
 oSov ayvoovcrfl KaOqytjcraTO rfc 6Sov JULOVCTIK^. 
 Tvcopiora? ovv 6 Aa^i/i? ra TCOI/ Nfya0toj/ ovei- 
 /oara, Kat ra TOU Ila^o? e/aya, SiyyeiTai KCU 
 avro? ocra elSev, bora r/Kovtrev OTI, jmeXXcov CLTTO- 
 , Sia ra? NJya^a? efaorc. Kai r^ yuei/ 
 O/uLL(rovarav TOV$ ajUL<j)l TOV A/oJai/ra 
 KCU AafAwva, KCU ocra TrpeirovTa 6v<ria' ai)ro? 
 Se ev TOVTO) TU>V aiywv Trjv aplarTtjv (Tu\\a/3a)v, 
 
 KCLl KlTTCf) <TT<j>aV(*)<Ta$, cb&TTep U)^)0r](rav TOf? 
 
 7roXe/x/ot9, Kai ya\a TWV Keparwv /caracrTre/cra?, 
 eOvcre re TOL<S NvjUL<f>cu?, KCU KpefJiacra? aireSeipe, 
 KCU TO Septet aveQ^Kev. 
 
 Se TrapovTtov TCOV a/j.(j)i Ttjv XXoyv, irvp 
 
 avciKavcras, K.O.L TO. /mev eT/r^ora? TWV Kpecov, ra 
 
 T TO? vjU.(>ai$, KCU 
 
 KpaTrjpa aTrecnrcicre jmecrTOv y\evKov$' KOI K 
 <j>v\\dSo$ CTTi/3a^a? uTrocrro/aeVa?, evrevOev ev 
 
 TpO<f>fj ?]V KOt 7TOT6D KCU TTGllSia' KOI a/ULO. 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 61 
 
 leaves that sprouted upon her head, the 
 fire that blazed forth upon the land, the 
 noise of oars upon the sea, the two dif- 
 ferent sounds of the pipe, the martial and 
 the peaceful, the horrors of the night, 
 and how she had been guided on the road 
 which she did not know by the sound of 
 sweet music. 
 
 Then Daphnis, recognising the vision 
 of the Nymphs and the influence of Pan, 
 told her in turn all that he had seen and 
 heard, and how that, when he was on the 
 point of death, his life had been restored 
 by the Nymphs. Then he sent her to 
 fetch Dryas and Lamon, and all that was 
 necessary for sacrifice : and, taking the 
 choicest of his goats, he crowned it with 
 ivy, just as the enemy had seen them, poured 
 a libation of milk between its horns, sacri- 
 ficed it to the Nymphs, hung up and flayed 
 it, and consecrated its skin to them as a 
 votive offering. 
 
 When Chloe had returned, together with 
 Dryas and Lamon and their wives, he 
 roasted part of the flesh and boiled the 
 rest, after having offered the firstlings to 
 
62 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 ayeXa? eTrea-KOTrei, /mrj \VKO$ e/uLTrea-tov epya 
 
 Troaycret TroXe/uucov. 'H<ray TIVCLS 
 
 i 
 ret? NJ/x0a?, TraXaiwv Troi/mevcov 
 
 Nf/cro? ^e eVeX^oJcr^? avrov KOi{At)6evTes ev 
 To> ay/oct), r79 eTTiovorrjs TOV Ilaj/o? ej 
 Kcti TWV Tpayaov TOV ayeXapxyv c 
 TT/ryo?, 7r/oo(T?Jyayo^ r>J irl-rvi- KOI 
 (ra^Te? otvov, Kal ev(j)r)iu.ovvTe$ TOV Oeov, eOvcrav, 
 e/cpe/xacrai/, aTreSeipav. JLal TO. /mev Kpea OTTT?/- 
 cra^re? /cai e^-^crai/re?, TrX^cr/oi/ eOtjKOV ev TU> 
 \ifJLU)yi y eV rof? <j>v\\oi$' TO 8e Sep/ma Kepacriv 
 aJro?? ev7rr]<~av Ttj TTLTU'L TT/OO? TO> ayaXyaarf, 
 avaOrj/uLa Troi/ULeviKO) Sew. 'ATT///O- 
 
 
 KOI TWV Kpewv, aTrearTreiarav KOI 
 iovo$' ycrev q XXo>;, Aa^>w? ecrvptarev. 
 'ETrt roJrof? /cara/cXf^eWe?, qcrOiov KCU 
 
 /3of/coXo? /cara 
 
 * o"Te0aj//<r/coL'9 r^a? 
 
 KO.I 3oTV$ Tt 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 62 
 
 the Nymphs, and poured a libation from a 
 full bowl of sweet wine. Then, having 
 spread couches of leaves on the ground for 
 the use of the guests, he enjoyed himself 
 eating and drinking ; but at the same time 
 he kept an eye upon his flocks, for fear 
 that a wolf might attack them. After this 
 they sang some hymns in honour of the 
 Nymphs, composed by some ancient shep- 
 herds. When night came on, they lay 
 down in the fields, and on the following 
 day bethought them of Pan. They 
 crowned the goat that led the flock with 
 branches of pine, and led him to the tree 
 under which stood the image of the God: 
 then, having poured a libation of wine 
 over him, they sang praises to Pan, sacri- 
 ficed, hung up, and flayed the goat. They 
 roasted part of the flesh and boiled the 
 rest, and set it down close by in the 
 meadow on green leaves. The skin with 
 the horns was hung up on the pine tree 
 near the statue, an offering of shepherds 
 to the shepherds' God. They also gave 
 him of the firstlings, and poured libations 
 in his honour from a larger bowl, while 
 
63 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 aura) TWV TralScDv 6 ^ecoraro? erTrero T/TI//OO?, 
 Trvfipov iraiSiov KOLI yXavKov, \CVKOV TraiSiov 
 /ecu ayepwyov KOI r/XXero Kov<j>a, /3aSla)v 
 
 ovv, crvve<TTe- 
 
 TOV Ilaya, KOI TO. AcX^yLcara r^? KOJ 
 riy? 7TLTV09 etipTWV KOI /cara/cXiVai/T9 TrXi;- 
 (rtov avTwv, (TVjULTroTtjv CTTOIOVVTO. KaJ, oloi' 
 orf yepovres vTro/Se/Bpeyjmevot, TT/OO? aXX^Xof? 
 TroXXa eXeyot/' a>9 eve/mo* rjviKa rjcrav veoi, 
 to? 7roXXa9 \y<7TU)v KctTaSpo/uLcis Sie(j>vyov. 
 'Ecreyuywero' TI<S, 0)9 Xiy/cot/ airoKTelva<s' aXXo9, 
 (1)9 imovov TOV IIai/o9 SevTepa <rvpi(7a<}- TOVTO 
 
 TOV $(X^ra TO 
 
 '0 (5e 
 
 7rpo(re<pepov /meTdSovvai KOLL 
 <Tvpl<rai Te eV eo/orfj Oeou (rvptyyi 
 'ETrayyeXXeraf 3>i\t]Ta$, KCIITOI TO yrjpa? 0)9 
 airvovv jmejui.'^ajui.evo^ KOI \a/3e arvpiyya Trjv 
 TOV Aa<>viSo<?. H (5e 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 63 
 
 Chloe sang, and Daphnis played the flute. 
 
 After this they sat down and refreshed 
 themselves. While they were thus en- 
 gaged, by chance the herdsman Philetas 
 came up, bringing some garlands of flowers 
 to Pan, and some vine -branches full of 
 bunches of grapes. He was accompanied 
 by his youngest son Tityrus, a fair and 
 impudent lad, with reddish hair and grey 
 eyes, who ran and skipped along like a 
 kid. When they saw Philetas and his 
 son, the others, jumping up, went with 
 them to place the garlands on the statue 
 of Pan, and hung the vine-shoots on 
 the branches of the pine : then, making 
 Philetas sit down with them, they invited 
 him to share their feast. After the manner 
 of old men who are somewhat heated with 
 wine, they began to tell all sorts of tales : 
 how they tended their flocks when they 
 were young, and how they had escaped 
 many attacks of robbers. One boasted of 
 having slain a wolf, and another (this was 
 Philetas) of being inferior to Pan alone in 
 his skill on the pipe. 
 
 Daphnis and Chloe begged him to give 
 
64 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 , ola ev <TTO/xcm iraiSos 
 
 ovv TiTvpov 67T* Tt]v eavTOv orvpiyya, 
 TJ?? 7rav\e(*)$ a.7rexov<Tr]$ <rTa8tov$ SeKa. '0 JULCV 
 pi\lsa<j TO eyKojUL/Bcojma, yvjmvos copfjirja-e Tpeyeiv 
 co<T7rep vefipos' o Se A.OL/ULWV eTT^yye/Xaro CLVTOIS 
 TOV Trepi T^? (Tvpiyyos a<j>r}yr)crao-6ai jmvOov, ov 
 avTw St/ceXo? atVoXo? jjarev 7rl fjacrQu) Tpdyw 
 KOI crvpiyyi. 
 
 " Aurrj rj (Tvpiyf- TO apxaiov OVK tjv opyavov, 
 aXXa 7rap9evo<? KaXrj, KOI Trjv (fxavriv /ULOUOTIK^. 
 Afya? evejjiev, NJ/x^af? (rvveirai^ev, ySev olov 
 vvv. Hav, TOLVTrjs vejULOva-rjs, 7raiovcrt)$, aSov- 
 
 (r79, TrpoareXOcov, etreiBev e? o, TL expy^e' KOI 
 7rr)yye\\TO TCI? a/ya? r wacra<s Otjcreiv SiSvju.o- 
 TOKOVS. H ^e eyeXa TOV epooTO. avTOv, ouSe 
 epaarTtjv e<j>r) Sea<r6ai, yu^re Tpdyov, jULrJTe av- 
 
 QpWTTOV 6\OK\rjpOV. 'OpfJLCl SlGOKCiV 6 TiaV 6? 
 
 /3iav rj SJ/oty^ e(pevye KOI TOV Ilaj/a, Kal T*JV 
 j3iav <pvyov<ra, Ka/uLvovcra, e? SdvaKa? Kpvir- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 64 
 
 them a specimen of his skill, and to play 
 on his pipe at a feast in honour of the God 
 who delighted in such music. Philetas 
 consented, although complaining that his 
 years had left him but little breath, and 
 took Daphnis's pipe. But it was too small 
 for the display of great skill, being only fit 
 for a lad to play upon. Philetas therefore 
 sent Tityrus to his cottage, which was 
 about ten stades distant, to fetch his own 
 pipe. The lad, throwing off his smock, 
 ran off as swiftly as a fawn : meanwhile, 
 Lamon offered to tell them the story of 
 the pipe, which a Sicilian goatherd had 
 related to him in return for the present 
 of a goat and a pipe. 
 
 " This pipe in former times was not a 
 musical instrument, but a beautiful maiden, 
 who had a melodious voice. She tended 
 goats, sported with the Nymphs, and sang 
 as now. Pan, who saw her tending her 
 goats, sporting, and singing, tried to per- 
 suade her to yield to his advances, pro- 
 mising that her goats should always bring 
 forth twins. But she scoffed at his love, 
 and declared that she would never have 
 
65 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 TCTCU, i$ eXo? tt^av/ftTcU, Hav, TOU? So 
 opyn TdfJicov, TV\V Koprjv ov\ evpow, TO iraOo? 
 
 ajv, TO opyavov voei, teal TOV? /caXa/xoi'? 
 
 w crvv$ri<Ta<s avlarovs, KO.& OTL KOI 6 e/ow? 
 avTois* KCU rj rore Tra/oOeVo? /caX>) vvv 
 
 ' A/m Treiravro TOU /ui/OoXoy>}/xaTO9 o 
 , /ca? eTTflvet ^tX^ra? aiyrov, d>? eiirovra 
 
 Sf]$ y\VKVTepOV, KCU 6 T*Tf/>O? 6 
 
 Trjv crvpiyya raT 7rar/)f /co/x/^co 
 opyavov KCU avXwv /meyaXwv' KCU r tva /ce/c?//oc)TO, 
 
 KlVtJV, JJV 6 HaV TTpWTOV 7rtf 
 
 ovv 6 $fX^ra?, KCU /ca^/cra? eV 
 Spa opOiov, TTpwTOv JULCV aTreTretpdOt] TWV /caXa- 
 
 fJLWV, 1 CUTTVOOf 7TlTa /ULCtOcOV ft)9 CLKwXvTOV 
 SldTpeXl TO 7TVVJULa } eVGTTVei TO GVTCvOeV 7TO\V 
 
 KOI veaviKov. A.v\u>v TI$ av w^Otj crvvavXovv- 
 TCW GLKOveiv TOO-OVTOV ?X ef T ^ <rvpiyfj.a. Kar' 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 65 
 
 anything to do with a lover who was 
 neither a goat nor a perfect man. There- 
 upon Pan was proceeding to violence, but 
 Syrinx fled, until at last, weary of running, 
 she flung herself into a swamp and dis- 
 appeared amongst the reeds. Pan, en- 
 raged, cut down the reeds, and, not finding 
 the maiden, understood what had happened. 
 Then, cutting some reeds of unequal length, 
 in token of an unequal love, he joined them 
 together with wax and fashioned this in- 
 strument. Thus she who was once a 
 beautiful maiden is now an instrument of 
 music the pipe." 
 
 Lamon had scarcely finished his story, 
 which was highly praised by Philetas, who 
 declared that it was sweeter than any song, 
 when Tityrus returned with his father's 
 pipe, which was very large and made of 
 larger reeds than usual, while the waxen 
 fastenings were overlaid with brass. One 
 would have said that it was the very pipe 
 which Pan had first made. Then Philetas 
 sat upright, tried all the reeds to see if 
 there was a free current of air, and, finding 
 that his breath passed through unchecked, 
 
 92 
 
66 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 \ 
 
 6\iyov S& TJ/9 /3/a? a<j>aipwv } ? TO 
 yueW/3aXXe TO /xeXo?. Kcu Tracrav T\vt]v CTTI- 
 evvofilas /xoycr/Ac??, ecrvpiTTev oarov 
 
 
 fiowv ayeX# TrpeVof, oToi/ aiVoX/w 
 
 OlOV TTO/yUI/af? ^>/Xoi/. Te/)7T^OJ/ ^ TO TTOtfJivioDV, 
 
 /u.eya TO /3ocov, 6v TO aiywv 0X0)9 Tracra? 
 (rvptyyas /u.la crvpiy^ e/A^?/<raTO. 
 
 Ot //el/ ow aXXot (TWOTT^ KdTeKeiVTO TepTro- 
 A/oya? ^e ai/a(TT9, Ka! /ceXei/cra? arvpifav 
 Ov yweXo?, eTHXT/woy auTO?? op\ij<riv 
 wpXticraTO. Kal CWKCI TTOT /*ei/ TpvywvTi, 
 e ipepovrt applxov?, eira TTCLTOVVTI TOVS 
 
 TrXqpOVVTi TOVg TT/Oof?, 6?Ta 
 TTLVOVTl TOV y\VKOV$. TaVTO. TTaVTCt OVTb)? 
 
 ewrxwovoDs wpxwaTO A/oua? /ra/ evapyws, 
 
 lOCTTC eOKOVV /3\7TIV KOI TO? ajUL7Te\OV?, 
 KOI T*]V \rjVOV, KCtl TOVS TT100V9, KOI a 
 
 T/O/TO? $>7 yepwv OVTO? evSoKtfjL^(ra9 PTT' o/o- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 66 
 
 blew so loud and lustily, that it seemed 
 as if several pipes were being played at 
 once : then, gradually blowing more gently, 
 he changed his tune to a more pleasant 
 strain, and, displaying to them the most 
 perfect skill in pastoral music, he showed 
 them what strains were best for a herd 
 of oxen, or a flock of goats or sheep, 
 sweet and gentle for sheep, loud and deep 
 for oxen, sharp and clear for goats: and 
 all these notes he imitated on a single 
 pipe. 
 
 While all, quietly reclining on the 
 ground, listened in silence, charmed by 
 the music, Dryas got up, begged Philetas 
 to strike up a Bacchanalian air and then 
 began the vintage dance. He seemed in 
 turns to be plucking the fruit, carrying 
 the baskets, treading the grapes, filling 
 the jars, and drinking the new wine : so 
 perfect was the imitation, and so naturally 
 did the dance represent the vines, the wine- 
 press, the jars, and Dryas drinking, to the 
 life. 
 
 The third old man, having thus danced 
 amid the applause of all, embraced Daphnis 
 
67 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 
 i XXoi/i/ KOI kd<j>viv. Oi Se fJLoXa 
 avacrravrc^ wpx^avro rov ]mv6ov rov 
 Aa</>w9 ILava ef 
 
 V ' V\ ' */A ^ ' 
 
 2/u/otyya AAo>y. U ^iei^ ucereve 
 
 Se afj.\ovcra ejmeiSta. /xej^ eSlwKe, KCLI CTT' 
 
 
 /u.evo$' *] ^e ve<j>atve Tip Kajmvovarav ej/ r// 
 XXo/j /xei/ eV T^I 
 
 a arvpiyya, rqv /meyaXrjv, ecrvpure yoepov, 
 epwv, efXffriKOV, w? TreiOtov, avaK\*jTiKov, to? 
 
 0)(TT6 ^l\tTCL^ 6aVULa<rCtS, <l\l TC 
 
 
 , /ca TJ/ (rvpiyya 
 (j>i\t)cra$, KOI et/xeraf KCU katyviv KaraXnretv 
 avrqv O/J.OLU) SiaS6x^> '0 Se TY\V ISiav avaOels 
 TO) Ila^ Ttjv crfUKpav, KCLI 0f\rj(ra? w? e/c </>vyfjs 
 eupeOetarav ryv XXoyv, aTD/Xaft/e Ti)v 
 
 Nf/cro? ?(5>; yeyVf]/u.eii$, aTrr'iXavve KOI Y\ 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 67 
 
 and Chloe, who quickly started up and 
 began to represent in the dance the 
 story told by Lamon. Daphnis took 
 the part of Pan, and Chloe that of 
 Syrinx. He tried to persuade her with 
 his entreaties, while she rejected his 
 advances with a smile. He pursued her, 
 and ran on tiptoe, to represent the goat's 
 cloven feet : while Chloe pretended to 
 be weary in her flight and at last hid 
 herself in the forest which served as a 
 swamp. Then Daphnis took Philetas's 
 large pipe, drew from it a mournful strain, 
 like the lamentations of a lover, then a 
 passionate air, to touch her heart, and, 
 lastly, a strain of recall, as if he had lost 
 and was seeking her. So well did he play 
 that Philetas, overcome by admiration, 
 jumped up and embraced him, and made 
 him a present of his pipe, with a prayer 
 that Daphnis in his turn might leave it 
 to a successor like himself. Daphnis 
 dedicated to the God Pan the small flute 
 which he had hitherto used, embraced 
 Chloe as if he had really lost and found 
 her again, and drove back his flock, play- 
 ing on his pipe the while. 
 
68 AOrrOY nOIMENIEON 
 
 KOI at re cuye? TrXyo-iov 
 7rpo/3a.T(i)v ye<rav, ore Aa^w? e/3dSi^ev eyyu? 
 T>/9 XXo;?' OXTTC eveTrXycrav ew? VVKTOS ciXX^- 
 Xoi/?, KCU crvveOevTO QOLTTOV ra? ayeXa? T?? 
 eiriovcrqs KareXacraf /cat <n/ra>? eiroitjiTav. 
 Apn yovv apxofjLev^ ///xepa?, JX^ov et? T^J/ 
 VOJLM'IV. Kcu T9 NJ/x^>a9 TrpoWpa?, etTa Toy 
 Hal/a Trpoarayopeuaravres, TO evrevOcv viro ry 
 Spvl' KaOe&OevTes, ecruptTTOV elra aXXj/Xoy? 
 , 7repi/3aX\ov, KareK\ivovTO' KOI ovSev 
 
 Cat TpO(j)t]$' KOt 7TIOV OIVOV, fJilaVT$ 
 
 yaXa. 
 
 KCU TOVTOIS uTraari 6ep/u,OTepoi yevo/mevoi 
 Kal 6pa(TVTepoi, 7T/OO9 aXX?/Xof? */piov eptv 
 epwTiKqv, KCU /caT* oXtyoi/ ei$ opKwv TTKTTIV 
 TrpotjXOov. '0 /xe> ^ Aa^>w? TW Ila^a 
 <rei', e\0cov eirl TIJV TTITVV, jmrj ^c 
 
 \povov 
 tj A0i/i^t ra? NJ/x09, eiareXOovcra eis TO 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 68 
 
 As night was close at hand, Chloe also 
 drove back her sheep to the sound of the 
 same pipe : the goats went side by side 
 with the sheep, while Daphnis walked 
 close to Chloe. Thus they enjoyed each 
 other's society until nightfall, when they 
 separated, after promising to drive their 
 flocks to pasture earlier than usual on the 
 following day, which they did. At day- 
 break, they were in the fields. Having 
 first saluted the Nymphs, and next, the 
 God Pan, they sat down beneath the 
 oak, where they played upon the pipe, 
 kissed and embraced each other, and lay 
 down side by side, but that was all. Then 
 they got up and bethought themselves of 
 food, and drank wine, mingled with milk. 
 Warmed and further emboldened by what 
 they had drunk, they commenced an 
 amorous contest, and at last swore mutual 
 fidelity. Daphnis swore by Pan beneath 
 the pine tree that he could not live without 
 Chloe, even for a single day : while Chloe, 
 having entered the grotto, swore by the 
 Nymphs to live and die with Daphnis. So 
 simple and innocent was she that, when 
 
69 AOrrOY nOIMENIKON 
 
 avTpov, TOV O.VTQV eetv Odvarov KOI fiiov. 
 Tocrourov oe apa 777 XXo# TO cc^eXe? tjv w? 
 Kopy, cexrre egiovva TOV avrpov, KCU Seurepov 
 >jlou \a/3eiv opKov 'Trap' avrov, " w 
 \eyovcra, 6eo$ 6 TLav epWTiKo? <TTI K 
 TO?' tjpdarOt] /mev HITVOS, ijpaa-Oti Se 
 
 e ovSeirore &.pva(Tiv evo\^wv, KOL 
 t Ni;/x0at? TT pay juicn a 7rapG\wv. '0 
 ovv, a/meXrjOels ev TOI$ opKOi?, ajULe\tf<Tei ere 
 KVV eTrl TrXe/o^a? eX$#? yvva.lKa<s TU>V 
 ev Ty arvpiyyi KaXdjuicov' cru Se /JLOL TO ouToXlOV 
 TOVTO ojULOtrov, KCU Ttjv olya eKeivrjv i'i ere ave- 
 0pe\jse, ju.*] KaToXiTretv XXorjv, exrr' av Trt(rTij 
 (rot /mevfl' CLOIKOV Se ei$ ere KCU roe? NiV^a? 
 , KCU <j>evye, KCU fjucrei, KOI airoKTeivov 
 \VKOV." "H^ero 6 Ad^z/t? aTrivTOv- 
 KCU CTTU<S el$ fjLt<rov TO aliroXiov, KCU Tfl 
 /ULCV TWI/ x l P<*>v, aiyos, Tfj Se, Tpdyov \a/3d- 
 cojULvve XXo;i/ </>i\fjcrcu <pi\ov<rav Kav 
 irpOKpivfl Aa^wo'o?, ai^r' e/ceiV>/9 CLVTOV 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 69 
 
 she came out of the grotto, she demanded 
 that Daphnis should take a second oath. 
 " Daphnis," said she, " Pan is an amorous 
 and inconstant God : he was enamoured of 
 Pitys and Syrinx, he never ceases to annoy 
 the Dryads and the Epimelian Nymphs 
 with his solicitations. Wherefore, even if 
 you forget the oath that you have sworn by 
 him, he will forget to punish you, even 
 though you should have more mistresses 
 than there are reeds in your pipe. Do 
 you therefore swear by this herd of goats 
 and by the she-goat that reared you, that 
 you will never desert Chloe as long as 
 she remains true to you : but if she breaks 
 her vows to you and the Nymphs, flee 
 from her, loathe her, and kill her like a 
 wolf." 
 
 . Daphnis, pleased at being thus mis- 
 trusted, stood upright in the midst of his 
 flock, and, taking hold of a she-goat with 
 one hand, and of a he-goat with the other, 
 swore to love Chloe as long as she loved 
 him : and that, if she ever preferred 
 another, he would kill himself instead of 
 her. Then Chloe was delighted, and no 
 
70 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 'H Se \aip, KOI 7rt<TTvev wj 
 Koptj, KCU vfjiov<ra., Kcii vofj.iov<ra rag afya? 
 Kai TO. TrpoftaTa iroifjieww KCU atTroXtov iSl 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 70 
 
 longer had any doubts : for she was young 
 and a simple shepherdess, and saw in the 
 sheep and goats the Gods of shepherds and 
 goatherds. 
 
7i AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 AOrOS TPIT02 
 
 Se, 0)9 ycrOovro TOV KaTairXovv 
 
 TWV SeKCl VCCOV, KCtl TIV$ ejJLYIVVO'aV dVTOl$ Tt]V 
 
 rjv, eXOoVre? e/c TU>V aypwv, OVK ava<T\e- 
 
 TOV voju.(ravTe$ ravra CK 
 eyvwcrav KOI avrol Trjv Taxi&Tqv CTT' avrovg 
 6VXa Kiveiv KOI KaTa\eavT<s a(nrtSa 
 v KOI 'ITTTTOV TrevraKoarlav, 
 
 Kara yrjv TOV <TTpaTr]yov r 'l7r7ra<ro^, OKVOVVTCS 
 ev copa xewwos T*l v OoXarrav. 
 
 '0 Se e^opfjujOel^, aypov? JULCV OVK e\etj\aTi 
 
 valoDv, ovSe ayeXaff KOI 
 yewpywv KCU 7rofyweVa>i/, \UOTTOV 
 TCLVTO. epya /xaXXov rj crTparrjyov' Taxvvei Se 
 cTrl Ttjv TTO\IV avTrjv, w? 7ri7re(rovju.evo$ atppov- 
 Tai$ TTi/Xaf?. KaJ avrw arraStovs ouov 
 
 CKCtTOV UTTCXOVTl, Krpv aTTCLVTO, <T7TOa9 ACO- 
 
 i^wv. Ot yap ^[tjOvjULvaiot ywa^oVre? Trapa 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 71 
 
 BOOK III 
 
 WHEN the Mitylenaeans heard of the 
 descent of the ten vessels, and were in- 
 formed by certain persons who came from 
 the country of the plundering of their 
 territory, they considered such outrages 
 on the part of the Methymnaeans unbear- 
 able, and resolved to take up arms against 
 them without delay. Collecting a force of 
 three thousand heavy-armed infantry, and 
 five hundred cavalry, they despatched 
 them by land, under the command of 
 Hippasus, being afraid of journeying by 
 sea during the winter season. 
 
 Hippasus accordingly set out, but was 
 careful not to plunder the territory of 
 the Methymnaeans : he carried off neither 
 flocks nor any kind of booty from the 
 husbandmen and shepherds, considering 
 such conduct to be rather the act of a 
 brigand than of a general. He marched 
 with all speed against the city itself, 
 
72 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 TOOV eaXwKOTCov, w? ovSev "cracn 
 TCOV yeyevijimevdov, aXXa yewpyoi KOI 
 
 TOV<? veav'uTKOvs eSpa<rav ravra, 
 ovTpa ToXyu?J(raj/Te9 e/? 
 iroXiv rj crootypovevTepa' (TirovSrjv Se 
 racrav TY\V apTrayrjv, aSew? 
 KCU KCLTO, yfjv KOL Kara 6a\aT- 
 
 TOLV. oy JU.CV OVV KYIpVKO. TOl<S fTl;i'aO(9 O 
 
 aTro&TeXXet, KCLITOI ye avroKparcop 
 Ke\eipoTOvrnjLevo<i' auro? Se T?? 
 
 M.1j6vfJLV1JS OVOV GL7TO (Je/CCt CTTaSitoV UTpCLTO- 
 
 TreSov /5aXo/xej/o9, ra? CK Trjg TroXew? ei/roXa? 
 ave/meve. KaJ Svo Siayevoju-evcw jjfJLepwv, e\6tcv 
 o ayyeXo?, r^v re aptrayyv e/ceXeycre KOJU.I- 
 cracrOai, Kal aStK^cravra /mrjSev, avaxwpeiv 
 o'tKdSe' woXe/uLov yap Kat etprjvtjs ev alpe&ei 
 yevojmevoi, T*)V eipqvrjv evpKTKOv KepSaXecDTepav. 
 'O fj.ev Sy ^tltjOviuLvaicov KOI M.iTv\t]valwv 
 aSoKrjrov \a/3cw apxty KCU WXo?, 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 72 
 
 hoping to be able to attack it while the 
 gates were left unguarded. When he was 
 about one hundred stades distant from 
 the city, a herald met them to propose a 
 truce. The Methymnaeans, having learnt 
 from the prisoners that the Mitylenaeans 
 knew nothing of what had taken place, 
 and that the whole affair was merely an 
 attack of a few shepherds and labourers 
 upon some insolent young men, regretted 
 that they had behaved with greater violence 
 than prudence towards a neighbouring city. 
 They were accordingly anxious to restore 
 all the plunder that they had taken, and 
 to re-establish friendly relations between 
 the two cities, both by sea and land. Hip- 
 pasus sent the herald to the Mitylenaeans, 
 although he had been appointed com- 
 mander with unlimited power : at the 
 same time he pitched his camp about ten 
 stades from Methymna, to await instruc- 
 tions from his government. At the end 
 of two days, the messenger returned with 
 orders to the commander to receive the 
 booty, and to return home without com- 
 mitting any act of hostility. Having the 
 
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73 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 OVTCD SteXvOrj. Ttvercu <5e XptfMbv Aa<pvi8i KOI 
 o'fl TOU TrdXejULOV TTiKpoTcpos' ^ai<^vtj^ yap 
 
 ret? 
 
 yoJ?. Aaflpot fj.ev oi yeifJLaflpoi /care/5peoj/, 
 67re7T7/yet ^e Af/)i/crTaXXo?* ra SevSpa ewicet 
 ^ y^ Tracra a^aw)? ?y, ort /xr) 
 a? Troy /cal peit/mara. QVT ovv 
 ayeXtjv T(9 ? vo^v ijye, oure auro? Trpoyei 
 TU>V Ovpwv aXXa ?ri7/o /caJ(7ai/re9 yueya Trepl 
 toSa? aXeKTpvovcvv, oi fj.ev \ivov ecrT/oe^o^, ot 
 de alywv r/o/^a? eVXe/co^, ot Je Traya? opvl 
 earo<plovTO. ToVe 
 fa a\vpov evQiovTwv, cuywv KCU Trpo/BaTcw ev 
 roF? <rrjKOi$, <pv\\aSa$, vcov ev rof? wfaois, 
 OLKV\OV Kou /3a\dvov?. 
 
 'Avay/ca/a? ovv ofxovpias eire^ovcr^ aTrav- 
 ?, ot fj.ev aX\oi yecopyol KCU voju.ei$ e\aipov, 
 re aTT^XXay/xeVot TT/OO? oXlyov, KCU 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 73 
 
 choice between peace and war, they were 
 of opinion that peace would be more 
 advantageous. 
 
 Thus ended the war between Methymna 
 and Mitylene, as suddenly as it had com- 
 menced. Winter came on, a greater hardship 
 than the war for Daphnis and Chloe : sud- 
 denly there was a heavy fall of snow, 
 which blocked up all the roads and kept 
 all the labourers indoors. Torrents rushed 
 down with violence from the mountains, 
 the water was frozen hard, the trees seemed 
 buried beneath the hoar frost : the earth 
 was completely hidden, except around the 
 fountains and the banks of the streams. 
 No herdsman led his flocks to pasture, or 
 set foot outside his door : in the morning, 
 at cockcrow, they lighted a large fire, 
 round which they gathered, some twist- 
 ing hemp, others weaving goats' hairs or 
 making snares for birds. The only thing 
 they had to think about was to give the 
 oxen in the stalls straw to eat, the sheep 
 and goats in the cotes plenty of leaves, 
 and the pigs in the sties acorns and 
 beech-nuts. 
 
 ic 2 
 
74 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 eooOiva? ea-OlovTe?, KOI 
 
 fJLCLKpOV VTTVOV OXTTC aVTOl? TOV \eifJLU>VOL <$OKll 
 
 Kal Oepov? KOI fj.eroTrwpov KOI ?/DO? avrov y\v- 
 Kvrepov XXo?y Se KCU Aa^>H9 ev jmwi/u-i] yevo- 
 
 /UL6VOI TU)V KaTa.\l<f>6VTCW TpTTVU)V, W? </>l\OVV 
 
 a>9 7repi/3a\\ov, w? a/ma Ttjv Tpo<j>rjv Trpocr- 
 
 <t>pOVTO, VVKTGLS TG aypVTTVOV? SltjyOV KOI 
 
 \v7rt]pas, Koi Ttjv eiapiwjv wpav avefjievov, e/c 
 Oavdrov Tra\iyyeve<Tiav. 'EXi/7ret Se avrov?, 
 rj Tnjpa n$ eXOovara e/V X 6 ^/ a ^ ^ 
 *1 yavXos o<t>6els, e od (rvveiriov, 
 pifjijuievt], Swpov epwriKov 
 8tj Tdlg NJ/x^af9 KCU TW Haw, Kai 
 TOVTOW avTOv? K\vara(rOat TWV KCLKWV, Kat 
 i TTore avroi? Kal rai$ ayeXat? ij\iov 
 re evxopwoi TJQW efyrovv Si* 7/9 a\\r]- 
 Xof9 Oedcrovrat. ' H ju.ev Srj XXo>y Seiva)? aTropo? 
 riv KOI ctjULrixavo?' ael yap avry (rvvfjv rj SoKovara 
 yu?/T>//o, epid TC alveiv StSdcrKovcra, Kal ar/oa/c- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 74 
 
 The necessity of remaining at home glad- 
 dened the hearts of the other labourers and 
 shepherds, who thus enjoyed some relaxa- 
 tion from their daily task, and, after they 
 had breakfasted, had a long sleep. In this 
 respect the winter seemed to them more 
 enjoyable than spring, summer, or winter. 
 But Daphnis and Chloe had always in 
 mind the pleasant pastimes which they 
 were now forced to abandon their kisses, 
 embraces, and meals shared together : they 
 passed sad and sleepless nights, and waited 
 for the return of spring as a resurrection. 
 It grieved them sorely when they touched 
 a wallet from which they had eaten, or 
 saw a pail from which they had drunk 
 together, or a pipe, carelessly thrown 
 aside, that had been a gift of affection. 
 They prayed to Pan and the Nymphs to 
 put an end to their sorrows, and to show 
 the sun again to them and their flocks ; at 
 the same time, they endeavoured to find 
 some means of seeing each other. Chloe 
 was terribly embarrassed, and did not 
 know what to do : for her supposed mother 
 never left her for a moment : she taught 
 
75 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 TOVS (rrpe(/>eiv, KOI ydjuLov jUivrjjuLovevova-a' 6 Se 
 Aa^w?, ola arxo\ijv aywv, KOI wvercoTepos KO- 
 pn$, roiovSe ardour/ma evpev e? 6eav rrjs XXo>;?. 
 IIpo TV? av\fj? TOV A/ouai/ro?, VTT avTfl Tfl 
 TrvXy, fjLvppivat meyaXai Svo KOI KITTOS eire- 
 <j>VKi. At fjivfipivcu TrXtjcriov aXX)/Xft)i^, o /ctrro? 
 ^e ajj.(/)OTp(ji)v /mecro9' warre c(f> eKarepav Sia- 
 Ocls Toy? GLKpejuiovas w? a/X7reXo9, avrpov <rx^M a 
 Sta TWV (/>v\\(0v 7raX\aTTOvTwv e?ro/er KOI 6 
 Kopv]UL/3o<f TroXu? KCU //eya? o<ro? /^or/of? /cX/y- 
 /ULCLTCOV e^eKpe/ULdTO. ^Hi/ ow -TroXv 7T\fj6o<s Trepl 
 CIVTOV TU>V xeifjiepivcov opvlOwv, aTropla T^? e^iw 
 rpo(/>>js' TroXi'? /iei/ KO^IXO?, TroXX^ <5e Kix\rj, 
 KOI ^arrat, feat \Isape$ } KOI o<rov aXXo KITTO- 
 <j>dyov Trre/ooV. TOI/TCOJ/ TCOI/ opvlOcw ejrl Trpo- 
 
 KO- 
 
 Se e? TT'KTTLV iov KOI fipo\ov<$. To ywei/ 
 y, (rraSitov qv ov TrXeov SCKCL OVTTCD Se 
 XeXy/xeV>; TrdXvv KOL/ULCLTOV avrw trape- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 75 
 
 her to card wool, and turn the spindle, and 
 talked to her of marriage. Daphnis, how- 
 ever, since he had more time to himself, 
 and was cleverer than the young girl, de- 
 vised the following scheme for seeing her. 
 In front of Dryas's cottage, close to the 
 courtyard gate, grew two large myrtles and 
 an ivy plant. The myrtles almost touched, 
 and the ivy had worked its way between 
 them in such a manner that, spreading 
 its branches on either side like a vine, it 
 formed a kind of arbour shaded by its inter- 
 twining foliage : berries, large as grapes, 
 hung down from the branches, upon which 
 settled swarms of birds, which were un- 
 able to procure food outside blackbirds, 
 thrushes, doves, starlings, and all the birds 
 that are fond of feeding on ivy. Daphnis 
 went out under pretence of catching some 
 of these birds, taking with him a wallet 
 full of honey-cakes, and some birdlime 
 and snares, so as to allay all suspicion. 
 Although the distance was ten stades at 
 the most, the snow, which was not yet 
 melted, caused him great inconvenience: 
 but Love can make its way through every- 
 
76 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 epo)Ti Se apa iravTa ficKrijUia, KOI Trvp, 
 i vScop, Kal ^KvOiKt] x i( *>v. 
 
 fjiw ovv TT/OO? Tqv avXrjv epx^Tai' KGU 
 
 , KCLL TOV tov pd/3Soi$ 
 7nj\ei\l/e' KOI eKaOe^ero TO evrevOev opviOas 
 KOI TTJV XAo'^y fJLepiJwwv. 'AXX' opviOes /uei/ 
 
 KCLL ?IKOV TroXXof KOI e\vi^0t](rav IKO.VOI' cocrre 
 
 7rpayiJ.aTa pvpla ecrxe crvXXeytw avTOV$, KOC 
 
 CLTTOKTIVVVS, KOI CLTToSvWV TO. TTTCpa' T^9 8e 
 
 aJXJ;? TrpoijXdev ovSels, om avrip, ov yvvaiKiov, 
 ov KaTOiKiSios opvis, aXXa TTOLVTC^ TW Trvpl 
 7rapa]u.vovT$ evSov KaTKK\ei VTO wcrre TTUVV 
 iJ7ropeiTO 6 Aa0w9, w? OVK atcrtot? opvicrtv 
 
 , 7rp(j)a<Tiv 
 
 Sia Ovpwv, Kal efjyrct TT/OO? avTov 
 O,TI XexOijvai. TriOavwTepov "Tivp evawo/mevos 
 tj\6ov Mr) yap OVK ri<rav CCTTO a-TaSiov yei- 
 Tove<$ ; * A/)TOf? aiTtjcrofJievos IJKOV 'AXX' tj 
 injpa fj.crT^ Tpo<j>*js. Q'tvov Sco/mai Kal 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 76 
 
 thing, through fire, water, and the snows of 
 Scythia. 
 
 He made all haste to the cottage, and, 
 having shaken the snow from his feet, he 
 set up his snares, and smeared some long 
 sticks with birdlime : then he sat down 
 waiting for the birds and thinking of 
 Chloe. The birds came in great numbers, 
 and he caught so many that he had plenty 
 to do to pick them up, kill, and pluck them. 
 But no one left the house, neither man, nor 
 woman, nor fowl : for all had shut them- 
 selves up and were seated round the fire. 
 Daphnis was utterly at a loss what to 
 do, and cursed his unlucky star: then he 
 thought of venturing to knock at the door, 
 but did not know what plausible excuse to 
 make. He discussed the matter with him- 
 self as follows : " If I say that I have come 
 to fetch something to light a fire with, they 
 will ask me if I have no nearer neighbours. 
 If I ask for some bread, they will tell me 
 that my wallet is full of food. If I say I 
 want wine, they will answer that we have 
 only just got in the vintage. If I say I 
 have been chased by a wolf, they will ask 
 
77 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 K.CU 
 
 e? KOL Trpwrjv eTpvytja-as. Awco? /xe eSt 
 TTOV 
 
 TOU? opvi9a$ T/ ow> Qrjpavas OVK CLTTCI ; 
 6ea<racr6ai /3oJXo/xat . . . Trarpl Se T/? 
 l TrapOevou 6/xoXoyef ; 
 criunrri l aXX' 
 
 A-/meivov apa criyav XXoyv Se 
 7ret /tx^ e7/xapro, a>? eo/ce, x ei " 
 M e TavTtjv iSeiv." Toiavra Stf TIVCL 
 ls, KCU ra OrjpaOevra crvXXa/Bttiv, cop- 
 fj.t]TO aTTievaf KCU, wcnrep CLVTOV oiKTeipavros 
 TOV v EyowTO?, TaSe yiverai. 
 
 oi ap.(j)\ TOV ApiWrcr Kpea 
 , cipTOi TrapeTiOevTo, Kpartjp eKipvaro. 
 
 Et? StJ KVCOV TU>V TTpO/BctTeVTlKWV, ajUL\iaV <j>V- 
 
 Xa^a?, Kpa<$ a/oTracra?, e<pvye Sia TWV Ovpwv. 
 'AXyj/cra? 6 A/oua?, (KOI yap ?i/ eiceivov 
 u\ov a/07racra/jiej/09, eSicoKe /car' "x^os 
 
 KUGOV. &IWKCOV Se, KCLI KOLTO. TOV KtTTOV yVO~ 
 
 , 6pa TOV &a<pviv avaTeOeifJLcvov eTrl rot'? 
 1 This passage is corrupt, 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 77 
 
 where his footprints are. If I say that I 
 came to catch birds, they will ask me why I 
 do not return home, now that I have caught 
 enough. And, as for declaring openly that 
 I want to see Chloe, who would make such 
 a confession to a girl's mother and father ? 
 All such excuses are open to suspicion : 
 the best thing will be to hold my tongue. 
 I shall see Chloe again in the spring, since 
 I am not destined to see her this winter." 
 After this soliloquy he picked up his birds 
 and was preparing to go, when, as if Love 
 had taken compassion upon him, the fol- 
 lowing incident occurred. 
 
 Dryas was at table with his family : the 
 meat had been cut up and distributed, the 
 bread served, and the goblet mixed, when 
 one of the sheep dogs, taking advantage of 
 the moment when no one was watching 
 him, seized a piece of meat, and ran out 
 of doors. Dryas, greatly enraged (for the 
 piece of meat was his own portion), 
 snatched up a cudgel, and ran after him 
 like another dog. In his pursuit, he 
 passed close to the ivy, and saw Daphnis 
 who had just flung his spoil over his 
 
78 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 COJULOV? TTJV aypav, KOI cnrocropeiv eyi/ovcora. 
 Kpeft)? /mev KOI KVVOS avTiKa e7re\dOeTO' /meya 
 
 TO KCU 
 
 , KCU Trepiyev ecra) Xa/So/xe^o?. 
 
 iev ovv iSovTes a\\ri\ov$, et? rtjv 
 yrjv Kareppurjcrav imetvai Se KapTeptjcravres 
 opOoi, 7rpO(Ttiy6pev<rav re KGU Ka.T<t>i\*i<rav 
 KCU TOVTO olovel e/oei(7ywa avrois TOV fj.tj Trecreiv 
 eyeVero. 
 
 <wi/ tie 6 Ad^w? Tra/D* e\7rlSa$ KCU 
 KOI XXo?;?, TOV re Trf/oos 1 eK 
 TrXtjcrlov, KOI 7rl TY\V TpuTre^av a?ro TWV WJULWV 
 ra? 0arTa? ctTre^o/oT/craTo /cm rot'? 
 /cat StrjyetTO TTCOS a(7XXXwi/ 
 
 7T/009 T^ aypav KCU OTTOJ? ra 
 
 /, ra <Se f^w \d/3oi, rcov /mvprcov 
 
 KOI TOV KITTOV y\lx6jULVCl. Ot Se CTTflVOVV TO 
 
 evepyov, KO.I Ke\evov <r6ieiv &v 6 KVCOV KCLT- 
 eXtTrev. 'E/ceXe^oi/ Se Tfl XXo'# irieiv eyxeai' 
 KCU ijSe xaipovcra rof? re aXXot? topee, KOI 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 78 
 
 shoulders, and had made up his mind to 
 depart. Then, immediately forgetting all 
 about the meat and the dog, he shouted, 
 " Good-day, my lad," embraced him, and 
 led him into the house. When Daphnis 
 and Chloe saw each other, they nearly 
 fainted for joy: however, they managed 
 to keep on their feet, and greeted and 
 saluted each other : and this helped to 
 prevent them from falling. 
 
 Thus Daphnis, having, beyond all ex- 
 pectation, both seen and kissed Chloe, 
 took a seat near the fire, and laid upon 
 the table the doves and blackbirds with 
 which his shoulders were burdened. He 
 told them how, weary of being obliged to 
 stay at home, he had set out to catch 
 birds, and how he had trapped them with 
 snares and birdlime, owing to their greedi- 
 ness for myrtle and ivy - berries. They 
 praised his activity, and pressed him to 
 eat some of what the dog had left. Chloe 
 was bidden to pour out wine for them to 
 drink, which she gladly did. She served 
 all the rest first, reserving Daphnis for 
 the last : for she pretended to be angry 
 
79 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 Aa<j>viSi JULCTO. roy? aXXof?* eova/TrreTO yelp 
 opyl^ecrOai SIOTI \6tiov, e/ueXXey a 
 OVK iSu>v. "0,uft>9 /xeVrot irpiv 
 
 ev, eW ovrws e'SwKcv. '0 de, Kairoi 
 , /3/aa^ea)? eVti/e, Trapexcov eavrw Sta r^? 
 
 'H /xej/ ^ T/oct7refa 
 
 eyevero 
 
 KCU Kpecov KaOtfjuLcvot Se Trepi T^? 
 /ca: roi; Aa/xwi^o? eirvvQavovro, KOI 
 v avrovs TOIOVTOV yrjpoTpo<pov 
 TO?? eTraivots jmev rjSero, 
 aKpoco/u.vt]$' ore Se KCLTCIXOV avrov, 
 
 jmiKpov Seiv v(f> fi8ovrj$ eKeivovs O.VTL TOV 
 Aiovvcrov TrpocreKvvrjcrev. Aur//ca ow CK T?? 
 Trripa? TrpocKojun^e yueXtrrtOyaara TroXXa, /caf 
 rou? OijpaOevras Se TOOV opviQw KCU TOVTOVS 
 e? TpoLTre^av WKTCpivrjv yvrpeiri^ov. AeJre/DO? 
 
 KpaTtJp K7TCITO, /COf SeVTCpOV TTVp CtVKaTO. 
 
 Kcu rax^ /xaXa VVKTO? yevo/uevw, Sevrepa? 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 79 
 
 with him because, having come so far, he 
 was on the point of going home without 
 seeing her. However, before she offered 
 him the cup, she dipped her lips into 
 it, and then gave it to him : and he, 
 although very thirsty, drank the contents 
 slowly, in order to make the pleasure last 
 longer. 
 
 The bread and meat soon disappeared 
 from the table : then, remaining seated, his 
 hosts began to ask him about Myrtale and 
 Lamon, at the same time congratulating 
 them upon having such a support in their 
 old age. Daphnis was delighted at their 
 commendation, since Chloe heard them : 
 but when they invited him to stay until the 
 following day, when they intended to offer 
 sacrifice to Dionysus, he was ready to fall 
 down and worship them in place of the 
 God. He immediately pulled out the 
 honey-cakes from his wallet and all the 
 birds which he had caught : and they got 
 them ready for the evening meal. A second 
 goblet was prepared, and the fire relighted : 
 and, when it was night, they sat down to 
 another hearty meal. After this they sang 
 
8o AOrrOY IXOIMENIKQN 
 
 cv<j>opovvTO' /xe0' rjv TO. JULCV ju.v6o- 
 XoyijcravTe?, TO. Se aVayre?, et$ VTTVOV ex^ 
 
 a/za 
 ju.ev ovv ovSev xpwrov yv, on ju.t] 
 
 Tep\lstv eTepTreTO' TepTrvov yap evd- 
 IULI^C KCU Trarpl crvyKoijUitjOfjvai XXoV* co<rre KOI 
 7repie/3a\\ev auroj/, /caJ KaTe^iXei 7ro\\a.Ki$ 
 Tavra irdvTO. Trotetv XXoi/i/ oveipo7ro\ov/u.evo$. 
 f Q? eyevero ^/mepa, Kpvos /u,ev rjv eai<riov 
 KOI avpa /36peto$ inreKae Travra. Ot $e ava- 
 crTavT<?, Ovovcri TW A*<W(Tft> Kpiov eviavcriov 
 KOI Trvp avaKGLiHTavTe? M e V a > Trape<TKvdovTO 
 Tpo<f>rjv. T^? ovv NaTTiy? dpTOTroiova-qs, KOI 
 rov A/oiWro? TOI/ if/o/oi/ e^oi/ro?, crxoX^? o 
 
 /cal ^ XXo7 Xa^8o/Xvot, TrpoyXOov T^? 
 
 a o /C/TTO9' ^aJ TraXf)/ fipo\ov<j 
 
 KOI iov eTraXe/^a^re?, eOrfpcw 
 OVK 6\tyov opviQwv. ^Hy ^e auro?? /ca 
 
 aTroXaycrf? crwex^?, /ca^ Xoya>^ o 
 
 ' "Am (re 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 80 
 
 and told stories, and then went to bed, 
 Chloe with her mother, and Daphnis with 
 Dryas. Chloe thought of nothing but the 
 happiness of seeing Daphnis on the fol- 
 lowing day; while Daphnis satisfied him- 
 self with an idle enjoyment : he thought 
 it happiness even to sleep with Chloe's 
 father, clasped him in his arms, and kissed 
 him again and again, dreaming that he 
 was kissing and embracing Chloe. 
 
 At daybreak, it was bitterly cold, and a 
 north wind was nipping everything. The 
 family got up, and having sacrificed a year- 
 old ram to Dionysus, lighted a large fire, 
 and made preparations for a meal. While 
 Nape was making the bread, and Dryas 
 cooking the meat, Daphnis and Chloe, 
 being left to themselves, retired to the ivy- 
 bower in front of the yard, where they 
 again set up the nets and smeared the 
 twigs with birdlime, and caught a large 
 number of birds. In the meantime, they 
 continually kissed each other and held 
 delightful converse. 
 
 " It was for your sake that I came, dear 
 Chloe." " I know it, Daphnis." " It is 
 
 ii 
 
si Aorrov HOIMENIKQN 
 
 A/a ere aTroXXwo TOV$ aOXlovs 
 ovv <TOI yivo/uiai ', Me/xy^o-o JU.QV. 
 vrj ray NJ/^a?, a? w/xocra Trore ei"? CKCIVO TO 
 avrpov, 1? o r'iojULv cv6v? av rj yjiiov ra/c/J. 
 'AXXa TToXX^y ecrrt, XXo>/, /ecu SeSoiKa /x^ eya) 
 Trpo Taim/9 ra/cco. Ga/o/5ef, Aa^>i/* Oepfj.6? 
 <JTLV 6 ?/Xto9. Ei yap oi/Va>9 yevotro, XXo7, 
 Oe/o/xo9, a>9 TO moi^ TriJp T^ KapSlav TTJV ejULrjv. 
 IIa/fe/9 aTraTwv /me. Oi5 /xa Ta9 a?ya9 019 o~y 
 /xe eKeXeves ofAwetv.'* 
 
 Tai?Ta avTn<l>u>VYi<ra<Ta Trpo? TOV Ad<j>viv rj 
 XXo>y KaOaTrep ^x^' /caXoiVraw CIVTOVS TMV 
 Trep\ Tip NaTrrjv, eureSptifJLOV, TTO\V Trepirro- 
 Tepav T*79 X@ l &$ Orjpav KO/U.IOVT$' KOI ctTrap- 
 djmevoL TM Aiovvara) Kparijpos, ycrOtov, KITTOJ 
 Ta9 K(pa\a$ ccrTe^ai/co/xcVof. Ka/ eTref Kaipos 
 rjv, iaKxacravTcs KOI evdcravres, TrpoeTrejULTrov TOV 
 UVTOV T^ Trr'fpav Kpewv KOI 
 Se KOI Tc\9 ^>aTTO9 KOI Ta9 
 /cal Mf/OTaX>; KOJULI&IV, 059 aJTOi 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 81 
 
 for your sake that I am destroying these 
 poor birds. What then am I to you ? Do 
 not forget me." " I do not forget you, I 
 swear by the Nymphs whom I formerly 
 invoked as the witnesses of my oath in 
 the grotto, whither we will soon return, 
 as soon as the snow melts." " It lies very 
 deep, Chloe : I am afraid that I myself 
 shall melt first." " Courage, Daphnis : the 
 sun is hot." " Would that it were as hot 
 as the fire which consumes my heart.' 
 " You are laughing at me and trying to 
 deceive me." " No, I swear it by the 
 goats, by which you bade me swear." 
 
 While Chloe was thus answering 
 Daphnis, like an echo, Nape called them. 
 They ran into the house with their catch, 
 which was much larger than that of the 
 previous day. After they had poured 
 libations to Dionysus, they ate, crowned 
 with garlands of ivy. Then, when the 
 time came, after they had celebrated the 
 praises of Bacchus and chanted Evoe, 
 Dryas and Nape sent Daphnis on his 
 way, having first filled his wallet with 
 bread and meat. They also gave him 
 
 II 2 
 
82 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 0rjpa<TovT<! aXXore a'XXa9, eVr' dV 6 XCIJULWV 
 V.evy, KCU 6 KtTTOS M Xe/7r#. '0 Se aTryei, 
 <t>L\riara$ CLVTOVS irporepovs XXo^, fva TO 
 e/ceiV>/9 0/X>7yua KaOapov fieivfj. Kaf aXXa? ^e 
 TToXXa? ?XOei/ o^oi*? err' aXXaf9 rex^at?' wcrre 
 Jror? yevearOai rov 
 
 Se 5/009 apxojmevov, /ecu r^9 yu^ \i6vo<; 
 
 , KCU Ttj 
 
 re aXXot vojmets rjyov ra9 
 
 KCU irpo TU> 
 Kal Aa0W9, ola /uiei^ovi SovXevovres 
 
 E->i\\ <? n r <y*\ N AT'j ^ x 
 
 LC7U9 OVV 0/OO/XO9 ^ eTTf T9 NvfJL<pa<} KCtl TO 
 
 (ivTpov evTevOev eirl TOV Tlava KOI T*IV TTITVV 
 eTra eirl T*JV Spvv, IK/)' i}v Ka6lovT? KOI rc(9 
 ayeXct9 ve/j.ov KCU aXX?/Xoy9 KaTe(j>l\ovv. 
 'AvefyTtjarav re KCU avOrj, (TTe<j>avu)arcu 6e\ovTe<; 
 TOV? Oeovv ra ^e a/ort 6 Ze<pvpo? Tp<pwv KCU 
 6 fj\io$ Oepimaivcov e^rjyev OJULCOS Se evpeOr] Kal 
 "to. KOI vdpKKT<ro?, KOI aj/ayaXXf9, /ca/ ocra 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 82 
 
 the wood-pigeons and thrushes to take to 
 Lamon and Myrtale, since they knew that 
 they would be able to catch as many as 
 they wanted, as long as the winter and 
 the ivy-berries lasted. Then Daphnis de- 
 parted, after kissing them all Chloe last, 
 that her kiss might remain pure and with- 
 out alloy. He afterwards found several 
 fresh excuses for returning, so that they 
 did not pass the winter entirely deprived 
 of the joys of love. 
 
 With the commencement of spring the 
 snow began to melt, the earth again be- 
 came visible, and the green grass sprouted. 
 The shepherds again drove their flocks 
 into the fields, Daphnis and Chloe first of 
 all, since they served a mightier shepherd. 
 They ran first to the grotto of the 
 Nymphs, then to the pine tree and the 
 image of Pan, and after that to the oak, 
 under which they sat down, watching their 
 flocks and kissing each other. Then, to 
 weave chaplets for the Gods, they went in 
 search of some flowers, which were only just 
 beginning to blossom under the fostering 
 influence of Zephyr and the warmth of the 
 
83 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKHN 
 
 7rpu>TO(j)OpijjUiaTa. 'H JJ.GV XXo>; KOI 6 
 i$ ctTro alywv KOI CCTTO oioav TIVCOV yaXa 
 veov, KCU TOVTO, (TT(/>a.vovvTe$ TO. ayaX/xara, 
 Ka.Te<nrei<ra.v. 'A.7njpavTO KOL (rJptyyo?, /ca- 
 Qairep ra? atjSovas e? r>V ^ibwrt/c^v cpeOi^ovres' 
 at ^e VTre<f)6eyyovTO ev TOLLS \6xjJ.di$, KOI TOV 
 "Irvv /car' o\iyov ?;/cp//3o 
 
 ? e/c /xa/c/oa? 
 
 Trof /cai irlpivtw 
 
 TTOV KCU apve$, KCU rats jmyTpaariv uTro/cXacrai/re? 
 auroi'?, T^I/ 6t]\rjv ecrTracrav ra? ^e /UUJTTO) 
 
 TTOKViag OL KplOl KCLTCtSltOKOVTeS, KCtl KOLTO) 
 
 (TTfaavTes, e/3aivov aXXo? a\\rjv. ' 
 /cat r/oaywi^ Siwy/u.aTa, KOL e? ra? atya? e 
 Koorepa TrrjSrjjULaTa, KOL ep.ayovTO Trepl 
 aiywv KCU e/cacrro? e?x^ t5ta9, /cot! e^J 
 /XT; rf? aura9 JULOLX^^H \a6wv. Kat yepovras 
 e^wp/mrjcrev ei$ cHppoSirrjv ra TOiavra 
 ' oi Be, KOL veoi, KCLL crtypiywvTes, KOLL 
 TroXw ?^7 \povov epwra ^rowre?, e^eKaovro 
 TT/OO? ra aKova-fJiara, KOLL CT^KOVTO TT/OO? ra 
 
PASTORALS OF LONG US 83 
 
 sun : however, they found some violets, 
 hyacinths, pimpernel, and other flowers 
 of early spring. After they had drunk 
 some new milk drawn from the sheep 
 and goats, they crowned the images, and 
 poured libations. Then they began to 
 play upon their pipes, as if challenging to 
 song the nightingales, which were warb- 
 ling in the thickets and gradually perfecting 
 their lamentation for Itys, as if anxious, 
 after long silence, to recall their strains. 
 The sheep began to bleat, the lambs 
 gamboled, or stooped under their mothers' 
 bellies to suck their teats. The rams 
 chased the sheep which had not yet borne 
 young, and mounted them. The he-goats 
 also chased the she-goats with even greater 
 heat, leaped amorously upon them, and 
 fought for them. Each had his own mate, 
 and jealously guarded her against the 
 attacks of a wanton rival. At this sight 
 even old men would have felt the fire of 
 love rekindled within them : the more so 
 Daphnis and Chloe, who were young and 
 tortured by desire, and had long been in 
 quest of the delights of love. All that they 
 
84 AOrrOY liOIMENIKON 
 
 , Kal efyrovv KOI avTol TrepiTTOTepov 
 TI ^fX^/xaro? KOI 7re/of/5oX^9, Kal /udXia-Ta 8e 
 6 Aa0j/f?. Ola yovv eV^/^/cra? T# Kara TOV 
 oiKoupla KCU acrxoXia, TT/DO? re ra 
 w/oya, /cat TT/OO? ra? 7repi/3o\a$ 
 , Kal tjv e? 7ra/ epyov Treptepyorepos 
 
 Ka 
 
 3 
 
 Hrei ^37 T^ XXo'^y xapi<ra<r6al ot TTCLV 
 ocrov /3ov\Tai, Kal yvjmvrjv yv/mvw crvyKara- 
 K\i6fjvai fjiaKpoTepov rj TrpoorOev eiwOecrav 
 TOVTO yap Srj \ei7Tiv TOI$ <&i\r]Ta Traifiev- 
 jmaa-iv, f lva St] yevtjrai TO /ULOVOV epwra Travov 
 (j>apju,aKov. T^? 8e TrvvOavojmevr]? TL 
 ccrrl </)i\ti/uLaTO$ KOI 7re/oe/3oX^9, KOI 
 KaTaK\lcrea)$, Kal TI eyvw Spacrai yv/j,vo$ 
 eyKaTaK\ivel$- " TOVTO, eiTrev, o oi Kpiol 
 TTOIOUCTI ra? of?, Kal oi Tpayoi TO? atya?. 
 0/aa? a>9 fJLCTa TOVTO TO epyov, OVTC eKeivai 
 CTI favyovcriv avTov$, OVTC CKCIVOI KU/ULVOVITI 
 OIWKOVTCS, aXX' to&Trep Koivfjs \OITTOV airo- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 84 
 
 heard inflamed them, all that they saw 
 melted them, and they longed for some- 
 thing more than mere embraces and kisses, 
 but especially Daphnis, who, having spent 
 the winter in the house doing nothing, 
 kissed Chloe fiercely, pressed her wantonly 
 in his arms, and showed himself in every 
 respect more curious and audacious. 
 
 He begged her to grant him all he de- 
 sired, and to lie with him naked longer 
 than they had been accustomed to do : 
 " This," said he, " is the only one of 
 Philetas's instructions that we have not 
 yet followed, the only remedy that can 
 appease Love." When Chloe asked him 
 what else there could be besides kisses, 
 embraces, and lying together, and what 
 he meant to do, if they both lay naked 
 together, he replied : " The same as the 
 rams and the he-goats do to their mates. 
 You see how, after this has been accom- 
 plished, the former no longer pursue the 
 latter, nor the latter flee from the former: 
 but, from that moment, they feed quietly 
 together, as if they had enjoyed the same 
 pleasure in common. This pastime, me- 
 
8s AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 \avovT$ ySovfjs crvvvefjiovTai. T\VKU TI, w 
 
 OIKV, e<TTl TO epyOV, KCU VIKa TO e/Oft)TO9 
 
 TriKpov. Err' oi/x o/39, eo Ad^w, ret? atya?, 
 KCU TOV? Kptovs, Kai roi/9 T/oayoi?, /cal ra? o??, 
 ft)? d/o^ot /xev cKeivoi SpaJariv, opOal Se eKelvai 
 oi fjiev, irtiSqa-avTes, at Se, /cara- 
 
 i TavTa yv/mvt'iv ; KatVot ye eKeivai TTOOTOV 
 
 rjs CJULOV XaaricoTepai ; 
 , /cat (Tfy/cara/cXd/el? 
 Xpovov KiTo, KCU ovSev &v veKa w/oya, iroieiv 
 7riarTafJLevo9, VLV'I<TTY\<JIV avTyv, KCU 
 
 7repie(j>veTo fJUju.ovjuLevo$ rot'? Tpayois. 
 ^e /ma\\ov ajroprjOel?, Ka6l<Ta? K\av<rev, el KCU 
 ajULCtOearTcpos ei$ TO. e/owro? e/oya. 
 rt? avT(f yeiTcov, yewpyo? y 
 TO ovo/J.a, Traprj/Swv rjSt] TO 
 a) yvvaiKiov rjv e^raKTOv e acrreo?, 
 /cal wpaiov, KOU aypoiKtas a/SpoTepov TOVTW 
 h.vKaiviov ovofjia tjv. Ai/V^ opwcra TOV &a<f>viv 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 85 
 
 thinks, is something sweet, which can 
 overcome the bitterness of love." " But," 
 answered Chloe, " do you not see that 
 he-goats and she-goats, rams and sheep, 
 all satisfy their desire standing upright : 
 the males leap upon the females, who 
 receive them on their backs ? You ask me 
 to lie down with you naked : but see 
 how much thicker their fleece is than my 
 garments." Daphnis obeyed, lay down by 
 her side, and held her for a long time 
 clasped in his arms : but, not knowing 
 how to do what he was burning to do, 
 he made her get up, and embraced her 
 behind, in imitation of the he-goats, but 
 with even less success : then, utterly at a 
 loss what to do, he sat down on the ground 
 and began to weep at the idea of being 
 more ignorant of the mysteries of love 
 than the rams. 
 
 In the neighbourhood there dwelt a 
 labourer named Chromis, already advanced 
 in years, who farmed his own estate. He 
 had a wife whom he had brought from the 
 city, young, beautiful, and more refined 
 than the countrywomen : her name was 
 
86 AOrrOY EOIMENIKQN 
 
 Kaff eKCKTTqv rj/mepav 7rape\avvovra rag atya? 
 etV vo/UL^v, vuKTCop K vojmfjs, 7re9v/j.r]<TV 
 KTr'i(ra<TO(u Swpot? SeXeaaracra. Km 
 Si] TTOTC Xox^acra JULOVOV, KOI orvpiyya Swpov 
 , KCU yue'Xt ev Kqplw, KOI Trrjpav e\d<j>ov. 
 e TI towel, TOV XXo*/? e/owra Kara- 
 TTGLVV yap ewpa 7rpocrKei/u.voi> 
 
 CLVTOV Tfl Kopu. Tlporepov /mev ovv CK 
 KOI yeXwro? crvvefiaXeTo rot/ro* rore ^e e^ 
 v (TKrj\lsa/ULevr] Trpo? X/oa>yUfi/ w? irapa 
 
 TiKTovcrav aTreuri yelrova, KCLTOTTIV avrois 
 
 , KOI el? riva \O\MV eyiepv- 
 ? /u,t] /3XeVoTO, iravTa "JKOV- 
 ocra elTrov, iravra elfiev oar a eTrpa^av OVK 
 
 ovSe Afacra? o 
 
 aXy?/cra(ra Sq TOI$ aOX/o:?, KCU Kaipov 
 vo/uLia-acra SITTOV, TOV /uei/ et? ataftw 
 TOV Se ei$ Ttjv eavTtj? eTrtOv/mlav, e 
 TL TOiovSe. 
 
 tjv yvvaiKa 
 1 The reading is uncertain here. 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 86 
 
 Lycaenium. Every morning she saw 
 Daphnis driving his goats to pasture, and 
 back again at night. She was seized with 
 a desire of winning him for her lover by 
 presents. Having watched until he was 
 alone, she gave him a pipe, a honeycomb, 
 and a deer-skin wallet, but she was afraid 
 to say anything, suspecting his love for 
 Chloe. For she had observed that he was 
 devoted to the girl, although hitherto she 
 had only guessed his affection from having 
 seen them interchange nods and smiles. 
 One day, in the morning, making the 
 excuse to Chromis that she was going to 
 visit a neighbour who had been brought 
 to bed, she followed them, concealed her- 
 self in a thicket to avoid being seen, and 
 heard all they said, and saw all they did. 
 Even Daphnis's tears did not escape her. 
 Pitying the poor young couple, and think- 
 ing that she had a two-fold opportunity 
 of getting them out of their trouble and, 
 at the same time, satisfying her own 
 desires, she had recourse to the following 
 stratagem. 
 
 The next day, having gone out again on 
 
8; AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 TiKTOv&av aTTtovara, (pavepw? e?n Ttjv Spvv v<f>' $ 
 KaOe^TO Aa^w? KOI XXo;> trapaylveTai, KCU 
 aicpi/3>v JULI /uLrjtrajULevr] TTJV TTapayju.vriv, " araxrov 
 /me, ef-Tre, Aa^w, Trjv aOXlav CK yap /ULOI rcov 
 u>v TWV e'lKOtriv eva TOV Ka\\i<TTOv aero? 
 KCU, ola yiteya <f>6priov a/aa/xej/o?, OVK 
 eSvw'iOti /xerewpo? eirl rtjv crvvrjOr) T*JV v 
 KO/ULKTCII eKCLvqv irerpav a\\a ci 
 
 7T/OO? TWV NfyW^ft)^ KCU TOV ITai/O? KIVOV, 
 
 etcreXOwv et? TTJV vXyv, craxrov IULOV TOV 
 
 (jULOvrj yap SeSoiKa eiareXOetv), jmyS 
 
 aT\rj fjiov TOV apiO/uLov yevofj-Gvov. Tax a ^ 
 
 KOI avTOv TOV aeTOv cnroKTevei?, Kal OVK C 
 
 TroXXoi'9 VJULWV apvas KOLL epi(j>ov<s apTraa-ei. 
 
 Se aye\rjv reco? (ppovpijaret XXo>;' Tra^rco? avT.*p> 
 
 'to-acriv at aiyes aei croi crvvvejuLovcrav? ' 
 
 OvSev TMV /UL\\6vT(0v uxoTTTeJcra? o Aa^i/f?, 
 evOvs avlcTTaTai, Kal apajmevo^ T^V KaXavpoTra, 
 KaTOTTtv JKoXovOei Ttj A.vKaivi(p. 'H Se yyetTO 
 w? /uiaKpOTaTW r^? XXo'79 f Kal eTreiSr] /cara TO 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 87 
 
 pretence of visiting her sick neighbour, 
 she proceeded straight to the oak under 
 which Daphnis and Chloe were sitting, 
 and, pretending to be in great distress, 
 cried : " Help me, Daphnis : I am most 
 unhappy. An eagle has just carried off 
 the finest of my twenty geese : but, as the 
 burden was a heavy one, he could not 
 carry it up to the top of the rock, his 
 usual refuge, but has alighted with his prey 
 at the end of the wood. In the name 
 of the Nymphs and Pan yonder, I beseech 
 you, go with me into the forest, for I am 
 afraid to go alone : save my goose, and 
 do not leave the number of my flock im- 
 perfect. Perhaps you will also be able to 
 slay the eagle, and he will no longer carry 
 off your kids and lambs. Meanwhile, 
 Chloe can look after your goats: they 
 know her as well as you : for you always 
 tend your flocks together." 
 
 Daphnis, suspecting nothing of what 
 was to come, immediately got up, took 
 his crook and followed Lycaenium. She 
 took as far from Chloe as possible, and, 
 when they came to the thickest part of the 
 
88 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 eyevovTO, Trrjyijg TrXyariov Ka6l(rat 
 K6\ev(ra<Ta CLVTOV, " e/oa?, e?7re, Aa^w, XXoi/9, 
 KOI TOVTO e/maOov eyco vvKTWp Trapa 
 
 ra 
 
 at NVJUL</>CU Siyyt'icravTO SaKpva, Koi eKe 
 ere (TOKrai 8iSaaju.vr)v ra e/aeoTO? epya. Ta 
 ^e ecTTd/ 01) 0fX^yWara /caJ TrepiftoXrj, KOI ola 
 Spcoort Kptol KOI Tpayoi, aXXa Tavra TrySt/mara 
 KOI TWI/ e/cef yXvKvrepa' Trpocrecm yap CIVTOI? 
 
 oVo? [jiaKpOTepas rjSovfj?. Et ^ o*o <pi\ov 
 ai KCLKMV, KOI ev Trelpa yevecrOcti 
 r]TOVfjieva)v TepTTvwv, '161, TrapaSiSov JULOI 
 TepTrvov aravrov /xa^i/r^^* eyco 
 rat? Nu^0a(? eKCtvcus, SiSa(*). 
 
 OVK eKapTepycrev 6 Ad<j>vi$ v<j> rj 
 are aypoucos KOI atVoXo?, /caJ epcoi/ /cal ^09, 
 
 7T/OO TtOl/ TTO^fOl^ /CaTaTTeCTWl/, T^f AvKCtlVlOV 
 
 iKerevev OTI Ta\i(TTa SiSdat Trjis Te^vijv, di' 
 779 o /3ov\eTai Spdcrei XXo>?i/* KCU, coarTrep TI 
 /xeya /cal OeoTrefJLTTTOv aXtjOax; IUL\\WV StSd- 
 i, KOI epi(/)ov avTfl Saxretv e 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 88 
 
 forest, she bade him sit down near a 
 fountain, and said : " Daphnis, you are in 
 love with Chloe : the Nymphs revealed 
 this to me last night. They told me in a 
 dream of the tears you shed yesterday, and 
 bade me relieve you of your trouble by 
 teaching you the mysteries of love. These 
 consist not in kisses and embraces alone, 
 or the practices of sheep and goats, but 
 in connexion far more delightful than 
 these : for the pleasure lasts longer. If 
 then you wish to be freed from your 
 troubles and to try the delights of which 
 you are in search, come, put yourself in 
 my hands, a delightful pupil : out of 
 gratitude to the Nymphs, I will be your 
 instructress." 
 
 Daphnis, at these words, could no longer 
 contain himself for joy : but, being a 
 simple countryman and goatherd, young 
 and amorous, he threw himself at her 
 feet and begged her to teach him without 
 delay the art which would enable him to 
 do to Chloe what he desired: and, as if 
 it had been some profound and heaven- 
 sent secret, he promised to give her a kid 
 
 12 
 
8g AOrrOY IIOIMENIKJ2N 
 
 Kai Tvpoix? cnra\ovs TrpcorofipvTOv yctXa/cro?, 
 Kal Trjv afya avTriv. Eupowra Srj t] AvKaiviov 
 rjv a<t>Qoviav oiav ov 7rpO(reSoKt]<Tev, 
 
 TTCtlSevetV TOV A0^J/, TOUTOV TOl/ 
 
 TpoTrov. 'E/ceXefcre^ avrov KaOl&ai 7r\r)(riov 
 aur^9 w? e'xei, Kai <t>i\fj /nara <f>i\eiv ola etwOet 
 Kal oara, (piXovvra aju.a Kai Trept/3d\\iv Kai 
 KaraK\ivorOai \aiJ.ai '% & eKaOea-Otj, Kal 
 etfrlXtja-e, Kal /care/cX/^*;, jmaOovcra evepyetv 
 dvvaiuevov Kal (7^>/3(yft)j/Ta, aTro jmev ri?? eiri 
 TT\evpav /cara/cX/creo)? aviarTtjfnv avrrjv Se 
 v7ro<TTOpe(Ta<Ta ei/rex^w?, e? Trjv rew? &TOV- 
 fHSVtp 6Sov ?ye* TO Se evTevOev ovSev vrept- 
 >yyayero evov avrrj yap ij $v(n<s \OITTOV 
 eTraiSeve TO irpaKTeov. 
 
 Tl 
 
 Tpe\eiv eiri T*]V XXotjv, Kai ocra exe- 
 , Spav avTtKa, KaOatrep SeSotKias W 
 flpaSvvas 7ri\aOoiTO' n Se AvKatviov Kara- 
 or\ov<ra avrov, eXe^ev code' ""Ert Kal ravra 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 89 
 
 lately weaned, fresh cheeses made of new 
 milk, and even the mother herself. Ly- 
 caenium seeing, from his generous offer, 
 that Daphnis was more simple than she 
 had imagined, began to instruct him in 
 the following manner. She ordered him 
 to sit down by her side just as he was, 
 and to kiss her as he had been accustomed 
 to kiss Chloe, and, while kissing, to em- 
 brace her and lie down by her side. When 
 he had done so, Lycaenium, finding that 
 he was ready for action and inflamed with 
 desire, lifted him up a little, and, cleverly 
 slipping under him, set him on the road 
 he had sought so long in vain : and, with- 
 out more ado, Nature herself taught him 
 the rest. 
 
 When this lesson in the mysteries of 
 Love was finished, Daphnis, still as simple 
 as before, would have hastened at once to 
 Chloe, to teach her all that he had learnt, 
 for fear of forgetting it, if he delayed. But 
 Lycaenium stopped him, and said : "There 
 is something else you must know, Daphnis : 
 I am a woman, and you have not hurt me : 
 for, long ago, another man taught me 
 
 12 2 
 
go AOrrOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 Set ere juLctOeiv, o> Aa^>yt eya> 
 7re7Tov6a vvv ovSev TraAcu yap /me ravra avrjp 
 a'AAo9 eTralSevare, jun<r9ov rrjv TrapOeviav 
 XAoy ^e (TVjULTraXatovcra crot Tavrrjv Tqv 
 KOI oijui^ei, KOI K\av(TTai, KOI aifJiaTi Kelarerai 
 ft), KaOairep 7re(/>ovevfjievii. 'AAAa aru TO 
 JJLVJ <po/3r)0fj$' aAA' rjviKa av 7re/cr>/9 avTriv 
 arot Trapcurxeiv, ayaye avrrjv ci$ TOVTO TO 
 , "iva Kav /Sofar], [j.r]Se}$ aKOvo-fl, KCLI> 
 /mrjSe}^ 'iSrj, /caV at/x^X^' ^ovcrtjTat 
 KOL jut-ejuivrjcro OTI ere avftpa eyco trpo 
 
 'H ju.ev ovv AvKdlvtov ToaravTO. v' 
 KCIT ofAAo fj,epo$ T^9 i/A?79 aTrrjXQev, 0)9 CTI 
 ^Tovara TOV x^ a ' ^ &a</>vis ei$ \oyiviJLQv 
 aycov TO. eipri^va, T^9 jmev TrpOTepa? op/mf}? 
 ), Siox\elv Se Ty XAo>; TrepiTTOTepov 
 tl 7re/of/3oA>79, /x)JTe /Bofjcrat 
 6e ACDI/ avTtjv, 0)9 7T/oo9 TroXefJiiov, ^w/re SaKpvcrai, 
 
 i, KaOairep 7re^>o- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS go 
 
 what I have just taught you, and took my 
 maidenhead as his reward. But Chloe, 
 when she enters upon this struggle with 
 you for the first time, will weep and cry 
 out, and will bleed as if she had been 
 wounded. But you need not be afraid 
 at the sight of the blood : when you have 
 persuaded her to yield to your desire, 
 bring her here, where, if she cries, no 
 one can hear her; if she weeps, no one 
 can see her; if she bleeds, she can 
 wash herself in the spring. And never 
 forget that I made you a man before 
 Chloe." 
 
 After she had given him this advice, 
 Lycaenium went off to another part of 
 the wood, as if she was still looking for 
 her goose. Daphnis, thinking over what 
 she had said, felt his passion somewhat 
 cooled, and hesitated to press Chloe to 
 grant him anything more than kisses and 
 embraces. He did not wish to make her 
 cry out, as if she was being attacked by 
 an enemy, or to make her weep, as if she 
 were in pain, or to make her bleed, as if 
 she had been wounded : for, being a novice 
 
AOrrOY IIOIMENIK17N 
 
 apTiju.a6>i$ yap wv eSeSoiKei TO CU/AGC, 
 on apa e/c JULOVOV r/oau/xaro? cu/za 
 yiveTai. TLVOVS Se ra crvvr'iQt] TepirearQai 
 m ical e\6ow "iva eK 
 
 , TOV re 
 
 TOU UCTOV ovuxw e\lsev<raLTO eap7rd(rai, KOI 
 TrepiOeis e(/>l\>iarv, olov ev r# re/o^ei AVKCLIVLOV 
 TOVTO yap efjv ft)? aKivSvvov. 'H Se TOV (rre- 
 <j>avov (/>t'i o/uLOcrcv auTOv Tfl /ce^>aX>;, KOLL Trjv 
 
 KOfJLtJV (j>l\rj<TV, ft>? TWV "lOW KpeiTTOVtt. Kcti 
 
 Tn'ipa? TrpoKOfjLiiracra TraXaOys noipav, /ecu ap- 
 TOVS Tiva$, eSa)K6 (/>ayetv Kal etrOiovTOS CCTTO 
 <7ToVaTO? ?/p7rafe, /cat oyra)? ycrOiev warirep 
 opviftog. 
 
 avTwv Kal TrepiTTOTepov <J>i\ovv- 
 Ttw &v tjffOiov, vavs aXiewv co^Orj TrapaTrXeov&a. 
 J 'Ai/e/xo? /u,ev OVK yv, yaXr'ivtj Se rjv, KUL epeTTetv 
 edoKei. Kcu ijpeTTOv e/5/oa)/xeVto? rjirel 
 yap veaXets ix@vs ei$ Ttjv woXtv 
 TU>V Tivl TrXofcrtW. Otoi> ovv eiwQcuri vavTai 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 91 
 
 in the art of love, he was afraid of this 
 blood, thinking it impossible that it could 
 proceed from anything but a wound. He 
 accordingly left the wood, resolved to enjoy 
 himself with her in the usual way, and, 
 when he reached the place where she was 
 sitting weaving a chaplet of violets, he pre- 
 tended that he had rescued the goose from 
 the eagle's claws : then he embraced and 
 kissed her, as he had kissed Lycaenium 
 while they toyed together : for this at least 
 he thought was free from danger. Chloe 
 crowned his head with the chaplet, and 
 kissed his hair, which smelt sweeter to her 
 than the violets : then she took out of her 
 wallet a piece of fruit-cake and some bread 
 and gave him to eat : and, while he was 
 eating, she would snatch a morsel from 
 his mouth, and eat it, just like a young 
 bird pecking from its mother's beak. 
 
 While they were eating, and were even 
 more busily engaged in kissing each other, 
 a fishing-boat came in sight proceeding 
 along the coast. There was no wind, and 
 the sea was calm : wherefore the crew de- 
 cided to use their oars, and rowed on 
 
92 AOrrOY HOIMENIKON 
 
 Spav et? KCtjuiaTWv a/meXeiav, TOVTO Ka 
 
 , TCC? KCOTTCIS ave<pepov. Ef$- /xey OVTOLS 
 r]$ VO.VTIKUS fiSev u>Sas' oi fie \onrot, 
 
 xP$> Oyuo^coi/w? /caret Kaipov 
 
 
 evfl Ty OaXarTy ravra eirpaTTOV, >/^>a- 
 ftfvtfi rfjs <j>wv>j$ ei$ TTO\VV 
 ae/oa* eTref ^e a/cpa Ti^f VTroSpa/uiovTes, e/? 
 KOI KOI\OV L(n]\aarav, /mellow 
 ftorj, ora(j)fj Se e^eTTiTrrev et$ rrjv yv\v 
 ra TUIV KeXevtr/m-dTCDV a'oyxara. KoIXo? yap TM 
 ireSiw avXwv yTro/cet/xei/o?, KOI 
 w? opyavov 8\6ju.evos, TTUVTWV TWV 
 /ULijULrjTtjv (fxtivyv GiTreSiSov, iSia /mev TWV KWTTWV 
 
 TOV nX ov > *^ V ^ T ^ v ftM/ i* / T v vavrwv KOI 
 ey/i/ero oxowrfM, Tepirvov. 3>6avou<rr)? rfjs 
 CITTO T^? ^aXarr?;? </>a)vrj?, rj e/c riy? y^? 0a/^ 
 roo'oi/TOP' eTraiyero fipaSiov, ocrov yparo. 
 
 'O yuet/ oi5/ Aa0^9 et^w? TO TrpaTTOjuievov, 
 OV& Til OoXdrTy Trpoveixe. Kal ere/oTrero 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 92 
 
 vigorously, for they were taking some fish 
 that they had just caught to one of the 
 wealthy citizens. After the custom of 
 sailors, in order to lighten their toil, one 
 of them sang a song of the sea, which 
 regulated the movement of the oars, while 
 the rest, like a chorus, joined in with the 
 singer at intervals. As long as they were 
 in the open sea, their song was but faintly 
 heard, since their voices were lost in the 
 expanse of air : but when they ran under 
 a promontory, or entered a deep crescent- 
 shaped bay, their voices sounded louder, 
 and the refrain of their song was heard 
 more distinctly on the land : for the bottom 
 of the bay terminated in a hollow valley, 
 which received the sound like a musical 
 instrument, and gave back an echo which 
 represented separately the plash of the oars 
 and the voice of the singers, delightful to 
 hear : for, when one sound came from the 
 sea, the answering echo from the land took 
 it up, and lasted longer, since it had com- 
 menced later. 
 
 Daphnis, knowing what it was, had eyes 
 for nothing but the sea. He was delighted 
 
93 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 ry vtji TrapctTpexovo-y TO TreSlov OarTov TTTC- 
 pou, KOI eTreiparo Tiva Staarco(raarOai TU>V a 07*61- 
 TCOV, ft)? yevotro Trjs crvpiyyos /J.e\tj. *H ^e 
 XXo'q rore irpwTOV TreipwjULevr] r 
 nxov$> TTore jmev ei$ TY\V OaXarrav uire/ 
 
 TWV VGLVTWV K\VOVTWV, 7TOT6 Se l<f T*]V V 
 
 u7re<7T/oe0e, fyrovara TOV? avTi<j>u>vovi>Tas. Kcu 
 eirei Trapct.TrXeua'avTWv tjv KOLV TCO av\u>vi criytj, 
 7rvvOai>TO TOV Aa0w$o9, KCU OTTLO-CO T^? 
 a/c/oa? e<TTf ^aXaTTa, /caf i^af? aXXtj TrapaTrXef, 
 /caJ aXXot vavrai TO. aura ^oi/, /cal 
 xarre? criMTraxri. TeXacra? ow o 
 /cat ^fX^cra? r/'^ioi/ ^>/X*7/xa, /cat TOI/ 
 <TTe<j>avov eKelvfl TrepiOels, vp^ar 
 
 TW /mvOov T^? H^oi??, alrtiaras, el 
 a^eie, jULKrOov Trap avrfj? aXXa 
 
 KCU "EXetor Tracrai /caXaJ, Traarat 
 I. Kat /xm? TOVTIOV Ovyaryp H^w 
 ytVerar OvtjTrj /mev, a>9 e/c Trarpo? Ovtjrov' 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 93 
 
 at the sight of the boat gliding along the 
 coast swifter than a bird on the wing, and 
 endeavoured to catch some of the airs that 
 he might play them on his pipe. Chloe, 
 who had never heard an echo before, looked 
 first towards the sea, while the fishermen 
 were singing, and then towards the wood, 
 to see whose voices answered. When the 
 boat had passed, all was silent in the valley. 
 Then Chloe asked Daphnis whether there 
 was another sea behind the promontory, or 
 another boat with another crew singing 
 the same strains, and whether they all 
 ceased singing at once. Then Daphnis 
 smiled pleasantly, and kissed her more 
 tenderly : and, placing upon her head the 
 chaplet of violets, began to tell her the 
 story of Echo, demanding as his reward 
 ten kisses more. 
 
 "There are several kinds of Nymphs, 
 my dear Chloe, Nymphs of the forest, of 
 the woods, and of the meadows : they are 
 all beautiful, and all skilled in singing. 
 Echo was the daughter of one of these : 
 she was mortal, since her father was a 
 mortal, and beautiful, being born of a 
 
94 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 8e, co? K jmrjTpos KaXfjs. Tpe<j>Tai IULCV VTTO 
 Nf/x0o>i/, TratSeuerai Se viro Moy<rcoi/ ovpifeiv, 
 
 aV\lV, TO. TT/QO? \VpQLV, Ttt 7T/3O? KlOapOLV, 
 
 7ra<rav wSrjv coarre KOL 7rap6evla$ ei$ av9o$ 
 ciK/mda-acra, Tal$ Nu/>t0at9 crvvexopeve, ralg 
 MoJcrat? crvvflSev afipevas ^e efavye TTCLVTCLS, 
 Kdl avOpwTTOvs Kal Oeov?, (j>i\ov<ra Tyv Trap- 
 Oeviav. '0 Tlav opyi^erai TJJ Kopfl, T^? 
 /jLovcriK*is (ftQovwv, TOU KO\\OV? w TVXWV 
 Kal JULCLVICLV e/u,/3d\\i TOI$ Troi/uecri KCU rol? 
 . Ot Se, cocTTrep Kvves, rj \VKOI, 
 avrriv, KCU. piTTTOvariv ei$ Traarav 
 en aSovra TO. /me\f]. Kaf ra /u.e\t] F^, 
 , Kpv\jse TTOLVTU. Kcu 
 KOI yvw^n M.ov<T(av 
 a(j)tr](n (fxtivtiv, KOI /ULi/uLeiTai TravTa, KaOctTrep 
 TOTG tj Koprj, Oeovs, avOpooTrovs, opyava, Otjpla' 
 /ULi/meiraL KOI avrov (rvpiTTOVTa TOV liava. '0 
 Se aKovcra$, avaTrrjSa Kal SIOOKCI Kara rwv opwv, 
 OVK epwv Tvx^tv aXX' rj TOV jmaOeiv r/? &FTIV 
 6 \avQavwv /xa^T^?." Tai/ra /u.v6o\oyrjcravTa 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 94 
 
 beautiful mother. She was brought up by 
 the Nymphs, and taught by the Muses to 
 play on the flute and pipe, the lyre and 
 the lute, and to sing all kinds of songs : 
 when she grew up, she danced with the 
 Nymphs and sang with the Muses : but, 
 jealous of her virginity, she avoided all 
 males, both Gods and men. Pan was 
 incensed against the maiden, being jealous 
 of her singing, and vexed that he could 
 not enjoy her beauty. He inspired with 
 frenzy the shepherds and goatherds, who, 
 like dogs or wolves, tore the maiden to 
 pieces, and flung her limbs here and there, 
 still quivering with song. Earth, out of 
 respect for the Nymphs, received and hid 
 them in her bosom, where they still 
 preserve their gift of song, and, by the 
 will of the Muses, speak and imitate all 
 sounds, as the maiden did when alive 
 the voices of men and Gods, musical instru- 
 ments, and the cries of wild beasts : they 
 even imitate the notes of Pan when play- 
 ing on his pipe. And he, when he hears 
 it, springs up and rushes down the moun- 
 tains, with the sole desire of finding out 
 
95 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 TOP &a<j)viv, ov oV/ca IJLOVOV (j>i\rjjj.aTa, aXXa 
 Travv TroXXu KCtT(f>i\t]cri> rj XXoV jmiKpov 
 yap Kal ra avTa elirev 'Hx<*>, KaOawep juLaprv- 
 pova-a OTI wSev eifsevararo. 
 
 Qep/morepov Se /ca$' e/cao-riyi/ rj/mepav yiyvo- 
 fjLevov TOV fj\i.ov, ola TOV (JLGV ?/)o? TrafO/xeVoi/, 
 TOV Se Qepov? apxoju.vov, 7rd\iv avroi? eylvovro 
 Kaivai T6p\!sei? Kal Oepetot. '0 jmev yap evr} 
 ev TO?? Trora/xor?, 17 Se ev raf? 
 6 jmev ecrvpifa, afJLiXXwjULevos 717)09 ra? TTITV?, 
 q Se flSe, ra?? arjS6<Tiv epl^ovara. 'l&Oijpcw 
 XaXou?, \dfjL/3avov reTTiya? tj\auvra9 t 
 <rvve\eyov, SevSpa eareiov, oircopa? i'jarQiov. 
 TTore Kal yvjmvol a-vyKaTe^iOrjcrav, Kal 
 ev 8ep/u.a a/yo? eirearvpavTO. Kal eyevero av 
 yvvrj XAoi/ pa8l<ti$, ci /Jifj ka<t>viv erapae TO 
 al/ma. 'A/xeXef KOI SeSotKwg ju.tj viKyOrj TOV 
 XoyKT/mov TTOTC, 7roXXa yvjuLvovcrOai T*IV ILXorjv 
 OVK cTrerpeTrev cocrre eOav/ma^e IJLCV % XXo'/, 
 Ttjv Se aiTtav ySeiTO 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 95 
 
 who is the pupil who thus conceals 
 himself." When Daphnis had finished his 
 story, Chloe gave him, not ten, but ten 
 times ten kisses : for Echo had repeated 
 nearly all her words, as if to testify that 
 he had spoken nothing but the truth. 
 
 The sun grew daily hotter for spring 
 was at its close and summer was begin- 
 ning, and the delights of summer returned 
 to them once more. Daphnis swam in the 
 rivers, Chloe bathed in the springs : he 
 played on the pipe, in rivalry with the 
 rustling of the pines, she emulated the 
 nightingales in her song : they chased 
 the noisy locusts, caught the chirping 
 grasshoppers, plucked the flowers, shook 
 the fruit from the trees and ate it : they 
 even sometimes lay naked together side 
 by side under the same goat-skin. Then 
 Chloe would have soon become a woman, 
 had not Daphnis been deterred by his 
 horror of blood. Often, being afraid that 
 he might not be able to contain himself, 
 he would not allow Chloe to strip: whereat 
 she was astonished, but was too bashful 
 to inquire the reason. 
 
96 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 'Ey TO) Oepei TifiSe KCII jj.vr\<jT)]p(AV TrXfjOog rjv 
 Trepi Tr\v XXo>yj/, Koi TroXXo* TroXXaxo^ei/ e<j>ol- 
 TWV Trapa A/oiWra, irpo<s yd/mov CUTOVVTC$ 
 avrriv KOI oi fj.ev TL Swpov etyepov, oi Se eTrrjy- 
 yeXXovro /xeyaXa. 'H /xei/ ovv Na?n; rai<f 
 
 o'lKOl 7T/OO? 7T\OV 
 
 Koprjv, ij rx a [UKpov vvrepov 
 rrjv TrapOevlav aTroXeVef, KOI avSpa. 
 Ttva TU>V TroijuLevcw 7rl JU.YI\OIS rj 
 poSot?' aXX' Ktvr]v re Troifja-at SecrTroivav 
 oiKias, KOI avTov$ TroXXa Xa/3oVra?, iSitp <j>v- 
 \arreiv avTa Kcu yvr\<jiw> TTaiS'up' (eyeyovei Se 
 avrois appev TraiSlov ov Trpo iroXXov TIVO?). 
 f O Se A/oya? TTOTC JULCV eOeXyero TOI? \eyo- 
 lj.evoi<}' (]ULiova yap >; Kara 7roi]u.aivovarav 
 Koptjv Scopa wvo/mdeTO trap eicdcrTOv) wore 
 8e a)? KpeiTTcw ecrTW y irapOevos jULvrjcrr^pcov 
 yewpycov, KOI a)?, el Trore TOU? aXyOivov? yovea? 
 evpoi, /xeyaXa)9 avrovs evSal^ova^ Otjcret, ave- 
 T*JV aTTOKpianv, KOI eTX/ce \povov CK 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 96 
 
 During this summer, a number of suitors 
 for the hand of Chloe presented them- 
 selves, coming from all parts to ask her of 
 Dryas in marriage. Some brought pre- 
 sents, others made lavish promises. Nape, 
 her hopes being thus excited, advised him 
 to let Chloe marry, and not keep a girl 
 of her age at home, who might, at any 
 moment, while tending her flocks, lose her 
 virginity, and bestow herself upon some 
 shepherd for a present of roses or apples : 
 it would be better, said she, to make her 
 mistress of a home and to keep the presents 
 they had received for their own son lately 
 born. Sometimes Dryas felt tempted by 
 these arguments : for each of the suitors 
 made far handsomer offers than might have 
 been expected in the case of a simple shep- 
 herdess ; but at other times he came to 
 the conclusion that the girl was too good 
 for a rustic husband, and that, if she ever 
 found her parents again, they might make 
 him and Nape rich. He accordingly put 
 off answering from day to day, receiving 
 in the meantime a considerable number of 
 presents. Chloe, seeing all this, was over- 
 is 
 
97 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 Xpovov, KCU ev TU> rew? ctTreKepScuvev OVK oXiya 
 Su>pa. 'H jmev 8rj /u.a0ov(ra, XvTrrjpws Travv fiifjye, 
 KCU rov &d<f>vii> \dv6avev 7ri7ro\v, \v7reiv ou 
 6e\ovorct' w? Se e\i7rapci KOI eveKeiTO TrvvOavo- 
 
 JULVO$, KOt eXvTTCtTO JU.a\\OV JUL1J fJLai>9aV(t)V r} 
 
 e/uL\\ jmaOow, Travra O.VTW SirjyeiTat' TOV? 
 ju.vrj(TTevo]u.evov$, 0)9 TroXXof KCU irXovcrioi, TOV? 
 Xoyoi/9 01/9 ^ NaTn; cnrev&ovcra 7r/oo9 TOI/ yajmop 
 , a>9 OVK ctTre/TraTO Apiya9, aXX' 0)9 etV TOI/ 
 
 TOVTO19 6 Aa^>W9 ylverai, KCU 
 
 KaOrj/uievos, airoOaveia-Oai, lULijKeTi ve- 
 va-r]? XXo/9, Xe'yw KCU OVK auro9 yuo 
 aXXa /cal ra 7rp6/3ara /xera TOJOUTOI/ 
 ej/a. E?ra ai/ere/ca)!/ aveQaftpei, KCU 
 
 
 evevei TOV Trarepa, KCU eva 
 
 avTOv yptOfjiet, KOI TroXu Kpanja-eiv //X-Tnfe rwv 
 
 aX\ti)v. tX Ei/ auroj/ erdpaTTev OVK rjv Aa/xw^ 
 
 7rXoi'(TfO9' TOVTO dVTOV TtJV \7TlSa fJLOVOV 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 97 
 
 come with grief, which she for a long time 
 concealed from Daphnis to avoid giving 
 him pain : but at last, as he importuned 
 her with questions, and was even more 
 unhappy than if he knew all, she told him 
 everything her numerous and wealthy 
 suitors, Nape's reasons for hastening on 
 her marriage, and how Dryas, without 
 absolutely refusing his consent, had de- 
 ferred his answer to the next vintage. 
 
 When Daphnis heard this, he nearly 
 went out of his mind : he sat down and 
 began to weep, declaring that he should 
 die if Chloe no longer came to tend her 
 flocks in the fields ; and not he alone, but 
 her sheep also, if they lost such a shep- 
 herdess. Then, having recovered himself 
 a little, he took courage and thought of 
 asking her father for her hand himself. 
 He already reckoned himself one of her 
 suitors, and hoped to be easily preferred 
 before the rest. One thing alone disturbed 
 him : Lamon was not rich [and even 
 though he had been rich, he was not 
 free] : this alone made his chances slighter. 
 Nevertheless, he decided to prefer his suit, 
 
 132 
 
g8 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 Se eSoKei /uLva<r6ai, 
 KOLL 777 XXo# aruveSoKei. To> A.a/ULWvi /aev ovv 
 ovSev eToX/ULrjarev turctv, Tfl M.vpTa\y Se 
 Oafiptjara.? KOI TOV epwra ejm^vvcre, KOI irepl 
 TOV yafj.ov Xoyof? TrpovriveyKev rj Se rw 
 
 CKCIVOV TtJV VTvlV CVCyKOVTOS, KCU 
 
 el iraiS} OvyaTpiov Troi/ULevcw trpo^evel 
 ev TO~L<S yvoopi&juiaariv eTrayyeXXo/xei/o) 
 W auroy?, evpow Toy? oixeiovs, Kal 
 
 \ev6epov$ Or'jorei, KOI <5e<T7roTa9 aypwv IJLCL^OVWV, 
 Sia epwra </)o/3ovjuLvrj jui,rj reXea)? 
 6 Aa'e/w? TOV ya.fj.ov, TO\fJ.rj(ri n 
 , aXXa? avrw r^? avTipprja-ew turla/S 
 iTD/yyeXXe. "HiWfreip ccr/mev, a> Traf, /ca/ ^eo- 
 /xe^a vvfj.<t>w <j>epovcrri<s TI fj.a\\ov oi Se ir\ov- 
 
 ITIOI, KOi TrXoVCriGOV VVfJL(j>l(jDV Se6fJLVOl. "\Ql OtJ, 
 
 Treitrov XXo^y, rj Se TOV TT are/3 a, fjLrjSev aiTeiv 
 fJieya, Kal yajmeiv. TlavTcw Se TTOV Ka 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 98 
 
 and Chloe approved his resolution. He 
 did not, however, venture to speak directly 
 to Lamon, but, feeling bolder with Myrtale, 
 he told her of his love and spoke to her 
 of his wish to marry Chloe. At night, she 
 told Lamon, who was greatly annoyed at 
 the proposal : he sharply rebuked her for 
 wanting to marry, to the daughter of a 
 simple shepherd, a youth who, to judge 
 from the tokens found with him when he 
 lay exposed, might look forward to a 
 higher destiny, and who, if he found his 
 parents again, might not only grant them 
 their freedom, but might bestow upon 
 them a larger estate even than the one on 
 which they worked. Myrtale, fearing that 
 Daphnis might do something desperate, or 
 even take his own life, if he lost all hope 
 of winning Chloe, gave him other reasons 
 for Lamon's refusal. " We are poor, my 
 son," she said to him, " we rather want 
 a bride who will bring a dowry with her : 
 while they 1 are wealthy, and seek wealthy 
 suitors. But, come, persuade Chloe, and let 
 her try and persuade her father, not to ask 
 for a large settlement, but to allow you to 
 1 Dryas and Nape. 
 
99 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 <f>i\ei (re, KOI /3ov\Tai oruyKaOeuSeiv Trev 
 
 KO.\U> /U.a\\OV ?] 7Tl6t]K(p xXofCT/O).'' 
 
 Miy)TaX7 juiev OUTTOTC eXTr/cracra 
 ToJrot? (TWTeO^crea-Oai, jULvrja-Tfjpas eyovra 
 TrXovariwrepovs, evirpeTruxs wero TrapflTrjcrOai 
 TOV ya/u.ov Aa0^? Se OVK e?x e /u.]u.<f><T9at TO. 
 XeXey/ueW XefTro/x^o? ^e TroXv TWV alrov- 
 /atVft)i/, TO <7W>y^e? epaorrais TTCVO/JLCVOLS eV/oaT- 
 ret/* eSctKpve, KCLL ra? Nv/x0a? ay^f? eKoXei 
 /3or]9ov$. At ^e auTw /caOe^ot/rf vvKTWp ev 
 TOI$ avTOis e<j)LO-TavTai (rxrjiu.aariv, ev ol? 8e 
 Trporepov. "EXeye tie tj Trpear/BvTaTtj TTO\IV 
 " Ta/xoi/ fjLev juLeXei T^9 XXo>/9 aXXw 0ea)' Scopa 
 Se (rot ^axro/xei/ facis, a 6eXei A/ouai/ra. 'H 
 i^av?, v TWI/ M.rj6vjuLvaLO)v veavi&KUtv, rjs T^V 
 \vyov at crat TTOTG atye? tcarefpayov, tjj^epu 
 /u.ev etce'ivy ju.aKpav r^? y*7? V7rt]i/e\0)j Trveu/uLan 
 VVKTOS Se, 7T\ayiou Tapd^avros ave^ov ftjv 
 OaXcLTTctv, eig T*JV yfjv, elf roc? a'/c/oa? trerpccs 
 ee/3pd<T0ti. A.VTI] /u.ev ovv SietyQaprj, KOI TroXXa 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 99 
 
 marry. No doubt she loves you and would 
 prefer for her bed-fellow a handsome youth, 
 though poor, to an ape, however wealthy." 
 Myrtale, who never expected that Dryas 
 would give his consent, since there were 
 far wealthier suitors for the hand of Chloe, 
 thought that she had very cleverly avoided 
 the question of the marriage. Daphnis, on 
 his part, could find nothing to say against 
 this : but, finding how little chance he had 
 of getting what he wanted, he did what 
 poor lovers usually do he began to weep, 
 and again implored the assistance of the 
 Nymphs, who appeared to him at night, 
 while he was asleep, in the same dress and 
 form as on the first occasion. The eldest 
 of them again addressed him : " Chloe's 
 marriage is the business of another God : 
 but we will give you some presents which 
 will soften the heart of Dryas. The vessel 
 which belonged to the young Methym- 
 naeans, the osier cable of which your goats 
 formerly ate, was carried far out to sea all 
 that day by the winds. But, during the 
 night, when a violent breeze blew from 
 the sea, it was driven ashore on the rocky 
 
ioo AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 TCOV eV avTfl' fia\avTiov Se 
 
 V7TO TOV KVJULCtTOS CLTreTTTVCrOrj, KCU KCITOU </>VKlOl$ 
 
 KeKaXv/uLjUievov 7r\rjcriov <5eX0o/o9 veKpov, Si ov 
 ovSei? ovSe Trpoarfj\6ev oSonropos, TO SvcrwSes 
 r^9 (Tt]7reSovo$ TrapaTpe\(tiv. 'AXXa arv Trpocr- 
 e\0e, KCU 7rpo<re\0a)v aveXov, KOI a 
 <5o?. '\Kavov aroi S6ai vvv ^ Trevy 
 
 Se IHTTCpOV <Tfl KOI TT\OV(ri 0?." 
 
 At* fj.ev Tavra CLTrovcrat, Ty VVKTL 
 Oov. TevojuLevrjs Se jj/ue/oa? ava7rrjSji<ra? 6 Aa^i/t? 
 Tre/a^a/o^?, tjXavve /6o/fco TroXXw ray atya? ez? 
 
 Tt]V VOfJ^V KOI TrjV XXoV/ <t>i\Tf]<Ta<$, KOI TCI? 
 
 Ni;/x0a? TrpocrKwya'as, KaTrjXOev eVl 
 0)9 TrepippavcKrOai 6e\w Kcii eirl r 
 
 7T\tJ(7LOV T^9 KV/U.dT(Ji)yfj$, /3dSl^ f>7TaV TCC9 
 
 'E/xeXXe ^e a'/oa ou TroXvv KCL/ULCITOV 
 6 yap Se\(pl$ OVK ayaOov oScvSw, avra) 
 eppijUL/mevos Kai /ULvSwv ov Tfl 
 KaOaTrep yyejuLovi xP^M^oy 6Sov, 
 7rpo<rfj\6e re ev6v$, KCU ra (/>VKIO. a</>e\<ov, 
 eupiarKet TO /BaXdvTiov aypvpiov /xe<rroV. 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 100 
 
 promontory. The vessel was shattered 
 to pieces, and nearly all that was in it was 
 lost : but a purse of 3,000 drachmas was 
 cast up by the waves, and it now lies upon 
 the shore, hidden under some seaweed, 
 close to a dead dolphin, the stench from 
 which is so noisome that no passer-by will 
 go near it. Go, take the purse, and give 
 it to Dryas. It is enough for you now 
 to show that you are not poor : but a day 
 will come when you will be even wealthy." 
 With these words, they disappeared, and 
 night with them. At daybreak, Daphnis 
 jumped up full of joy, and eagerly drove 
 his goats to pasture. Having kissed Chloe 
 and paid his respects to the Nymphs, he 
 went down to the shore, saying he was 
 going to bathe, and walked along the 
 sand on the beach, looking for the 3,000 
 drachmas. He had not to trouble himself 
 long : for the evil smell of the dolphin, 
 which lay rotting on the shore, soon 
 reached his nostrils. Following the smell 
 as a guide, he soon reached the spot, re- 
 moved the seaweed, and found the purse 
 full of money. He took it, stowed it away 
 
ioo AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 rwv eV avT{j- /3a\dvTiov Se 
 
 V7TO TOV KVJULCITOS OLTTCTTTVCrOr], KOI KCITOU <f>VKlOl$ 
 
 KKa\vju.jj.vov 7r\*i<rlov Se\<f>ivo$ vcKpov, di ov 
 ovSei? ovSe 7rpo<rfj\9ev 6Sonr6po$, TO Suo-coSes 
 T^? (TtjTreSovos TrapaTpexwv. 'AXXa arv irpoa- 
 
 e\u, KOLL 7rpO<T\9(jOV aV\OV, KOLL 
 
 ^09. 'I/cai/oi/ aroL S6ai vvv fjirj TrevrjTi 
 Se varTepov ecru KOI 7rXoJ(7tO9." 
 
 At fj.ev TctvTa eiTrovcrat, rfj VVKTL <rvva7rfj\- 
 6ov. TevojuLevrjs Se ^/xe/oa? ayaTr^&jcra? 6 Aa^i/f? 
 ^?, i']\avve poiw 7ro\\w ra? atya? ef? 
 vofJLijv KOI T*JV XXo^i/ 0fX^cra?, KOI ra? 
 TrpocrKvvqa-as, KaTtj\6ev eV/ OaXarrav 
 TreptppavacrOai Oe\cov KOI eTrl r^? ^a/u/xof, 
 Kv/uLaTcoyq?, c/3dSte &TGOV ret? 
 E/xeXXe Se apa ov TTO\VV KajuLarov 
 6 yap 8e\(/>l$ OVK ayaOov oScoSw, avraj 
 efipi/m/mevos Kai /mvSwv ov Tfl 
 airep yyejuiovi \pwfjicvos 6Sov, 
 TrpocrfjXOe re evOv$, KOI TO, <f>vKia a^eXaw, 
 evpia-Kei TO /3a\avTiov aypvpiov /xe<rroV. 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 100 
 
 promontory. The vessel was shattered 
 to pieces, and nearly all that was in it was 
 lost : but a purse of 3,000 drachmas was 
 cast up by the waves, and it now lies upon 
 the shore, hidden under some seaweed, 
 close to a dead dolphin, the stench from 
 which is so noisome that no passer-by will 
 go near it. Go, take the purse, and give 
 it to Dryas. It is enough for you now 
 to show that you are not poor : but a day 
 will come when you will be even wealthy." 
 With these words, they disappeared, and 
 night with them. At daybreak, Daphnis 
 jumped up full of joy, and eagerly drove 
 his goats to pasture. Having kissed Chloe 
 and paid his respects to the Nymphs, he 
 went down to the shore, saying he was 
 going to bathe, and walked along the 
 sand on the beach, looking for the 3,000 
 drachmas. He had not to trouble himself 
 long: for the evil smell of the dolphin, 
 which lay rotting on the shore, soon 
 reached his nostrils. Following the smell 
 as a guide, he soon reached the spot, re- 
 moved the seaweed, and found the purse 
 full of money. He took it, stowed it away 
 
ioi AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 TOVTO aveXojmevos, KOI et? T*]V Trqpav ev9e- 
 ytzei/09, ov TTpoarOev aTrfjXOe, irpiv ret? NiV<a? 
 evfa/mfjcrai KOI avTtjv Trjv OaXaTTav Katircp 
 yap atVoXo? wv, ^Srj KOL T^V QaXaTTav evo- 
 fjii^e Ttjs yrjs y\VKVTpav, w? ei? TOV yafj.ov 
 avTU) TOV XAo>/9 (ruXXajUL/Savova'av. 
 
 TWV TplfflXlGOV, OVKCT 
 
 Xev aXX\ w? iravTcav av6pa)7ra)v 
 ov /ULOVOV Ttov Kt yecopywv, avTiKa eXOwv Trapa 
 TV]V XXo^i/, SitjyeiTat TO ovap, SeiKW(ri TO fia- 
 XO.VTIOV, KeXevei ra? ayeXa? <pvXaTTiv <TT 
 av eTraveXOfl, Kal crvvTetvas, cro/Bel Trapa TOV 
 ApvavTa' Kal evpwv irvpovs Tivas aXwvoTpi- 
 /3ovvTa /xera r^? Na?r>79, TTOLVU Opacrvv e/x- 
 /BdXXei Xoyov irepl yafjLOV " 'E/xof ^09 XXorjv 
 yvvatKa" eyco Kal arvpi^eiv olSa /caXa)?, KOI KXav 
 afjiTreXov, Kal <t>vTa KaTopvTTeiv. QlSa KOI yrjv 
 apovv, KOI XtK/mtjcrai TT/OO? ave/mov. 'A.yeXyv Se 
 OTTW? vejuLco, juiapTvs XXoV TrevT^KOVTa a?ya? 
 7rapaXa/3cov, SiTrXaariovas TrcTrolrjKa' e6pe\[sa 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 101 
 
 in his wallet, and, before departing, gave 
 thanks to the Nymphs and the sea itself: 
 for, although he was a goatherd, he began 
 to think that the sea was pleasanter than 
 the earth, since it had assisted his marriage 
 with Chloe. 
 
 Having gained possession of the 3,000 
 drachmas, he delayed no longer. He 
 thought himself the richest man, not only 
 amongst the husbandmen in the neigh- 
 bourhood, but of all men living, hastened 
 to Chloe, told her of the dream, showed 
 her the purse, told her to mind the flocks 
 till he returned, and then ran with all 
 speed to Dry as, whom he found with Nape, 
 beating some wheat on a threshing-floor. 
 Then, quite confidently, he approached the 
 subject of marriage : " Give Chloe to me 
 to wife : I know how to play on the pipe, 
 to prune vines, and to plant trees: I also 
 know how to plough, and to winnow the 
 corn in the breeze : how I can tend flocks, 
 Chloe herself can testify. I had fifty goats 
 at first, I have doubled their number. I 
 have reared some fine large he - goats, 
 whereas before I was obliged to borrow 
 
io 3 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 KOLIVOTCITOV, /L/LvacrOai vvjiKplov. J&vpwv Se Ka- 
 Keivovg KpiOla fJLCTpowTag ov TT/OO TroXXov 
 XeXf/c/x//xeVa, aOu/uto? re Gyovras on, /mticpov 
 Sett/, 6\iyu>Tpa ?i/ TMV KaTa/3\r)9evTcov cnrep- 
 CTT' e/cetVot? jmev Tra/oeyai/^craTO, KOLV^V 
 aiTiav iravTaxpv yeyoi/eVar TOV 
 Se &.a(f>viv flreiTO XXo?y, KCU eXeyej^ OTI, 
 " TroXXa aXXwt/ SiSovrcov, ovSev Trap' avru>v 
 Xj/i/rerai, /xaXXot/ Se TOI o'tKoOev avToi? 7ri- 
 Saxref arvi>T6Tpa<f>6ai yap aX\tj\oi$, KO.V TW 
 vejuieiv <Tvi>t](/)6ai <j>i\la paSlws \vOfjvai IULTJ Svva- 
 ju.evy ijSrj Se teal r}\LKiav e\eiv 0)9 KaOevSetv Kai 
 fj.er aXXi/Xwf." '0 jmev Tavra, Kal en 7r\elco 
 eXeyev, oTa TOV Tretcrai aO\ov e\u)v ra9 TpuryjL- 
 X/a9* 6 Se Aaimcov eri yur/re irevlav 7rpo/3d\- 
 \ecr9ai SvvdjULevos, (avrol yap ovx i>7rpr](j)dvovv) 
 fJLYire fjXiKiav Aa^>w^O9, (>jSrj yap jmeipaKtov ?j/) 
 TO p.ev aXtjOcs ovS' cog egtiyopevcrev on Kpelr- 
 
 TGW <TTl TOIOVTOV yajULOV \pOVOV 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 103 
 
 nowed, and greatly disheartened, because 
 the crop was disproportionate to the seed 
 that had been sown. He tried to console 
 them, saying that the same complaint was 
 to be heard everywhere : and then asked 
 the hand of Daphnis for Chloe, saying : 
 " Although others offer much for the 
 honour, I will take nothing from you, but 
 will rather give you something out of my 
 own purse. They have been brought up 
 together, and, while tending their flocks, 
 have become so attached to each other, 
 that it would be hard to separate them : 
 and they are now both of marriageable 
 age." This and more said Dryas, as a 
 man who was to have 3,000 drachmas for 
 a reward, if he persuaded Lamon and 
 Myrtale. Lamon, being no longer able to 
 allege his poverty as an excuse (since the 
 parents of the girl did not reject the 
 alliance), nor the age of Daphnis (for he 
 was now a well-grown youth), nevertheless 
 shrunk from stating the real reason for 
 his hesitation, namely, that Daphnis was 
 above such a connection. He remained 
 silent for a while, and then said: 
 
104 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 " A/icata TTOieire TOf? ye/roya? 
 TWV ^evow, Kal irevia? ayadfj? irXovrov jut] 
 vofJ.lovT? KpeLTTOva. '0 II av ly/ua? avT\ 
 TwvSe KOI at NJyU^at (j>i\rj<Tiav. 'Eyaj ^e 
 cnrevSo) fj.ev KOI auro9 TOI/ ydju.ov Kal yap 
 av fji.aLvoliJ.rjVy qfijuyeptov re &v fjSrj, KO.} X 1 P$ 
 et? ra e/oya SeofAevos TrepiTTorepa?, w? /xi 
 
 /Cat TOJ^ V/U.TpOV OIKOV </>L\OV 7TpO<T\a/3eiV. 
 
 A.ya66v TI jmeya' TrepHnrovSaarTO? Se Kal 
 XAo>7, Ka\rj Kai topaia Koprj, /ecu iravra ayaOri' 
 Sov\o? Se &v, ovdevo? eijtu TCOV ejuLwv Kvpio?" 
 a\\a Set TOV SeonroTijv jmavOavovra ravra 
 arvyx<*>peiv. $epe ovv, ava/SaXXcojuieOa TOV 
 ydfjiov et? TO juLeTOTrwpov. ' A.</>lecr8ai Tore 
 \eyovcriv avTov ol irapayLvo^evoi TT/OO? ^09 
 e^ a<TTeo?. Tore ecrovrai avrjp Kal yvvrj' vvv 
 Se <f>i\iTO)(rav a\\rj\ovg aSe\<f>ol. 
 /movov, cu A/oJa, TOVOVTOV (TTrevScis 
 IJ.eipa.KLOv KpeiTTOv rjfj,wv." '0 /mev ravra 
 
 CITTOW, </>l\r](TG T aVTOV, KOi U>p^ 7TOTOV, t]Srj 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 104 
 
 " You do right in preferring neighbours 
 to strangers, and in esteeming riches above 
 honourable poverty. May Pan and the 
 Nymphs reward you for it. I myself am 
 anxious for this marriage : for I should 
 be mad, seeing that I am now an old man, 
 and have need of more hands to help 
 me, if I did not consider it a great honour 
 to enter into an alliance with your family. 
 Chloe herself is much sought after, being 
 a good and beautiful girl. But, as I am 
 a serf, I have nothing of which I can 
 dispose : I must first inform my master 
 and gain his consent. Come then, let us 
 put off the marriage until autumn, when, 
 according to those who have visited us 
 from the city, he will be here. Then 
 they shall become man and wife : in the 
 meantime, let them love each other like 
 brother and sister. But let me tell you 
 this, Dryas: you are asking for the hand 
 of a youth whose station is superior to 
 our own." When he had thus spoken, 
 Lamon kissed Dryas, and offered him 
 wine to drink, for the sun was at its 
 height : then he accompanied him part 
 
 H 
 
105 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 , KOI 
 
 O?, <pi\o<j)povovjuLevos Travra. 
 '0 Sk A/oJa? ov Trapepyow aKOvaras TOV 
 \6yov TOV Aa/xeoyo?, (f>pdvTte /3a- 
 
 /mev UTTO aiyo?, a>? KJiSojuLevow Oewv ecrr/ ^e 
 /caXo? /caf ou<5ef eof/caj? <rfyua) yepovTi KOU 
 jmaSwarr] yvvaiKi. Euxo/oi/tre $e /cat Tpiarx^icw, 
 ocrov ovSe axpaSwv e//co? e;(fj/ aiiroXov. ^ 
 
 r TOVTOV 
 
 TOVTOV evpe juLcw, a>? CKevrjv eyw ; pa /ca 
 
 yj/copiV/xara OJULOIO. irapeKeiro rof? evpeOeicriv 
 
 VTT CJULOV ; 'Eay ravra oi/ra)?, cS SecnroTa ILav 
 
 KOI NJyU^ai 
 
 evpwv, vpr)(rei TI KOU TWV XXo>;? a 
 
 To/ai/ra /xei/ TT/OO? avrov e(j>poi>Tie KOI wveipo- 
 
 TroXef fJ.e\pi Trj? a\w eXOoov Se CKCI, KCU TOV 
 
 Aa0l/fJ/ JU.T(0pOV TTpO? TY\V CtKOrjV KdToXaflttiV, 
 
 aveftpuxre re ya/m/Bpov 7rpo<Tayopev<ra$, KCU TW 
 TOV? 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 105 
 
 of the way home, with every mark of 
 affection. 
 
 Dryas, who had listened attentively to 
 Lamon's last words, began to think, as 
 he was walking along, who this Daphnis 
 might be : "He was reared by a goat, 
 as if the Gods watched over him : he is 
 fair to look upon, and in no way resembles 
 this snub - nosed old man or his bald- 
 headed wife. He has been able to lay 
 his hands upon 3,000 drachmas, a larger 
 sum than a man in his position could 
 make out of pears. Was he exposed by 
 some one, like Chloe ? did Lamon find 
 him, as I found her ? were any tokens 
 found with him, like those I found with 
 Chloe ? If this be so, O Pan and you, 
 dear Nymphs, perhaps Daphnis will one 
 day find his parents and find out the 
 mystery attached to Chloe." 
 
 Thus reflecting and dreaming, Dryas 
 went on until he reached the threshing- 
 floor, where he found Daphnis eagerly 
 waiting to hear what news he had brought. 
 He cheered him, called him his son-in- 
 law, promised that the marriage should 
 
 142 
 
io6 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 Segidv re e'SwKev, w? ovSevo? ea-o/mevr]?, on M 
 Aa^>w$e>9, XXo')??. 
 
 Garros ovv yojj/xaro?, fJLySev TTIGW, /u.r]Se 
 (fiaycov, Trapa TVJV XXo^ KareSpa/ULe' KCU 
 evpwv avTtjv a/meXyova'av KOI Tvpotrotova-av, 
 TOV re ydfjiov evrjyyeXl^ero, KCU a>? yvvaiKa 
 XOITTOV jmr] \avQavdov KctTecpiXei, KCU eKotvwvet 
 TOV TTOVOV. "H/ueAye /uiV ei$ yav\ov$ TO 
 yaAa, eveTrriyvv Se ra/ocro^ TOV? Tvpou?' 
 7rpoare/3a\\e ra?? jj.riTpa.cnv a/ova? KOI TOV? 
 epi<pov$. KaXa>9 Se e\ovT(jDv TOVTCOV, 
 cravTO, eve<j>ayov, CTTIOV, Trepiflecrav 
 OTTwpav aKjULa^ovcrav. ^Hy Se a<j>Qovia 
 Sta TO r^9 eo/oa? Tra^opov TroXXcti 
 ciXpdSes, TroXXaf Se o\vai, TroXXa Se 
 
 Ta fJLl> >jSrj 7T6XTft)/COTa KO.TW, TOL $6 Tl 67T/ 
 
 TWV <J>VTWV ra Girl T^? y^?, evcoScarTepa' TO. 
 CTTI TWV KXaScw, evavOecrTepa ' TO, /mev, oTov 
 oivo? aTrajfe- ra Se, otov XP V(ro ? 7re 
 M/a fjirjXea TeTpvytjTO, KM OUTC KapTrov 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 106 
 
 take place in the autumn, and pledged 
 him his word that Chloe should never 
 marry anyone but Daphnis. 
 
 Then, quicker than thought, without 
 tasting food or drink, Daphnis ran straight 
 to Chloe, whom he found milking the cows 
 and making cheese. He told her the good 
 news of their approaching marriage, and 
 kissed her, openly and without conceal- 
 ment, as his betrothed, and assisted her 
 in all her tasks. He drew the milk into 
 the pails, curdled the cheeses in the crates, 
 and put the lambs and kids under their 
 mothers. When all this was done, they 
 washed themselves, ate and drank, and 
 went in search of ripe fruit, of which they 
 found abundance, since it was the fruitful 
 season of the year wild and garden pears 
 and apples, some fallen on the ground, 
 and others still on the trees. Those on 
 the ground were more fragrant, and smelt 
 like wine : those on the trees were fresher, 
 and glittered like gold. There was one 
 apple-tree, the fruit of which had already 
 been plucked, and which was stripped of its 
 fruit and leaves. All its branches were bare, 
 
ID/ AOITOY IIOIMENlKi2N 
 
 OUTC <j>vXXov. lYptMN Trai/re? r)<rav oi K\aSoi, 
 Kal eV /u.fjXov eXetVero ev avTOts aV/oof? aKpo- 
 TO.TOV, meya /ecu KaXov, Kal TW 7rd\\u>v 
 rt]i> eucoSlav evLKa /movov. "IZdeKrev o Tpvyuiv 
 aveXOeiv, tj/ULe\rj(re Ka6e\eiv Taya Se KCU 
 
 (f>V\OLTTTO TO KO\OV /ULlj\OV epCOTlKW 7TOl/J.Vl. 
 
 TOUTO TO iu.ij\ov a>9 eiSev 6 Aa^w?, w/o/xa 
 Tpvyav aveXQwv, KCU, XAo>;? K(ti\vovcrt]s, jij/jie 
 crev. 'H juiev afj.eXrjOela'a, op/mrjOeicra irpos 
 aye'Aa? a.7rijX6e' Aa^)i/f9 Se avaSpajULiav, et- 
 KCTO Tpvyrjcrai, KOI KO/ULI<T(U Swpov XXo^, KOI 
 Xoyov roiovSe etirev wpyi <r/xeV^ " "Q trapOeve, 
 TOVTO TO jmrjXov <j)v<Tav "Qpai KoXdi, Kal <(>VTOV 
 KaXov 0pe\lse, -TreTra/j/oi/ro? fjXiov y KCU. 
 arev rj Tv^' fa* OVK e/meXXov aJro 
 6(f>OaXfjLov$ \wv t and TTQorg \afJiai, KOI y TTOL/JL- 
 
 viov CLVTO Trar/ycr// VfjLOfJ,evov, 
 
 <rvpoju.vov } rj xpovo? SctTOVifal Kel/mevov, 
 
 TOVTO ' 
 KaXXovs cXd/$ev aOXov TOVTO eyco <rol SLOOD/ULL 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 107 
 
 and only a single apple remained on the 
 topmost bough, fine and large, more fra- 
 grant than all the rest. He who had 
 plucked the others had not ventured to 
 climb so high, or had forgotten to take it : 
 or it may be that so fine an apple was 
 reserved for a love-sick shepherd. When 
 Daphnis saw this apple, he was eager to 
 climb and pluck it, and, when Chloe tried 
 to prevent him, he paid no heed to her, 
 and she went off to her flocks. Then 
 Daphnis climbed the tree, reached and 
 plucked the apple, and took it to Chloe. 
 Seeing that she was annoyed, he said : 
 " Dear Chloe, the beautiful seasons have 
 made this apple to grow, a beautiful tree 
 has nourished it, the sun has ripened it, 
 and chance has preserved it. I should have 
 been blind not to see it, and foolish to leave 
 it there, to fall to the ground and be trodden 
 under foot by a grazing herd or poisoned by 
 some creeping serpent, or to be consumed 
 by time, though admired by all who saw 
 it. Aphrodite was presented with an apple 
 as the prize of beauty : I present this to 
 you as the meed of victory. You are 
 
io8 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 VlKtJTtJplOV. 'O/UOiW eXO/Xei> TOl/? (TOV$ 
 TVpaS' 1 KIVO$ ?!/ TTOLMV, QfTToXo? 
 
 TO.VTCL etTrcav, evTiOtj&i rof? KoXirois' t] Se 
 eyyuj yevo^evov KaT<pi\r]crv wcrre o Aa^i/f? 
 ou /xereyi/o) To\/uuicra$ aveXQelv ei? TOCTOI/TOI/ 
 e\aSe yap Kpetrrov KOI xpvarov 
 
 1 The text is corrupt here. 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 108 
 
 as beautiful as Aphrodite : your judges are 
 alike : Paris was a shepherd, I am a goat- 
 herd." With these words, he placed the 
 apple in Chloe's bosom, and, when he 
 drew near, she kissed him, so that he did 
 not regret that he had been bold enough to 
 climb so high, for he was rewarded with 
 a kiss that he valued above the golden 
 apples of the Hesperides. 
 
109 A01TOY XIOIMENIKQN 
 
 AOrOZ TETAPT02. 
 
 e Tl$ K T79 
 
 TOV Aa/moovos, ?yyef\ei> OTL o\iyov irpo TOU 
 
 Tpvyrjrov 6 Sea-iroTrjs atpi^erai, 
 
 fjiri Tt Toy? aypow? 6 TWV l 
 
 eXf/xr/i/aro. "HSy ovv TOV 6epov$ aTrtoWo?, Kat 
 
 TOU fJLTO7TU)pOV TTpOCTlOVTOS, TTCtpeCTKeva^eV CtVTW 
 
 Trjv /caraywy^i/ 6 A.CI/ULODV e<V Trao-ai/ 6ea$ qSo- 
 vriv. Il^ya? e^eKaOaipev, w? vStop KaOapov 
 e\oiV' Ttjv Kotrpov ee</>6pei T^? avXrjs, w$ 
 a-TTo^ovara /my Siox\olr}' TOV irapaSeL<rov e6e- 
 pa7Tvev, cos d<j>9eir] KaXoV 
 
 "Hi/ Se 6 TrapdSeicro? Tray/caAoV TL xpW a > 
 KCU KCLTO. TOV? /3acri\iKOv$. 'E/cTeVaro fj.ev el<$ 
 fTTaSiov imfjKO?, eireKeiTO Se ev X^PV V-CTecopw 
 TO evpos exwv 7r\e6pwv TCTTapwv. E'/Acao-ev av 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 109 
 
 BOOK IV 
 
 MEANWHILE, one of Larnon's fellow- 
 servants arrived from Mitylene and in- 
 formed him that their master would visit 
 his estate a little before the vintage, to see 
 whether the inroad of the Methymnaeans 
 had done any damage. As the summer 
 was nearly over, and autumn was close 
 at hand, Lamon made preparations to 
 receive his master, and put his house and 
 garden in order, that he might find every- 
 thing pleasant to look upon. He cleaned 
 the fountains, that the water might be 
 bright and pure, removed the dung from 
 the yard, that he might not be annoyed 
 by the smell, and put the grounds in 
 order, that they might look as pleasant 
 as possible. 
 
 These grounds were very beautiful, like 
 royal parks. They were about a stade in 
 length, situated on high ground, about 
 
no AOrrOY TIOIMENIKQN 
 
 TJ? avrov TreSiip jmaKpu). Etx^ <5e TraWa SevSpa, 
 
 a/uL7re\ov v\^tj\^v KCU 
 
 7T6KITO Tdl$ JU.t]\eCtl$ KCll 
 
 KaOova-a, KaQaTrep Trepl TOV Kapwov aurai? 
 trpoa-ept^ovcra' Toa-avTa ijfjLepa. ^Hcray Se KOI 
 
 KVTTUplTTOl, KCLl ScKpvdl, KCU 7T\CiTaVOl, KOI 
 
 TTtri/e?. Tairrous 1 7ra<Tat9 ai/rf T^? a/uiTreXov 
 KITTOS GTreKeiTO' K(u o KopvfjL/3os CLVTov /xeya? 
 wv KCU ju.e\atv6fj.vo$, /3oTpvv cjuu/uLeiTO. "l&vSov 
 >jv ra Kap7ro(/>6pa <j>vra, KaQairep <j>povpov- 
 e^aoOev TrepieKmjKet TO. aKapira, KaOaTrep 
 KC " ravra jULevroi Xeir- 
 7repie6ei 7repi/3o\o$. TGTJUL^TO 
 
 KOt SlKKplTO TTaVTCt, KOI (TT\XOS <TT\XOV$ 
 
 'Ei/ /meTewpco Se oi K\dSoi 
 aXX)}Xoi?, Kai eTT^XXarroi/ ra? 
 
 eSoKL /UL6VTOI KOI tj TOVTCW <f>V<Tl$ WO.l 
 
 KCU avOwv TrpcKriai, &v TO. JULCV efapev f] 
 TO. Se cTroiei Tex vt 1' poStwta, KOI 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS no 
 
 four plethra in breadth, so that they 
 were rectangular in shape. All kinds of 
 trees were to be found there, apple-trees, 
 myrtles, pear - trees, pomegranates, fig- 
 trees, and olives : on one side was a lofty 
 vine, which with its black grapes over- 
 spread the apple and pear-trees, as if to 
 contend with them in fruitfulness. These 
 were the cultivated trees: but there were 
 also cypresses, laurels, planes, and pines, 
 over which, instead of the vine, spread 
 branches of ivy, whose large berries turn- 
 ing black looked like ripe grapes. The fruit 
 trees were in the centre of the garden, as 
 if for better protection : those that did 
 not bear fruit stood round them like 
 an artificial fence, and the whole was 
 shut in by a little wall. Everything was 
 admirably arranged and distributed : the 
 trunks of the trees were kept apart, but, 
 overhead, the branches were so inter- 
 twined that what was due to Nature 
 seemed to be the work of art. There 
 were also beds of flowers, some growing 
 wild, others cultivated roses, hyacinths, 
 and lilies that had been planted : violets, 
 
in AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 Kai Kptva, X 1 P$ e/oyct* icovias, KOI 
 /ecu ai/ayaXX/Ja? efapev rj yrj. 2/ctce re ?v 
 Oepovs, KOI ?po? avOt], /ecu fjieroTrcopov rpvyy, 
 KOI Kara 7ra<rav copav oTrwpa. 
 
 'Ei/rei/Oei/ CUOTTTOV /u.ev $v TO TreSiov, KCU i/ 
 opav TOVS ve/jLovTas' et/OTTTO? <5e rj OaXarTa, 
 KCU ewpwvTO ot 7rapa7r\OVT$' ware /ecu raura 
 /xe/oo? eyivero T^? ev Trapadeiarw Tpv<pfj$. "Iva 
 TOV TrapaSelcrov TO jmea-aiTaTOV eiii jmfJKo? 
 /ecu eupos rjv, vew Aiovvcrov KOI /3<a[JLO$ qv 
 
 TTCpieiXG TOV JULV /3(t)]ULOV KITTO9, TOV VCCOV 
 
 Se /cX??yuara. E?x^ c^e KOI evSoOev 6 
 AiovvarictKa? y/oa0a9, Se/xeX^t 
 'ApiaSvrjv KaOevSov&av, AvKovpyov 
 TievOea Sicupovimevov. ^Hcrav KOI 'IvSol VIKU>- 
 
 JULCVOl, Kat 'FvfiprjVOl jULTCtJUt,Op<j)OV]U.VOl ' TTOLV- 
 
 ovSe o Tiav qju.\r)TO. E/ca0e^eTO Se Kat avTo? 
 v eirl Trerpa?, O/ULOIO? evdiSovTi KOLVOV 
 
 KCU Tol<5 TTaTOUOTf KCtl Taf? \OpGV OV<T O.IS. 
 T^OIOVTOV OVTOL TOV TTapaScKTOV O A.djULCDV 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS in 
 
 narcissuses, and pimpernel, which grew 
 wild. There was shade in summer, flowers 
 in spring, grapes in autumn, and fruit in 
 every season of the year. 
 
 From this spot the plain could be seen, 
 with the shepherds feeding their flocks ; 
 also the sea, and the vessels passing along, 
 which added enjoyment to this delightful 
 spot. In the very centre of the garden, 
 there was a temple and altar of Dionysus, 
 the latter covered with ivy, the former 
 with vine-branches. Within the temple 
 were pictures representing incidents in the 
 life of the God : Semele brought to bed, 
 Ariadne asleep, Lycurgus bound in chains, 
 Pentheus being torn to pieces, conquered 
 Indians, Tyrrhenians changed into dol- 
 phins, and everywhere Satyrs and Bac- 
 chantes leading the dance. Nor was Pan 
 forgotten : he was seated on a rock, 
 playing upon his pipe, so that he seemed 
 to be playing the same air both for those 
 who were treading the wine-press and for 
 the Bacchantes who were dancing. 
 
 Such were the grounds to which Lamon 
 devoted all his attention, lopping off the 
 
ii2 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 eOepaireve, TO. *]pa aTTOTe/uLvcov, ra /cXrj/zaTa 
 avd\ajUL/3avcw. Toy kiovva-ov ecrre^ayaxre TO?? 
 avOecriv vScop e7ra>xeTeiAre Trrjyij TI? } y/V evpev 
 69 ra avOrj Aa^>w?- 'EcrxoAae /xey TO?? aV- 
 
 17 Trnyri, Aa^f^o? ^6 o/xw9 
 ri. liapeKeXevero Se Kai TW Aa(j>vi8i 6 
 
 Tnaiveiv ra? a?ya? a>? Jy^aTO 
 TTOV, Trat/TW? /ca/ce/i/a? Xeywi/ o\^e<rOai TOV 
 
 Sia /xa/c/ooir o ^e eOafip 
 
 yap u>v e\a/3ev, e7ro/i;cre, /ca) Xi)/ 
 
 /cai ?cra^ Triorepat TU>V o'twv. 
 e TrpoOv/ULorepov avrov yf(r6at 
 7T/OO9 TO i/ yayuo^, Tracrai/ Qepaireiav Kat TrpoOv- 
 /uilav irpocrcfapev, ayaov TC avTct? TTCLVV eooOev, 
 KOI airaywv TO SetXivov. A(9 jjyerro eir} TTOTOV, 
 avefyret Se evvojmu>TaTa TWV \wplwv. 'E/xe- 
 
 \r]<TV CtVTW KCtl (TKCHJtlSttiV KCLlVWVy KOI yCLV\<t)V 
 
 TroXXwv, KOI Tapcrwv fJLiov6ev. To(ravTrj Se YIV 
 KtjSefj.ovia, ware KOLI TO, Kepara i/XeH/te, /ca) Ta? 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 112 
 
 dry leaves and tying up the vine-branches. 
 He placed a garland of flowers upon the 
 head of Dionysus, and conveyed water to 
 the flower-beds from a spring which had 
 been discovered by Daphnis, and was 
 hence called " Daphnis's spring." Lamon 
 also advised Daphnis to get his goats 
 into as good condition as possible, as his 
 master would want to inspect them, since 
 he had not visited his estate for so long 
 a time. Daphnis had no fear of not being 
 praised for the condition of his flock : he 
 had doubled their number, not one of them 
 had been carried off by wolves, and they 
 were fatter than the sheep. But, as he 
 was eager to do everything to obtain his 
 master's approval of his marriage, he 
 spared no pains to make them sleek and 
 fat, driving them out to pasture in the 
 early morning, and not driving them home 
 until late in the evening. He took them 
 twice to drink, and carefully sought for 
 the places where there was the best pas- 
 turage. He also took care that there 
 were new drinking-vessels, plenty of milk- 
 pails, and larger cheese-vats. He was so 
 
 15 
 
H3 Aorror IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 T/)/x9 eOeponreve. Tlavos av T<? iepav ayeXrjv 
 cSo^ev opav. 'E/cojyoWi Se TTCIVTOS ci? avTas 
 /ca/xarof KOI rj XXoV KOI r? TTOI/JLVW irapa- 
 /ut.\ovara, TO irXeov e/cetVat? ea^oXafe' coarre 
 voju.tev 6 Aa0w? (5f' Kivr]v auras <j>aii>(r6at 
 /caXa?. 
 
 'E/ TOVTOI? ovariv avroi?, Sevrepos ayyeXo? 
 
 Xof? <w? Taxf<TTa' Acai ayro? e^i 
 eo-r' a*/ TOI)? /3orpv$ iroirio-axri yXev/co?, e?ra 
 OI/TW? ^areXOft)^ e(? T^I/ TroXiv, aetv TOP Sea-- 
 TTOTtjv, JjSrj rfjs fjLTO7ra)pivfj$ Tpvyw. TOVTOV 
 re ovv T&vSpojULOV (OVTO) yap eKoXeiro, OTI *jv 
 aurft) cpyov rpexew) eSegiovvro Tratrav Segiw- 
 <riv, KOI a/xa ra? a/xTreXof? aTreTpvyutv, TOV$ 
 /3oTpv? e? ra? X^^ou? KOJULI^OVTCS, TO y\evKO$ 
 
 ef? TOU? TTlOoVS <f>epOVTS, TWV ftoTpVltiV TOV$ 
 
 
 e/c r^9 TroXeo)? \6ovcrtv ev CIKOVI teal 
 yeveo-Qai TpvytjTOv. 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 113 
 
 particular that he even anointed their 
 horns, and combed their hair : you would 
 have thought you were looking upon Pan's 
 sacred flock. Chloe also assisted him in 
 his labours, and, neglecting her sheep, 
 devoted the greater part of her time to 
 the goats : so that Daphnis declared it 
 was owing to her that they looked in 
 such good condition. 
 
 While they were thus engaged, a second 
 messenger arrived from the city, bidding 
 them gather the grapes as speedily as 
 possible; since he had been ordered to 
 stay until the new wine was made, when 
 he was to return to the city to fetch his 
 master in time for the autumn vintage. 
 They gave Eudromus (so was the slave 
 called, because he acted as his master's 
 courier) a hearty reception, stripped the 
 vines, pressed the grapes, put the new 
 wine into casks, and cut off a number of 
 branches with the grapes still unpicked, 
 so that those who came from the city 
 might have an idea of the delights of the 
 vintage and might think that they had 
 taken part in them. 
 
 ! 2 
 
ii 4 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 MeXXoyTO9 Se rjSrj (rofleiv 69 aa"Tv TOV 
 T&vSpojUiov, Kal aXXa jmV OVK o\iya avrw 
 Aa 01/49 eScDKev (eSa)Ke Se KOI ocra OLTTO atVoXoy 
 Swpa) Tvpov? evTrayei?, epi<j>ov o'lfstyovov, 
 \evKov Kal \d<riov, a>9 \OL XGI- 
 Tpe\wv' 6 Se rjSero KOI 
 (/>l\i TOV Acupviv, KOI ayctOov TI epetv irep\ 
 
 aVTOV 7T/OO9 TOV SetTTTOTlJV 7Tt]yye\\TO. 
 
 6 IULCV aTT^et 0/Xa </>pova>v 6 Se 
 aycoviwv Tfl XXo^ <rvveju.evev. E?x^ d 
 
 v $eo9' fj.eipa.Kiov yap eiwOos alyas /3Xe- 
 , Kai 0^09, KCU yeaopyov?, Kai X\6tjv, 
 irpwTov efji\\V o\ls<r6at Sea-TTOTyv, ov TrpuiTov 
 IJLOVOV tjKove TO ovojma. *Y7re/o re ovv TOV 
 
 Kai irept TOV yapov Ttjv 
 
 TapaTTTO, JJLt) jULClTqV 6vlpO7TO\OV(rtV aVTOV. 
 
 2fj/ex pev ovv TOL (j>i\rjiu.aTa, Kal axrTrep 
 (rv/j.7re(/>vK6T(*)v at 7Tpi/3o\al' Kal ra <j>i\rj- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 114 
 
 When Eudromus was ready to hurry 
 back to the city, Daphnis gave him several 
 presents, such as a goatherd might have 
 been expected to give, some well-made 
 cheeses, a young kid, and the shaggy skin 
 of a white goat, to wear during the winter 
 when he was running messages. Eudro- 
 mus was highly pleased, kissed Daphnis, 
 and promised to say everything in his 
 favour to his master. Then he departed, 
 full of kindly feelings : but Daphnis, full of 
 anxiety, remained with Chloe in the fields. 
 She felt equally timid, when she remem- 
 bered that Daphnis, a youth who had 
 never seen anything but goats, mountains, 
 husbandmen, and herself, was now for the 
 first time to see his master, whom he 
 had hitherto only known by name. She 
 was very anxious to know how Daphnis 
 would address his master, and was greatly 
 disturbed in mind regarding their marriage, 
 for fear it might prove an idle dream. 
 They kissed each other over and over 
 again, and embraced tenderly : but their 
 kisses were mingled with apprehension 
 and their embraces were tinged with sad- 
 
us Aorror HOIMENIKQN 
 
 /zara SeiXa rjv y KOI at Trepi/BdXal 
 KaOdircp tjSrj irapovra TOV SeanroTqv <J)o/3ov- 
 /uievoov, q XavOavovTwv. Hpocryiverai Se Tf? 
 ai/roF? Kcti TotoarSe ra/oaxo?. 
 
 Ad/XTTi? Tf? tji> aye/owxo? /Soivco'Xo?. QVTO? 
 KOI auro? e/uj/aro T7J> XXo^ Trapa TOV t^pvav- 
 TO?, /caJ ^co/oa ?^^ TroXXa eSeSa)Ki cnrevScov 
 TOV yajmov. A.ior6o/J,evo$ ovv w?, el crvyx^P^' 
 
 lr] jrapa TOV SCO-TTOTOV, Act^j/i? avTrjv aeTai, 
 qTi Si ^9 TOV occnroTtjv avTOis 
 iriKpov Kal eiScos iravv avTOV TW 
 TrapaSeiaro) TepTrofJicvov, eyvw TOVTOV, ocrov 
 olo? re earTi, Sia<j>0eipai Kal a 
 AevSpa JULCV ovv TGJULVCDV, 1/zeXXei/ aXu 
 Sia TOV KTVTTOV eTreixe ^e rof? av6e<nv, wcrre 
 Sia</>0eipai aJra. Nu/cra Stj 0fXa^a?, KOC 
 virep/Bas Tfjv aLjuLacriav, TO. fj.ev avcopv^e, TO. Sk 
 /care/cXacre, TCI (Se KaTeTraTrjcrev wonrep <rv$. 
 Kal o jUiev \a6wv aTreXrjXvOet ' AOLJULCW Se Ttjs 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 115 
 
 ness, as if their master were already 
 present, and they were afraid of him or 
 were obliged to keep their love a secret. 
 While they were in this distress, the 
 following trouble came upon them. 
 
 In the neighbourhood there lived a cow- 
 herd named Lampis, a man of insolent 
 and overweening disposition. He also 
 sought Chloe's hand from Dryas, and 
 had already given him several presents 
 to further his suit. Seeing that, if his 
 master's consent were obtained, Daphnis 
 would marry her, he cast about for the 
 means of embittering the master against 
 the young couple. Knowing that he took 
 great pride in his garden, he determined 
 to spoil and rob it of its beauty. Since, 
 if he cut down the trees, he might be 
 betrayed by the noise, he determined to 
 devote his energies to destroying the 
 flowers. He waited until it was night, 
 climbed over the low wall, pulled up, 
 broke off, and trod down the flowers like 
 a wild boar, and then withdrew without 
 having been seen by anybody. The next 
 morning, Lamon went into the garden to 
 water the flowers from his spring; and, 
 
n6 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 7riova-rjs 7rape\9a)v ei 
 
 OVTO1S 1 e/c T/9 Trijfjs eTrd^eiv. 'LSdw <Se TroV TO 
 
 SeSflcojmevov, KOI epyov olov av e 
 ov \flcrTrjs epydcraiTO, Karefipri^aTO /ULCV cv9v$ 
 TOP \ITWVICTKOV, /3ofj Se /xeyaX?/ 6eov$ ai/e/caXer 
 axTTe KOL rj My/oraX>/ ra e^ X 6 / 00 ^ /caraXiTrovcra, 
 eeS pa/me, KOI 6 Aa^w? eXacra? ray atya?, 
 avedpajme' KOI iSovres e/3oW, Acaf fiocovres 
 cSaicpvov. 
 
 Kal ?i^ /xei/ Kevov TreV^o? aj/^tof, aXX' ot' /u.ev 
 <j>o/3ouju.voi SecnroTtjv, K\aiov e/cXafcre <$' av 
 Tf? /cai ^eVo? eTTicrTas' aTro/ce/coVyU^ro yap o 
 TOTTO?, Kal rjv \OITTOV 7ra<Ta i] yq TrrjXwSrjs. 
 Twv Se el TI Si(f>vye Trjv v/3piv, vinqvOei KCU 
 e Xa/i7T, /car tjv GTI KaXov KCU Keijmevov. 'Exe- 
 Keivro 8e avTois KOI /xeXtrrat awex^t K( *i 
 aTrav<TTOV /3oju./3ovcrai, Kal 6pr]vov(rais O/JLOIOV. 
 '0 ijiev yap Ad/xcoj/ I^TT' e/cTrXv^ew? KaKeiva 
 eXeye' " 3>ev T^? poScwias, w? KaraKK\aa-Tai. 
 icovtas, w? 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 116 
 
 when he saw the whole place thus ravaged, 
 at the sight of this desolation, which was 
 clearly the work of an enemy rather than 
 of a robber, he immediately rent his cloak, 
 and invoked the Gods with loud cries. 
 Myrtale at once threw down what she had 
 in her hands and ran out : Daphnis, who 
 was driving out his goats, turned back : 
 and when they saw what had happened 
 they cried aloud and burst into tears. 
 
 It was idle to lament the loss of the 
 flowers, but the fear of their master made 
 them weep. Even a stranger would have 
 wept at the sight : the whole place was in 
 disorder, and nothing could be seen but 
 upturned earth and mud. If by chance 
 some flower had escaped the general des- 
 truction, it still looked gay and bright, 
 and retained its former beauty, although 
 lying on the ground. Swarms of bees 
 hovered round, humming incessantly, as 
 if they too lamented what had happened. 
 Lamon cried out in his consternation : 
 " Alas ! my rose trees, how they are 
 broken ! Alas ! my violets, how they are 
 trodden under foot ! Alas ! my hyacinths 
 
H7 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKfiN 
 
 KCU TWV VapKl<T<TU)V, Ol/f GLVU)pve Tt$ 
 
 av6pa)7TO$. 'A0/feTcu TO 17/0* TO. Se 
 OVK avOvcrei. E<rrat TO $6/009* TO. Se OVK 
 aK/uLCKret. ItiLeTOTTUopov aXXa Ta^e ovSeva CTTG- 
 tpavaxrei. OuSe crv, SearTrora kiovva-e, TCI 
 a6\ia ravTa *j\r](Ta$ avOq, ot? 7rapa)Ki$, KCU 
 
 IIa>9 Seia> vvv TOV TrapdSeKrov TU> 
 T/? e/ce/o?, Oeacrdjuievos, ea-rai ; Kpe/xa yepovra 
 av6pa)7Tov CK yum? TTLTVOS a)? Ma/xjJai/* Ta^a 
 ^e /cat &a<t>viv, w? TCOI/ aiywv ravra ci/oyacr- 
 
 Aa/c/ova ?i/ e?rl TOUTOf? Oep/j-orepa- KCU eOpij- 
 vovv ov TO. avOrj \OITTOV, aXXa Ta QUTCOJ/ 
 aru)fj.aTa. l&Opijvei KCU XXo'?; Ad<j>viv el Kpe- 
 jULr]<TTai, KCU rjv'xeTO jurjKeTi eXOeiv TOV Secr- 
 TTOTrjv avTwv, KCU rjfjiepa<s SiyvrXet /uox^^/oa?, 
 a)? %Stj Ad(j>viv pXeTrovcra fj.acrTiyoviJ.evov. Ka: 
 tjStl VVKTOS dpxo/ULevtj?, o Et/^/oo/xo9 awTO^ 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 117 
 
 and narcissuses, which the hand of some 
 wretch has uprooted ! The spring will 
 return, but they will blossom no more : 
 the summer will come, but they will not 
 bloom : autumn will come again, but they 
 will not deck anyone's head. And you, 
 my lord Dionysus, had you no pity for 
 these unhappy flowers, near which you 
 dwelt, with which I have often crowned 
 your brows ? How can I show the garden 
 to my master ? What will he think when 
 he sees it ? he will hang the old man on 
 a pine tree, like Marsyas : and perhaps 
 Daphnis as well, thinking that his goats 
 have done this damage." 
 
 At these words, they wept even more 
 bitterly, not so much on account of the 
 flowers as themselves. Chloe was bitterly 
 distressed, at the thought that Daphnis 
 would be hung : she prayed that their 
 master might not come, and passed her 
 days in bitterness, thinking that she 
 already saw Daphnis under the lash. 
 One evening, Eudromus came to inform 
 them that the master himself would not 
 arrive for three days, but that his son 
 
n8 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 , on o /xey Trpecr/3vTepo$ 
 ju.c6' fjij.epa<s CHpt^erai r/oef?, o Se TTCU? avrov 
 
 TTpOCKTl. 2/C6^f? OVV VTTCp TWV 
 
 OTdW, KOI KOIVWVOV el<$ Ttjv yvw^v rov 
 TrapeXajuLpavov o 8e, euvov$ wv TW 
 i, Trapflvei TO crvjUL^av 6jULO\oyfjarai Trpo- 
 repov TO) vew Sea-TTOTfl, KOI ayro? <rv/UL7rpaTTeiv 
 , Tfyucoyuei/o? a>? OyaoydXa/CTO?* KCU 
 
 e jmev o J/ A(7Ti/Xo9 e^' 'ITTTTOV, Kal Trapd- 
 O.VTOV, KCU OVTO$ e^>' "TTTTOV 6 juiev, 
 6 Se YvaQwv (TOVTI yap e/caXefro), 
 TOV Trwywva vpu)ju.i>os TraXai' '0 Se A.OL/J.WV 
 
 T ypra^ Ka TW aw, irpo 
 avrov KaraTrearwv, iKerevev oiKreipat 
 
 yepovTa arvx*], KOI Trar/owa? opyrs 
 TOV ovSev aStK^cravTa' a/ma re avTci) /cara- 
 Xeyei Trdi/ra. QtKreipet Ttjv wcecr/ai/ o "KcrTv Xo?, 
 /caf 7rl TOV 7rapdSt(roi/ eXOcov, Kal Tqv airoo- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 118 
 
 would be there on the morrow. They ac- 
 cordingly thought over what had happened, 
 and took Eudromus into their confidence. 
 He, being well disposed towards Daphnis, 
 advised him to tell everything to their 
 young master beforehand, promising to 
 do his best for them, since he possessed 
 some influence with him, being his foster- 
 brother. When the day came, they did 
 as he had advised them. 
 
 Astylus arrived on horseback, accom- 
 panied by his parasite, also on horseback. 
 Astylus's beard was only just beginning 
 to grow, but Gnathon's (so was the para- 
 site named) had long been familiar with 
 the razor. Lamon, together with Daphnis 
 and Myrtale, fell at his feet and besought 
 him to have compassion upon an unfortu- 
 nate old man, and to save from his father's 
 wrath one who had committed no offence : 
 and at the same time he told him all 
 that had occurred. Astylus was moved to 
 pity by his supplication : he went to the 
 garden, inspected the damage done to the 
 flowers, promised to make his father relent, 
 and undertook to lay the blame upon his 
 
ng AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 \eiav TMV avOcov iScov, avrof e<prj 
 crea-Ocu TOV Trarepa, KCU KaTtiyoprjfreiv 
 TTTTTWJ/, o>? CKCI SeOevres ev/3pi<rav, KCU TO. 
 fj.ev KaTK\a<rav, ret $e KareTrarrja-av, TO. Se 
 ava>pvav \v0eires. 'ETT TOVTOIS tjuxovro 
 TO. ayaOa Aa/xo>v KCU MI//O- 
 e Swpa 7rpo<reK6iu.i<rev epi<j>au?, 
 Tvpov$, opviOas, KCU TO, eKyova avrwv, /36rpv$ 
 7rl K\rnu.dT(x)v, ju.fj\a Se CTTI K\dSow. *H.v ev 
 TO?? Swpots KCU avOofr/uiias oivos Aecr^o?, 
 
 TToOfjVCU KO\\l<TTO9 oTl/O?. 
 
 *0 JULCV St] v A<rn/Xo9 eTTflvei raura, KOI irepl 
 Orjpav etx Aayft)a)j/, ola TrXoiAJfo? veaviarKOS, 
 KCU rpv<j>a)v act, KCU CKpiyjmevos e/? TOV aypov 
 etg aTToXavcriv evrj$ fjSovrj?. *O <5e TvdQwv, 
 ola fj.a6(t)v ecrOieiv avOpcoTros KCU 
 jmeOrjv, KCU ovfiev aXXo cov rj yvd6o$, KOI 
 KCU TO. VTTO yacrTepa, ov Trapepyw cISe TOJ- 
 Adcftvtv TO. Scopa KOfJLiaravra' aXXa KCU <j>vcrei 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 119 
 
 own horses, and to say that they had 
 been fastened up in the garden, but, 
 having become frisky, had broken loose, 
 and trampled down, trodden under foot, 
 and uprooted the flowers. Lamon and 
 Myrtale wished him all prosperity in re- 
 turn for his kindness : and Daphnis pre- 
 sented him with some kids, cheeses, birds 
 with their young, grapes still on the 
 vine-branches, and apples on the boughs: 
 to these he added some fragrant Lesbian 
 wine, most delightful to drink. 
 
 Astylus, having expressed his satisfac- 
 tion, went to hunt the hares, like a wealthy 
 young man who had nothing to do but 
 amuse himself, and was visiting the 
 country in search of some fresh diversion. 
 Gnathon, who knew nothing except how to 
 eat till he could eat no more, and to drink 
 till he was drunk, and was all throat and 
 belly and lust, had carefully observed 
 Daphnis when he brought the presents to 
 Astylus. Being naturally fond of boys, 
 and finding Daphnis handsomer than any 
 of the youths in the city, he resolved to 
 make advances to him, thinking that he 
 
120 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 coy, /caXXo?, olov ovSe eir} Ttj<? 
 , evpaov, eTriOevOat Sicyvw Tip J\a<j>vi3i, 
 
 Kdl TTl<TlV COCTO Oa&'a)?, W? CLlTToXoV. 
 
 rai/ra, Or/pa? ^.ev OVK CKOIVWVGI ra> 
 
 cov Se iva eve/mev 6 Aadwft Xoya) 
 y TO S& a\t]0e^, Aa<j>viSo$ eyivero 
 e avrov, rct9 re afya? 
 KOI crvptfrai TO ai7ro\iKov y(uwe? KOI </>rj 
 
 cXevOepov 6rjffiv, TO Trav Svvajmevo?. 
 Se ei\ e X 6 ^/ 00 ^^' VVKTC&P Xox^a? e/c 
 \avvovTO. rot? afya?, TrpwTov /mev 
 </>i\iiare TTpoSpa/ULcov efra oirtarOev Trapa&xe'iv 
 TOIOVTOV olov at aTye? TO?? r/oayof?. Toi/ ^e 
 /3paSe<j)$ vorivavTos, KCLI Xeyo^ro?, <f a>9 afya? 
 /xei/ fiaiveiv T/oayoy?, /caXoV* Tpayov Se OUTTW 
 TTOTC Tt? ef<56 fiaivovTd Tpayov, ovSe Kpiov 
 O.VTL TWV diW Kpiov, ovSe aXe/cr/ouoz/a? ai/rl 
 TWV a\KTOptS(*)v aXe/cr/ofoVa?," oTo9 re yv 6 
 TvaOcov /3iae<r6ai, ra? x e ^ a ? Trpovcpepw 6 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 120 
 
 would find no difficulty in seducing a 
 simple goatherd. Having made up his 
 mind to this, instead of accompanying 
 Astylus to the chase, he went down to 
 the place where Daphnis was tending his 
 flock, under pretence of looking at the 
 goats, but in reality he had eyes for 
 nothing but Daphnis. In order to coax 
 him, he praised his goats, and begged him 
 to play a pastoral air upon his pipe : then 
 he promised to obtain his freedom for him 
 shortly, saying that he was all-powerful with 
 his master. 
 
 When Gnathon thought he had won 
 Daphnis's affection, he lay in wait for him 
 one evening as he was driving back his 
 goats from pasture, ran up to him and 
 kissed him. Then he asked him to turn 
 his back to him and let him do to him 
 what the he-goats did to the she-goats. 
 Daphnis was slow to understand, but at 
 last he said to himself that, while it was 
 quite natural for he-goats to mount she- 
 goats, no one had ever seen a he-goat 
 mounting a he-goat, or a ram another 
 ram instead of a sheep, or a cock treading 
 
 16 
 
i2i AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 Se /meOuovTa avQpwirov KOI evTtoT 
 Trapuxrdfj.evof, e<r<t>yj\ev el<s TTJV yfjv, KOI, cocnrep 
 crKv\a a7ro<5/>a/xan>, Kel/mevov KareXiTrev, avSpo?, 
 ov TratSos, TT/OO? \ipayu>yiav Seojmevov. OVKGTL 
 <rpo<rteTO oXw?, aXXa aXAore aXX^; ra9 atya? 
 eve/u.v, eKeivov /mev <j>evywv, XXo^i/ Se 
 OvSe 6 TvaOcov CTI Trepieipya^ero, 
 a>9 ov JJ.OVQV KO\O<S, aXXa KCII lar\vpo<s 
 'E7TT>7p6f ^e Kcupov SioXexOrjixu Trepl avrov 
 TW 'A(rrJXft), KOI */\7rie Swpov avrov eeiv 
 trapa TOV veaviffKOv TroXXa KOL /xeyaXa x a P^ " 
 crOai 6e\ovros. 
 
 Tore HJLCV ovv OVK qSvvijOt]' Trpoarfjei yap 6 
 Aiovv<ro<f>dvr]$ a/xa r^J KXea/o/trr?/ Kai fy 
 
 0OpV/3oS TToXt'? KT*]VU)V, OIKCTWV, CtvSpWV, 
 
 yvvaiKwv JULCTO. Sc TOVTO orvveTCtTTe \6yov 
 
 KOI CpWTLKOV KOI JULCLKpOV. ^H/ ^ 6 
 
 i TroXto? fj.v "jSrj, /xeya9 de KOI /caXo9, 
 /ecu uetpaKiois afj.i\\a<r6ai Swajmevos" aXXa 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 121 
 
 a cock in place of a hen. Meanwhile, Gna- 
 thon attempted to lay violent hands upon 
 Daphnis, who dealt him a vigorous blow, 
 which felled him to the ground, since he 
 was already drunk and could hardly stand. 
 After this, Daphnis ran away as swiftly as 
 a fawn, leaving Gnathon on the ground, 
 more in need of the assistance of a man, 
 than of a boy, to help him along. From 
 that time Daphnis shunned him altogether, 
 changing the pasturage of his goats from 
 one place to another, avoiding Gnathon as 
 carefully as he sought Chloe. Nor did 
 Gnathon trouble him any more, when he 
 found that he was not only handsome, but 
 also strong and vigorous. But he watched 
 for an opportunity to speak to Astylus 
 about him, hoping that his young master 
 would make him a present of Daphnis, 
 since he knew that he was ready to grant 
 almost every favour he asked. 
 
 For the moment he could do nothing: 
 for Dionysophanes had just arrived with 
 Clearista, and nothing was heard but the 
 noise of animals, slaves, men, and women. 
 In the meantime, Gnathon set about com- 
 
 16 2 
 
122 AOrrOY riOIMENIKftN 
 
 Kctl 7:Xov(no$ ev oXlyots, KOI x/ */ " 7 " ? < 
 cTepo?. OI/TO? eXOcov, 77; sparry jj.ev ^epa 
 6eoi<? eOua-ev oVof TrpoevTOLVLV aypoiKta?, 
 AiljmrjTpi, KOI Aiovvcrcp, Kai Haw, KOI NJ/ 
 
 KOI KOLVOV TTOLCTL TOl$ TTapOVCTtV eCTTtJCTe 
 
 rai9 de a\\ai$ fj /me pats eTrea-Koiret ra rov 
 Aa/oteovo? e/oya* KOI opwv TO, jmev TreSia ev 
 av\aKi, ra? Se ajuiTreXovs ev K\tfiu.aTi, TOV Se 
 TrapdSeicrov ev KaXXet (Trepl yap TCOV avOwv 
 "A.<TTv\o$ TTjv aiTiav av\aju./3avev) rjSero ire- 
 /atTTO)?, KOI TOV Adfjiwva eTTflvei, KOI eXevOepov 
 a<j>Yi<reiv eTTtjyyeXXero. Kar^XOe /xera ravra 
 Kcii efV TO atiroXtov, ra? re afya? o^o/ 
 
 KCU TOV Ve/ULOVTa. 
 
 fJLev ovv e:V rtjv vXtjv e'(j>vyev, o 
 TOCTOVTOV aiSecrOeia-a KCU <po/3r]9eicra' 6 Se 
 l&TriKei Septet \dcnov aiyo? efcuoyxeVo?, 
 veoppa<f>fj /card TCOV COJULCOV et]pT*)juievo9, 
 KOCLTCOV ra?? \ep<nv a/A00Te/ocu?, Tfl /mev, apTi- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONG US 122 
 
 posing a long and amorous discourse upon 
 Daphnis. Dionysophanes, whose hairs 
 were already beginning to turn grey, was 
 a tall, handsome man, who need not have 
 shrunk from rivalry with many a young 
 man : in addition to this, he was richer 
 than most men, and none were more 
 virtuous. On the first day of his arrival, 
 he offered sacrifice to all the Gods who 
 preside over husbandry, to Demeter, 
 Dionysus, Pan, and the Nymphs, and 
 gave a feast to all the household. On the 
 following days, he went to see how Lamon 
 had done his work : and, at the sight of 
 the ploughed fields, the well-kept vines, 
 and the beautiful garden for Astylus had 
 taken the blame for the damage done to 
 the flowers he was delighted, congratu- 
 lated Lamon, and promised him his 
 freedom. After this he went to see the 
 goats and the goatherd. 
 
 Chloe immediately ran away into the 
 forest, feeling bashful and afraid of so 
 many visitors : but Daphnis remained 
 where he was, with a shaggy goat-skin 
 fastened round him, and a new wallet 
 
i2 3 AOrrOY HOIMENIKON 
 
 Trayef? Tvpov$, 777 8e, epl(f>ovs yaXa6tjvov$. 
 Trore 'ATro'XXan/ Kao^eSovn Orjrevcw e 
 \rj<re, TOiocrSe ?i/, olo? Tore w(f>6r] 
 AUTO? ju.ev ovv elwev ovSev, aXXa e/ 
 TrX/ycrOef?, eWfcre KOLTU), TrpOTetva? TO. 
 
 * n\ / *? *? <f * P f 
 
 o oe Aajmcw, OVTOS, etTre, aroi, oeo-Trora, 
 alywv atVo'Xo?. 2v /xev e/xoi TrevrtfKovTa 
 SwKas, KOI Svo Tpdyovs" OVTOS Se <TOI 
 7r7rolr]Kv cKdTov, KOI SeKO. T/oayof?. 'Opa? 
 a)? XfTra/aaf /cat ra? TpL\a$ \aa~iai, Kai TO. 
 /cc/oara a6pava~TOi. TieTroitjKev aura? /cat 
 
 /uLovo-iKas' crvpiyyos yovv aKovovcrai 
 
 > >> 
 Trai/ra. 
 
 Ila/ooucra To^9 \eyofj.voi$ rj 
 Treipav eTreOv/mrja-e TOV Xex^eWo? \a/3eiv, KCU 
 KeXevei TOV Aa<pviv Tal<$ allv olov eto)6e 
 crvpi<rai, KCU eVayyeXXerat arvplcravTi 
 craa-Oat \LTwva KOI x\aivav KCU V 
 Se Ka6i(ra$ avrovs cocrTrep Oearpov, CTTCIS 
 
 V7TO Tfl <t>rtyu>, KCU K T^9 TT/J/OO? TTjV 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 123 
 
 hanging from his shoulder, holding in one 
 hand some fresh cheeses, and in the other 
 some sucking kids. If ever Apollo tended 
 the flocks of Laomedon as a hired servant, 
 he must have looked like Daphnis, who, 
 without saying a word, his face covered with 
 blushes, bowed and presented his gifts. 
 Then Lamon said : " O master, this is the 
 goatherd : you gave me fifty goats and two 
 he-goats to look after : he has doubled the 
 number of the goats, and increased the 
 he-goats to ten. You see how fat and 
 sleek they are, what long hair they have, 
 and how sound their horns are. He has 
 also taught them to understand music : 
 when they hear the sound of his pipe, 
 they are ready to do anything." 
 
 Clearista, who was present and heard 
 what was said, was anxious to put it to 
 the proof: she ordered Daphnis to play 
 on his pipe to his goats as he was accus- 
 tomed to do, and promised to give him 
 a cloak, a tunic, and a pair of shoes for 
 his trouble. Daphnis made them sit 
 down as if they were at the theatre, stood 
 up under the beech tree, took his pipe out 
 
124 AOITOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 KOjULiara?, 7rpu>Ta JULCV o\iyov eveTrvevore' KOI at 
 atye? evTiivav, ra? /ce^aXa? apa.jj.cvai. Efra 
 evejrvevcre TO VOJULIOV Kal at a?ye$- evejuiOVTO, 
 veva-aa-ai KCLTO). A.vOi$ \iyvpov eSwKC" KOI 
 aOpoai KaT6K\i9r)(rav. ^(rupicre re KOI ou 
 /xeXo?* at ^e, wcnrep \VKOV Trpoariovros, 6(9 rrjv 
 v\rjv KaTe<t>wyov. Mer' o\iyov a 
 <j>6yaTO' Kal ee\6ovarai r^? v\t]$) 
 avrov TWV TroSwv crvveSpa^ov. QvSe a 
 of/cera? elSev av Tig OVTW TreiOo/mevov? Trpoa- 
 Tay/maTi SecnroTOv. Q f l re ovv a\\oi Trcw/re? 
 eOavjma^ov, KOI Trpo iravTtov rj KXea/o/<rr>7, Kal 
 Scopa aTrodcoareiv coju.ocre /caXw re OVTI afVoXw 
 Kal jULOvariKW' Kal ave\66vTe? ei$ TVJV e7rav\iv, 
 aju,</>i apiorTOV elxov, Kai TCO AacfrviSi a0' wv 
 
 '0 <5e /xera r^? XXo?/? qcrOie, Kal t'/SeTO yevo- 
 a<TTVK>j$ 6\lsapTv<ria$, Kai et/eXxf? ijv 
 Tve(r6ai TOV yd/mov, TretVa? Toy? SeariroTas. 
 Se Iiva6(x)v 7rpo(TKKav6el$ TOL$ /cara TO 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 124 
 
 of his wallet, and, to commence with, drew 
 from it merely a feeble strain. The goats 
 immediately stood up, and lifted their 
 heads. Then he piped to pasture and the 
 goats began to browse, with their heads 
 towards the ground. He played a clear 
 sweet strain, and they all lay down. He 
 played a shrill air, and they fled towards 
 the forest, as if a wolf was approaching. 
 After a brief interval, he piped a recall, 
 and they came out of the forest, and ran 
 to his feet. They obeyed the notes of 
 the pipe more readily than servants obey 
 their masters' orders. The visitors were 
 astonished, especially Clearista, who swore 
 to give what she had promised to the 
 gentle goatherd who played so well. Then 
 they returned to the homestead for dinner, 
 and sent Daphnis something from their 
 own table. 
 
 Daphnis shared the food with Chloe, 
 highly pleased at tasting city cookery, and 
 feeling sanguine of obtaining his master's 
 consent to his marriage. Gnathon, in- 
 flamed still more by what he had seen of 
 the goatherd, and considering that life 
 
125 AOrrOY HOIMENIKftN 
 
 atTroXiov yeyevy/ULevois, KCU a/3i(DTOV 
 TOV j3iov, el /x7 Tev^erat Aa0i/t(5o9, Trepnra- 
 TOVVTO. TOV "A(TTv\ov ev TW TrapaSeccra) (j>u- 
 Aa^ay, KOI avayaytcv ei$ TOV TOV Aiovvvov 
 vewv, TToSas KCU x e ip a $ KctTe<j>l\i. Tou $e TTVV- 
 Oavo/Jievov, rtVo? e/e/ca ra^ra Spa, KOI \eyeiv Ke- 
 \VOVTO$, KCU vTrovpyr)(reiv OJULVVOVTOS, 
 (rot F^aOft)!/," e<f>r], " Se&TTOTa. ' 
 
 epwv, 6 TrpoTepov O/JLVV? OTL 
 copcuoTepov o'tvov yepovTOS, 6 
 
 TCOV e0?j/3etn/ TWV ev MtryXiJi/^ TOV$ <TOV$ o\f/ap- 
 TL'ra? \eycov, JULOVOV \OLTTOV KO\OV elvai ^a(j>viv 
 VO/ULI^CO. Kcu Tpo<l>r)<s IULCV r^? 7ro\vT\ov$ ov 
 yevojuicii, KO.LTOI TOOTOUTUIV 7rapa<TKvaojuLva)v 
 
 fioews 5' av ai yevofjicvoff TTOCLV ea-Oioi/jLi KCU 
 <f>v\\a, Trjs Act<pviSo$ CLKOUWV crvpiyyos, KCU 
 UTT' cKetvw ve/uLojmevos. 2u ^e crwxrov YvdOcova 
 TOV <rov, KOI TOV ayTTrjTOV epcoTa viKtjcrov. Et 
 ^e fj.tj, croi eTrofjivvfJLL TOV ejmov Oeov, i<t>tSiov 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 125 
 
 would not be endurable if he did not get 
 possession of Daphnis, waited his oppor- 
 tunity until Astylus was walking in the 
 garden : then, leading him up to the temple 
 of Dionysus, he kissed his hands and feet. 
 When Astylus asked what was the mean- 
 ing of his behaviour, and bade him speak, 
 swearing that he would grant whatever 
 favour he asked, Gnathon replied : " Your 
 poor Gnathon is lost, O master. I who 
 hitherto cared for nothing but the plea- 
 sures of the table, who used to swear that 
 there was nothing more delightful than 
 old wine, who considered your cooks far 
 superior to all the youths of Mitylene I 
 now think that there is nothing beautiful 
 in the world but Daphnis. I do not so 
 much as taste the most dainty dishes, 
 although so many are prepared each day 
 meat, fish, and honey-cakes. I should like 
 to be a goat, I should like to eat grass 
 and leaves, listening to his pipe and tended 
 by him. Save Gnathon, I beseech you, 
 and remedy a love that is irremediable. If 
 you do not, I swear to you by my God 
 that I will take a hearty meal, and then 
 
126 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 , KCU 
 
 /u,avTov airoKTevw Trpo 
 crv Se OVKCTI Kd\(Ti$ TvctOuwdpiov, w 
 
 i ts\ re. i / >j 
 
 etcoueis 7rai(jov aei. 
 
 OVK avrecrxe K\aiovri, KOI av6i$ rov? TroSa? 
 KctTCL(f)i\ovvTi, veavi<TKO<5 /xeya\o0/owi/, OVK aVei- 
 pos epwTiKf]? X^Tn/s 1 , aXX' aiTq(reiv avrov Trapa 
 TOV Trarpo? eTT^yyeXXero, KCU KOjUita-eiv ei? TY\V 
 TroXiv, avraj fjLev SovXov, eKeivw Se epcojmcvov. 
 E/9 v6vjm.lav Sc KOI CLVTOV eKeivov 6e\(0v Trpo- 
 ayayeiv, eTrvvOavero /jLeiSiwv, ei OVK aur\vvT<U 
 AdjULdwos vlov (ptXwv, aXXa KCU crTrovSd^ei crvy- 
 KaTa.K\i6fjvcu ve/jiovTi aiya? /xet/oa/cia) 5 Kat 
 afjiOL VTTGKplveTO TY]V TpayiK^v Sva-wSlav /mvcraT- 
 T6(r6cu. '0 Se, oTa Traorav epcoTiKrjv /u.v9o- 
 \oyiav ev rol$ TU>V CLCTOOTCOV cry/x7ro<7/oi9 "Tre- 
 TrcuSevjuLevo?, OVK CLTTO OTKOTTOV KCU vTrep avrov 
 KOI vTrep TOV Aa^f^o?, eXeyev " OvSel$ 
 TavTct, oe<nroTa, epaa-Trjs TroXvTr pay jmovei' 
 
 aXX' V o'lti) 7TOT6 Ctl/ CTWJJLCLTl CVpfl TO /Ca 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 126 
 
 stab myself in front of Daphnis's door : 
 and you will never again call me your 
 dear little Gnathon, as you used to do 
 in jest." 
 
 When Gnathon began to kiss his feet 
 again, Astylus could no longer resist his 
 entreaties, for he was a generous youth, 
 who had himself felt the pains of love. 
 He promised to ask his father for Daphnis 
 and to take him to the city, nominally as 
 his slave, but really as Gnathon's minion. 
 Then, wishing to cheer him up, he asked 
 him with a smile if he were not ashamed 
 of being in love with Lamon's son, and 
 why he was so anxious to sleep with this 
 young goatherd, at the same time pre.- 
 tending that the smell of goats disgusted 
 him. But Gnathon, like one who had 
 gone through the whole course of erotic 
 lore at the tables of debauchees, replied 
 shrewdly enough in regard to himself and 
 Daphnis : " No lover troubles himself 
 about such things : in whatever form he 
 finds beauty, he is smitten with it. Men 
 have been known to become enamoured of 
 a plant, a river, or a wild beast : and yet 
 
127 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 . Am TOVTO KOI <f>vrov Tf 
 
 KOI TTOTCtJULOV, KCU OrjpLOV. Ka/TOt T/9 OVK UV 
 
 epacrT^v ij\erj(rev ov eSei <poSeicr6cii TOV epu>- 
 jmevov ; 'Eyaj ^e crajyuaro? jmev cpw SovXov, 
 /caXXoi/? Se eXevOepov. '0/39, ft)? vaKivOa /mev 
 Ttjv KO/mrjv OJULOICLV ex^i, XajuLTrovari Se VTTO 
 o(f>pv(riv OL o(j>0a\fJiol, KaOairep ev 
 <T(f>evSovr} \fsrj(j>L<s ; KaJ TO fJLev TT/OOCTCOTTOV epv- 
 OV/ULCITOS i^ecTTOv, TO Se crro/xa \VKU>V oSovTUtv 
 iocnrep eXe^ai/ro? ; T/? eiceiOev OVK av evaiTO 
 \a/3etv epaa-Trjs Xef/ca ^fX^ara ; E Se 
 vefj.ovTO$ rjpacrQ^v, 6eov$ ejuLijuLrja-ajuuiv. Bof/co- 
 
 Xo? r\v 'AxiV>79, KCU ev\ev OLVTOV 
 
 atya? eW/xe Bpayx^o?, KCU 'A-Tro'XXau/ CIVTOV 
 (j)t\r](Te' Troi/mrji' ^v Tavv/JLyStjs, KOI CIVTOV 6 
 Zev? rjpTracre. M^ KaTa(j>povwfj.ev TraiSos, w 
 KOI a?ya?, w? epwcras, 7TiOofJ.eva$ eiSojmev aXX 
 el Ti /JLeveiv 7rl yijs TrtTpTrovcri TOIOVTO 
 
 /cdXXo?, \apiv exw/xev TOIS Ato? a 
 
 f H(5y ^e yeXacra? 6 "Acrri/Xo? ewl TOVTW /xa- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 127 
 
 who would not pity a lover who has to 
 fear what he loves ? No doubt the form 
 that I love is that of a slave, but its 
 beauty is free. Do you see how like his 
 hair is to the hyacinth, how his eyes 
 glitter beneath his brows, like a jewel 
 in a setting of gold ? His face is 
 ruddy, his teeth are white as ivory. 
 Who would not long for a tender kiss 
 from his lips? In loving a goatherd, I 
 am but following the example of the 
 Gods. Anchises was a cowherd, and 
 Aphrodite possessed him : Branchius ten- 
 ded goats, and Apollo loved him : Gany- 
 mede was a shepherd, and Zeus carried 
 him up to heaven. Let us not despise 
 a lad, whose goats we see obey him, as if 
 even they were enamoured of him : let 
 us rather thank the eagles of Zeus for 
 allowing such beauty to remain upon the 
 earth." 
 
 Astylus, who was highly amused by 
 this speech, laughed and told Gnathon 
 that love produced very plausible orators : 
 at the same time, he promised to watch 
 
128 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 
 Xtcrra TO> Xex$ei/T7, KOI 0)9 /xeyaXoi/9 6 
 TTOiei <7O^>f(TTa9, etTroDy, eTreTijpei Kaipov ev a> 
 TO) Trar/ol 7re/H Aa(j>viSo$ SioXe^erat. 'A/couc7a9 
 ^e ra Xex^eVra Kpv<pa Trdvra 6 Et/^po/xo?, /cal 
 ra ynev rot/ &a(f>viv ^fXtot/, 009 aya^oi/ veavicrKOv, 
 TO. Se axOoimevos ei TvdOcovo? e/xTra/oo/ytyua 
 TOIOVTO /caXXo?, avTiKa /caraXerya 
 KaKelva) KOI Adfjicovi. '0 /uei> 
 J?, eyivuxTKev d/ma Tfl XXo^ 
 (j>vyelv, rj airoQavelv, KOLVWVOV KaKelvyv \a/3wv. 
 '0 ^e Ad/ULWV Tr/oocr/caXecra/xei/o? e^a> T^? ai/X^? 
 T^ Mf/oraX^* " QixdfJ-eOa, elTrev, w yvvcu. 
 "HAcet /cai/oo9 e/c/caXiyTrrefi/ ra KpvirTa. "l&prjjmoi 
 Se at atye? /cat ra XotTra Trdvra' aXXa, yua 
 
 Ilaj^a, /cat ra? Nu/x^a?, oi^S' et /xe 
 
 , <j>aarlv, ev av\elo) 
 
 V\*IV TJTi? e<TTiv ov 
 aXXa /cat o, rt e^/ooi/ eKKeljuLevov, e/oa>, /caf O7rft>9 
 Tp<pdju.cvov, fJLijvvarcOf KOI 6Va e^poj^ o-vveKKel- 
 
 , Sel^co. MaOera) Fm^a)^ o juuapo? 0^09 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 128 
 
 for an opportunity to speak to his father 
 about Daphnis. But Eudromus had heard 
 all that was said without being seen. His 
 friendship for Daphnis, whom he con- 
 sidered a worthy young man, and his 
 indignation at the idea of such beauty 
 being handed over to the insults of a 
 drunken wretch like Gnathon, made him 
 go and tell Daphnis and Lamon at once. 
 Daphnis, in great consternation, at first 
 thought of flight in company with Chloe, 
 or of dying together with her. Then 
 Lamon called Myrtale out, and said to 
 her : " We are lost, my dear wife : the 
 moment is come to reveal what has long 
 been hidden. Although the goats and 
 everything else be abandoned, I swear, 
 by Pan and the Nymphs, even though I 
 should be left like a worn-out ox in the 
 stall, that I will no longer hold my tongue 
 in regard to the history of Daphnis. I 
 will tell how I found him exposed : I will 
 declare how he has been brought up : and 
 I will show all the tokens that I found 
 exposed with him. That infamous wretch 
 Gnathon shall know what manner of man 
 
129 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 cov ouav cpa. HapcKTKeva^e /J.OL /ULOVOV ev 
 
 \ r ,, 
 
 TO. yi/ft>yot(7/xaTa. 
 
 Ot JU.CV TavTO. crvvOe/uLevoi, a7rfj\6ov e'tcrw ira- 
 \w o Se ' 
 
 aiTl TOV ka^VlV fV TrjV TTO\IV 
 
 Karayayeiv, cog /caXoV re oi/ra KCU aypoiKta? 
 Kpelrrova, KCU Taxea)? VTTO Tvd6covo$ KCU TO. 
 aarrvKct SiSaxOfjvcu Svvafj.evov. Xalpcw 6 TrctTrjp 
 KCU /xeraTre/ui/ra/xei/o? TOV AdfJLwa KCU 
 
 on 
 
 Oepcnreva-ei \onrov O.VTL aiycov KOI 
 Tpaycov Aa^)^?- eV^yyeXXero ^e ovo OLVT 
 cKeivov ouxreiv CLVTOIS ai7ro\ovg. 'Ej/ra$a o 
 
 Aa/ULO)V, TTCtVTCW %S*] (rVVefipvqKOTWV, KCU OTl 
 
 KciXov ofJLoSovXov Z^ovcriv ySojuievwv, 
 Xoyoj', ijparo \eyeiv ""AKOVO-OV, S> 
 Trapa avSpos yepovros oXtjOr} \6yov 7r6ju.vvju.i 
 Se TOV Tlava KCU TO? NJ / a^a9, w? ovSev ^jsev- 
 (TO/ULCU. OVK eifju Aa^j/f^O9 Trar^/3, ovo" eu- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 129 
 
 he is, and who it is that he has the 
 audacity to love. Do you look after the 
 tokens, and see that I have them ready 
 to hand." 
 
 Having settled this, they went indoors. 
 Meanwhile, Astylus, finding his father 
 disengaged, hastened to him and asked 
 permission to take Daphnis home with 
 him to the city, declaring that he was 
 a handsome lad and too superior to be 
 left in the country, and that Gnathon 
 would soon teach him city manners. His 
 father willingly gave his consent, and, 
 having sent for Lamon and Myrtale, told 
 them the good news that Daphnis would 
 in future serve his son Astylus instead of 
 tending goats, and promised to give them 
 two goatherds to take his place. Then, 
 when all the other slaves had gathered 
 together, delighted at the prospect of 
 having so handsome a fellow - servant, 
 Lamon asked leave to speak, and, on its 
 being granted, began as follows : " O 
 master, hear a true story from an old 
 man: I swear by Pan and the Nymphs 
 that I will not utter a word that is false. 
 
 172 
 
130 AOrrOY HOIMENIKfiN 
 
 Tvx*ive Mf/oraXj; fJ-rirrip yeve<r6ai. *AX\ot 
 irciTepe? ee6r]Kav TOVTO TO TrcuSlov, tcrw<s TTCU- 
 Slw TTpeo-fivrepoov ci'Xf? exovrer eya> Se evpov 
 
 eKKel/jievov, KOI VTTO aryo? e/uifjs Tpc</>6/uivoi>, fjv 
 KOI cnroOavovcrav e6a\^a ev rc5 TrepiKijTrw, <t>i\toi> 
 
 OTI eTTOirjo-e fj.r]Tpo? l/oya. Epoi> aurw KOI 
 yvwpia-jULaTa crvveKKeljuieva.' 6/xoXoyw, SearTrora, 
 KOI (pvXaTTW TUX*I$ yap earn /xe/f 01/09 ^ /ca0' 
 
 aurov o^x V7rprj<pav(x), KO\OV QiKcnp KoXov KOI 
 ayaQov SecnroTOV 7rapoiv*i/u.a Se TvaOowo? ov 
 Svvajmcu Trepii'Secv yevopevov, 09 e? 
 CLVTOV ayeiv ciri yvvaiKwv epya ( 
 
 '0 /mev Kafjitov ravTa eiTrcov eo'iwTrtjare, KOI 
 
 TroXXa a<f>rjK SaKpva. Tou Se TvdOcwos Opacrvvo- 
 fj.evov } KOI TrXi^yaj cnretXovvTos, 6 Afowo"o0a^9 
 eiprj/uLevois e/CTrXayeJy, TOV fiev TvaOcwa 
 ^JV 6<ppvv fV OLVTOV 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 130 
 
 I am not the father of Daphnis, nor has 
 Myrtale the good fortune to be his mother. 
 He was exposed when a child by other 
 parents, who perhaps had enough children 
 already. I found him abandoned, and 
 being suckled by one of my goats, which 
 I buried in the garden when it died : for I 
 loved it because it had performed the part 
 of a mother towards the infant. I also 
 found some tokens lying by its side : this I 
 confess, master, and also that I kept them : 
 for they show that he belongs to a higher 
 rank of life than our own. I have no 
 objection to his serving Astylus, for he 
 will be a good servant to a good and 
 honourable master: but I cannot endure 
 that he should become the laughing-stock 
 of the drunken Gnathon, who wants to 
 take him to Mitylene and make him play 
 the part of a woman." 
 
 After this Lamon was silent and burst 
 into tears. But when Gnathon waxed 
 bolder and threatened to chastise him, 
 Dionysophanes, astounded at what Lamon 
 had said, knitted his brows and ordered 
 Gnathon to hold his tongue : then he again 
 
i3i AOrrOY EOIMENIKQN 
 
 TOOTTOI >7<rct9 rovSe Aa/xeoya TraXtv aveKpive, KO.\ 
 TrapcKeXeuero ToXrjQrj Xeyeiv, jULrjSe OJULOICL TrXdr- 
 
 TLV /ULV0OIS, 7rl TO) KaT<\eLV TOV VIOV. '17? ^ 
 OCTei/^9 tJV, KOI KOLTa 7TO.VTWV COJULVVC OetOV, KOLL 
 
 eSiSov /BaaravL^eiv CIVTOV, ei Ti\!sev$Tai, KaOt]- 
 yueV>79 r*7? KXeap/cm;? /3a<ravie TO. XeXey/xeVa. 
 " T/ (5* dv e\fsevSTO Aa/xa>y, /me\\(DV avO* ei/o? 
 ^uo \afj.fiaveiv atVoAof? ; XIco? (5' dv KOI raura 
 eirXaarev aypoiKOs ; Oi) ya/3 eu^i'9 ?J^ CLTTLO-TOV, 
 
 K TOIOVTOV yepOVTOS KOLL fJ.YJTpa<S VT\OV$ 
 
 viov KO\OV OVTOD yeve&Ocu ; " 
 
 'E^o/cet /u.rj jmavTeveffOai eTrnrXeov, aXXa qSrj 
 TO. yvwplorjULaTO. arKOireiv, el Xa/jLtrpas KOL evSo- 
 OTpa<s TVX*I$. 'Ax^ei jmev Mu/oraXj; /co/xi- 
 (T over a TrdvTd (frvXaTTOjmeva ev Trqpa TraXam. 
 
 /ca 
 
 \arov, L<J>IOIOV eXef/tavTOKWTrov, /meya /3oi'j<ras, 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 131 
 
 questioned the old man, exhorting him 
 to speak the truth, and not to invent some 
 story, in order that he might keep his son. 
 When Lamon persisted in his tale, swore 
 by all the Gods that it was true, and 
 offered to submit to the torture if he had 
 lied, Dionysophanes, with Clearista sitting 
 by his side, carefully considered what he 
 had said. " What object could Lamon have 
 in speaking falsely, seeing that he was to 
 have two goatherds in place of one ? how 
 could a rude peasant have invented such 
 a story? again, was it not at the outset 
 incredible that so handsome a youth 
 should be the offspring of an old man 
 like Lamon and a shabby old woman like 
 Myrtale ? " 
 
 They determined not to trust any further 
 to conjecture, but to examine the tokens 
 at once, to see if they indicated that 
 Daphnis belonged to a higher rank of life. 
 Myrtale immediately went to fetch them 
 out of an old sack in which they had been 
 stored away. When they were brought, 
 Dionysophanes looked at them first, and 
 when he saw the little purple tunic with 
 
132 AOITOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 cS Zeu Seo-TTOTa, KaXei rtjv yvvaiKa 
 'H Se iSov&a, /xe'yct KOI avrtj /3oa* " <&l 
 Mot/oar ou raura ^/ue?? <rvvee6riKaju.ev iSicp 
 TraiSl, KOI ei? Tovroy? TOU? aypovs Ko/uii^ovcrav 
 lLu)<j>po<Tvvriv a7r(TTL\afJiV ; OUA: aXXa /xei/ oiyi', 
 aXXa ravTu <pl\e ai/e/o, ^yuerepoV eVri TO 
 
 (TO? flO? 6(TTf Aa^Wf?, /CQf 
 
 atya?." 
 
 uor^? aur^?, /cat rou &tovv<TO(j>avov$ 
 ra yvu)pL(T/uiaTa <f>i\ovvTO?, KCU UTTO 
 
 qSovfj? SaKpVOVTOS, O "AcTTfXoS 1 (7^^6/9 d)? CC 
 
 ^>o? eo*Tf, /Q/i/^a? OoijULciTiov, e6ei Kara TOV 
 7rapaSel(rov, TT/OCOTO? roi/ kafyviv <t>i\f](rai 
 
 /3ou)VTa, Ad<j>vi, voiAicras on <rv\\a/3eiv avrov 
 /3ov\6fjivo$ T/oe'x, /o/\^a? T^ irripav KOI TTJV 
 crvpiyya, TT/OO? T^ ^aXarrav e^e/oero, p 
 eavrov airo T^? yueyaX*;? 7reV/oa?. Kaf f 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 132 
 
 its golden clasp, and the dagger with the 
 ivory handle, he cried aloud, " O Lord 
 and master Zeus," and called his wife to 
 look : and she, as soon as she saw them, 
 in like manner cried aloud, " O kindly 
 Fates : are not these the jewels which we 
 gave to Sophrosyne to put by the side of 
 our own son when she exposed him ? 
 There is no doubt about it : they are the 
 same. Dear husband, the child is ours. 
 Daphnis is your son, and has fed his 
 father's goats." 
 
 While she was still speaking, Diony- 
 sophanes kissed the token, and wept from 
 excess of joy. Then Astylus, understanding 
 that Daphnis was his brother, immediately 
 threw off his cloak, and hastened to the 
 garden, wishing to be the first to embrace 
 him. But when Daphnis saw him coming 
 towards him, accompanied by a number 
 of people, and shouting " Daphnis," think- 
 ing that he wanted to seize him, he threw 
 away his wallet and his pipe, and fled 
 towards the sea, intending to throw him- 
 self from the top of the rock : and perhaps, 
 by a strange caprice of Fortune, Daphnis, 
 
133 AOrrOY HOIMENIKftN 
 
 CLV TO KCtlVOTdTOV Vpe6el$ a 
 
 ci JULY) a-vveis 6 "AarrvXos efioa TraXtv " 
 Aa0w, jmrjSev <f>o/3t]6fls' aSe\<f>6$ ttfii <rov ; 
 y ovei?, ol 
 
 Trjv alya eiTre, /caJ ra 
 
 opa Se eTrta-Tpafal? TTW<S *ta<ri </>aiSpol 
 KOI yeXeoi/re?. 'AAA' e/xe irpwrov </>t\ti(rov 
 ofjLvvjuLi <5e ra? NJyit^a?, 0)9 ou \[sevSo/u.ai" 
 
 MoXt? /caf /ueTa TOV opKov ecrTy, Kat TOV 
 A.<TTV\ov TpeyovTa 7repi]u.eive, KOI 
 
 KO.T<j)l\r](TV. 'El' O) <5e KIVOV 
 
 TO XoiTroi/ eTTippei OepciTrovTwv, Oepa- 
 
 TTCLIVWV, CLVTOS O TTttTT?/), I/ fJ.^Tt]p fJiCT CLVTOV. 
 
 7Tpl/3ct\\OV, KO.T(f>i\OVV X at '" 
 
 . '0 (5e TW TrctTe/oa :af T^I/ 
 
 X\WV </>i\0<f>pOVeiTO' KO.I 
 
 ft)? TraXai f^w9 TTpocrea-Tepvl^eTO, KOI ee\0eiv 
 Tan/ 7repi/3o\wv OVK //^eXei/- OI/TCO <t>vcri$ Ta\e(><$ 
 TTiorTeveTai. 'E^eXa^eTO Aca: XXo'>79 7r/oo9 
 dX/yoi/* AcaJ eX^a>^ etV T^I/ 7rav\iv, ecrOfJTci TC 
 e'Xa/3e TroXfTeX^, /cai Tra/oa TOI/ Trarepa TOV 
 'iSiov KaOea-Oeis, qicovev avrov Xeyoi/TO9 OVTW$. 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 133 
 
 who had just been found, would have been 
 lost, had not Astylus, perceiving his inten- 
 tion, shouted to him : " Stop, Daphnis : 
 fear nothing : I am your brother : your 
 former master and mistress are your 
 parents. Lamon has told us all about the 
 goat, and shown us the tokens : look, turn 
 round and see how glad and cheerful they 
 seem. But kiss me first : I swear by the 
 Nymphs that I am speaking the truth." 
 
 Even when he heard this oath, Daphnis 
 was loth to stop : however, he waited for 
 Astylus, and kissed him when he came 
 running up to him. In the meantime, all 
 the household, men and women servants, 
 and his mother and father came and em- 
 braced and kissed him, with tears of joy. 
 Daphnis welcomed them all affectionately, 
 but especially his father and mother, whom 
 he clasped to his bosom as if he had 
 already known them for a long time : so 
 quickly does Nature make her claim felt. 
 For a while he even forgot Chloe : and 
 when he reached the homestead, they 
 gave him a handsome dress, and he sat 
 down by the side of his father, who 
 addressed him and Astylus as follows : 
 
134 Aorror IIOIMENIKUN 
 
 , <5 Traces 1 , KOfJuSfl i/eo?, KOI XP OVOV 
 SieXOovTO? dX/yoi/, TraTtjp, co$ yfJ-*]v> evTvxw 
 eyeyoveiv. EyeVero ya/o yuot TT/OOJTO? ulofi 
 /cat SevTepa OvyaTtjp, Koi rp/ro? "AarruXo?. 
 IKCLVOV elvai TO yeVoy, Acal yev6fj.evov CTTL 
 TOVTO TO iraiS'iov e^eOtjKa, ov yvtoplv- 
 IJLO.TOL TCLVTCL (Tweeds, aXXa evTOiffriCL. Ta fie 
 Trjs TJx'/? aXXa /3ouXeJyaara. 'O yuez> yap 
 7rp<T/3vTpo$ TTaf? /cat J QvyciTrjp OJULOLCL voarw 
 rjfjLepas ct7ru)\ovTO' (TV Se JULOI Trpovola 
 
 <ra)6r]$, f 'iva 
 
 Mr/re oivp' crJ /ULOI /ULVtia-iKaKycrys TTOTC T^? e/c- 
 
 0e<refc)$" (e/ca)i/ ya/) ou/c e/ 
 
 cru \v7rtjOfls, 
 
 Tracr^? T^? ovaria<s' (KpeiTTOV yap TO?? v$po- 
 
 VOVOTLV aoe\<j>ov KTtj/u,a ovSev) a\\a <pi\eiT 
 
 aXXr/XoL*?, /caJ xptjjmdTCov y eveica KO.\ /3acri\ev(riv 
 
 e/o/fere. IIoXX^i/ /x^ yap 
 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 134 
 
 " My sons, I married when I was a very 
 young man, and, after a short time, I 
 became a happy father, as I then im- 
 agined. My first child was a son, the 
 second a daughter, and the third, Astylus. 
 I thought that three children were enough, 
 and, when another son was born, I exposed 
 him together with these jewels and tokens, 
 which I considered rather as funeral orna- 
 ments than as tokens by which he might 
 be afterwards recognised. But Fortune 
 willed otherwise. My eldest son and 
 daughter died of the same complaint on 
 the same day : but you, Daphnis, have 
 been preserved to us by the providence 
 of the Gods that we may have greater 
 support in our old age. Do not bear a 
 grudge against me, my son, for having 
 exposed you : for, though I did so, it was 
 sorely against my will. Nor do you, 
 Astylus, be annoyed that you will have 
 to share your inheritance, for to a wise 
 man a brother is better than all posses- 
 sions. Love one another : as far as wealth 
 is concerned, you need not envy even a 
 king. For I will leave to both large estates, 
 
135 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 yfjv, TroXXoi^ <5e oiVera9 Se^iov?, \pva-ov, ap- 
 yvpov, ocra aXXa evSatjuiovcov /crv/uara. MoVoy 
 eaipTov TOVTO Ad<j>viSi TO \wpiov diSca/mi, KOI 
 
 Aa/uwi/a Kal M.vpTa\tjv, Kal ra9 aiya9 09 auro9 
 
 
 VGIJLV. 
 
 "Erf avTOv \eyoi>TO9, Aa0j/t9 a: 
 " /caXw9 /xe, e?7re, raura, Trarep, aye/ 
 "A.7reifjLi r9 a?ya9 a7rdcov eir] TOV TTOTOV, a* 
 TTOV vvv Si\l^u)crai irapa/mevova-i T*JV crvpiyya 
 Ttjv efjitjv, eyw 8e evTavOol /ca$eo/xcu." H^f 
 7rai/T69 eyeXa<rai/, ort Sea-TroT*}? yeyevrjjmevo?, 
 eTi OeXei elvai atVoXo9. Ka/cerVa9 M^ Oepa- 
 TTCV&COV CTre/uL^Orj Tf9 aXXo9' ot ^e OvcravTe? A' 
 ScoT^/of, (rvjULTrdariov arvveKpOTOvv. E*V TOVTO 
 
 TO (TVfJ.TTOG'tOV /XO1/O9 OU)( ^/C ri/a^ft)J/' XX 
 
 <f>oj3ov/uivos ev TO) j/eft) TOU AIOVV<TOV Kat TY\V 
 ejuieive Kal TY)V vvKTa, wcrTrep uceriyc. 
 
 Afo^fO"o0a^9 evpev vlov, Kai OTI Aa^w9 o 
 cuVo'Xo9 SearTTOTW TWV aypwv evpeOrj, a/xa ew 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 135 
 
 a number of clever and industrious ser- 
 vants, gold, silver, and all other blessings 
 that rich men enjoy. But I specially wish 
 that Daphnis should have this estate, and 
 I make him a present of Lamon and 
 Myrtale, and the goats which he has 
 tended." 
 
 While he was still speaking, Daphnis 
 suddenly started up and said : " You have 
 just reminded me, father: I will go and 
 take my goats to drink : they are thirsty 
 about this time, and are waiting for the 
 sound of my pipe, while I am sitting 
 here." Hereupon all laughed, at the idea 
 that Daphnis, who had just become a 
 master, should still wish to perform the 
 duties of a goatherd. They sent some 
 one else to look after his goats, offered 
 sacrifice to Zeus Soter, and held high 
 festival. Gnathon alone was not present, 
 but, seized with alarm, he remained day 
 and night in the temple of Dionysus, as 
 a suppliant. The report soon spread that 
 Dionysophanes had found his son, and 
 that the goatherd Daphnis had become 
 master of the estate : and, the next morn- 
 
136 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 arvveTpe\ov aXXo? aXXaxoOev, TW /ULCV 
 
 ot, TW Se Trar/o: avTov Suipa KOJULI- 
 
 V ol<? KOI 6 A/oJa? TT/QeOTO?, 6 Tp(j)OW 
 
 TVJV 
 
 f O Se Afoi/iycro^>aj/>/9 KaTt\e Traj/ra?, KOIVW- 
 z/oi/9 yuerd r^ v<j>po(Tvvtjv KOI T^? eoprrjs earo- 
 
 ywej/oi'9. 
 
 TroXXa ^e aXevpa, opviOe? eXeioi, xolpoi yaXa- 
 diyi/oJ, jULeXtTw/ULctTa Trof/c/Xa* Acal tepeia Se 
 TroXXd TO?? eTTixwpioi? Oeoi? eOvcTO. 'Ei/Tai?(9a 
 crvvaOpolcras TravTO. TO. 
 
 Sieveijmev avaO^jmaTa rof? Oeof?. 
 
 xei/ aveOrjKe TY\V irripav KOI TO 
 TW Ilai/f T^IZ/ vvpiyya KO.I TOV irXayiov av\ov 
 rrjv KaXavpOTra rais Ni/yu0af?, /cai TOU? yav\ov<; 
 oi/? ai/ro? TKTT]vaTO. OUTGO Se apa TO cruvrjOe? 
 eviovcrw evSai/uLovla? TepirvoTepov CCTTIV, OXTTC 
 eoaKpvarev e^> e/ca<TTft) TOVTWV aTraXXarro/xej/o?' 
 /caJ oi/re TOU? yawXot'? aveOtjKe, irpiv a/xeXfa/, 
 oure TO Sep/ma, irplv evSvcrcurOai, OVTC TIJV 
 trvpiyya, irplv crvpicrat' aXXd /caf 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 136 
 
 ing, the peasants gathered together from 
 all parts to congratulate the young man, 
 and offer presents to his father, the first 
 to arrive being Dryas, who had brought 
 up Chloe. 
 
 Dionysophanes made them all stay for 
 the festivities : for he had prepared abun- 
 dance of bread and wine, water -fowl, 
 sucking - pigs, honey - cakes of all kinds, 
 and victims to be offered as a sacrifice to 
 the Gods of the country. Then Daphnis, 
 having collected all his pastoral equip- 
 ments, distributed them as offerings to the 
 Gods. To Dionysus he consecrated his 
 wallet and goat-skin, to Pan his pipe and 
 flute, to the Nymphs his crook and the 
 milk -pails which he had made himself. 
 But so much sweeter is that to which we 
 are accustomed than strange and unexpected 
 good fortune Daphnis wept as he parted 
 with each of these things. He did not 
 oifer up his milk -pails before he had 
 milked his goats once again, nor his goat- 
 skin before he had put it on again, nor 
 his pipe before he had played upon it : 
 he kissed them all, spoke to his goats, 
 
 18 
 
137 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 avra Travra, KOI ra? tuya? Trpo&eiTre, KOI TOV? 
 Tpayovs Ka\(rev d^o/xacrr/* r?? p.ev yap 
 Trriyris Kctl eTrtev, OTt TroXXa/a? KOI juLera 
 XXo>y?. OVTTW Se wjuLoXoyet rov epcora, Kaipov 
 7rapa<j>v\aTTCi)v. 
 
 i/ 6v<ria.i<s rjv, rdSe ylverai 
 'E/ca^^ro /cXaoy<ra, ra 
 7rp6/3ara ve/uiovcra, Xeyofcra ofa e/Vo9 ?/ 
 JULOV Aa0w?* oveipoiroKel ya/xof? 
 /oy?. T/ ya/o ai)roi/ o/ui/Jefj/ aia*! 
 ra? atya? eiceXevov ; KareXfTre 
 wy /ecu XXo/v. O^e ^uwi/ ra?? 
 /cat TO) Ilai/f eireQvfj.ria'ev ISetv 
 
 TTCtpa Tfl MTpl OcpaTraivas CJULOV 
 Xat/oerw eyw 5e ou >7<ro/xcu." 
 Tomi/Ta \eyovvav, TOICLVTO. evvoovarav, 6 
 6 /8of/coXo? />t6Tct xetp 
 rjpTracrev avrrfv ft>? oi/re 
 ?, /ecu A/oiJai/ro? eicelvov ayairrjarov- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 137 
 
 and called his he-goats by name : he also 
 went and drank at the fountain, because 
 he had often done so before with Chloe. 
 But he did not yet venture to declare 
 his love, since he was waiting for a better 
 opportunity. 
 
 While Daphnis was engaged in these 
 ceremonies, this was what happened to 
 Chloe. She was sitting down, weeping, 
 while she tended her flock, and lamenting, 
 as indeed was only natural : " Daphnis 
 has forgotten me : he is dreaming of a 
 wealthy match. Why did I make him 
 swear by his goats instead of the Nymphs ? 
 he has abandoned them as he has aban- 
 doned Chloe : even when he was sacrificing 
 to the Nymphs and Pan, he felt no desire 
 to come and see me. Perhaps he has 
 found some handmaids at his mother's 
 house whom he prefers. May he be 
 happy : but I can live no longer." 
 
 While she thus gave utterance to her 
 thoughts, the herdsman Lampis came up 
 with a band of peasants and carried her 
 off, being persuaded that Daphnis would 
 no longer care to marry her and that 
 
 1 8 2 
 
138 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 TO?. 'H ju.h' ovv CKO/ULL^CTO /3ocoorct eXeetvov 
 TWV Se Tt$ IOOVTWV e/j.^vvare TJJ Na^/, KaKeivt) 
 TO. ApuavTt, KU 6 A/oiya? TO> Ad(/>vi$i. '0 $e 
 e^iw TWJ/ <j>pei'U)V yevo/mevo?, oure eiTreiv TT/DO? 
 V Trare/oa eroX/xa, KaJ KapTepeiv /j.tj Svvd- 
 ei$ TOV TreptKrjTrov eiareXScov wSvpTO, 
 
 " e5 TriKpa? avevpt-r etas 
 
 ve/metv ] 
 
 3ov\o$ o')v ; Tore e/3\e7rov XXo>;/' i/w oe TJ/y 
 a/oTracra? OL^erai, VVKTOS Se yevo- 
 . Eya> Je -TT/I 
 
 /ecu fJLarriv TOV Ilava, KOI ra? afya?, /caJ ra 
 
 Tai/ra TOJ? Aa^(Jo? Xeyoi^ro? f/KOvcrev o 
 TvdOcov ev TW TrapaSelcro) XavOdvw KOI Kaipov 
 rJKeiv SiaXXaywv -TT/DO? CIVTOV VOJULI^CW, Tivas 
 TOV 'Aorri/Xoi/ veavi<TKW>v 7rpo<T\a/3uw, 
 diu>Ki TOV ApvavTa. K.CU rjyeivQai K\evaras 
 7rl Tnv TOV Aa/tMTfof eiravXiv, 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 138 
 
 Dryas would accept him l as her husband. 
 As she was being carried off, uttering 
 piercing cries, some one who had seen 
 what had taken place went and told Nape, 
 who informed Dryas, who in his turn told 
 Daphnis. The latter, almost beside him- 
 self, had neither the courage to confess 
 everything to his father, nor the strength 
 of mind to resign himself to this misfor- 
 tune ; he entered the garden -walk, and 
 thus lamented: "What a painful discovery! 
 how much better would it have been for 
 me to remain a shepherd ! how much 
 happier I was when I was a slave ! Then 
 I used to see Chloe : but now Lampis has 
 carried her off, and at night he will sleep 
 with her. But I am drinking and enjoying 
 myself, and in vain have I taken an oath 
 by Pan, my goats, and the Nymphs." 
 
 Daphnis's lamentations were heard by 
 Gnathon, who was concealed in the 
 garden. Thinking this a good oppor- 
 tunity for making peace with him, he 
 went in search of Dryas, accompanied by 
 some young men of Astylus's retinue, 
 ordered him to conduct him to Lampis's 
 1 Lampis. 
 
139 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 SpojuLOV KOI KaTo\a/3a)v a/cm eicrdyovTa Trjv 
 
 XXo'j;j/, exeivtjv re a</>aipeiTcu, KCU avOpw 
 
 yewpyov? crvvtj\oiyr TrX^ycu?. 'E<T 
 
 KCLL TOV AGL/ULTTIV ^//(ra? ayeiv a>? aixima 
 
 K TTO\eju.ov TWOS, el ^rj ^OaVa? ctTTeSpa. Kar- 
 
 opOcoaras Se T>I\IKOVTOV epyov, VVKTOS o.px~ 
 
 fjLevrjs eTravepxeTai. Kat TOV /meis &iovv(ro(j>dvj f ]v 
 
 Vpl(TKl KdOevSoVTCt, TOV Se &d<j>VlV aypVTT- 
 VOVVTGL, KCU Tl V TO) TTeptKrjTTW ScLKpVOVTCt. 
 
 Ilpocrayei Si) TTJV XXorjv avTw, KO.I 
 SirjyeiTat iravTa, Kal SeiTCii jmySev CTL 
 , Sov\ov e'xew OVK axpy&TO 
 
 paTrefrs, yueO' i)v TeOvrj^eTai \I/ULW. 
 '0 ^e ISwv XXo>^, Kal e\(jov ev X P cr ^ TI P A t * p ^ ? 
 evepyeTfl SirjXXaTTeTO, T^ ^e VTrep T^? a/xeXe/a? 
 
 ~Bov\evofJiVOi9 Se CLVTOIS eSoKci TOV ya/xoi/ 
 KpvTTTeiv, e'xew & Kpvtyai Tt}v XXotjv, 
 /movrjv 6jULO\oyri(ravTa TOV e/owra Trjv 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 139 
 
 house, and hastened thither with him. He 
 came upon the herdsman just as he was 
 taking Chloe inside, snatched her away 
 from him, and severely beat the peasants 
 who were with him. He was anxious to 
 bind Lampis, and to take him away like 
 a prisoner of war, but he got the start 
 and ran away. Having accomplished this 
 exploit, Gnathon returned at nightfall. 
 He found Dionysophanes in bed, but 
 Daphnis was still up, weeping in the 
 garden. Gnathon conducted Chloe to 
 him, told him what had taken place, 
 begged him not to bear him ill-will any 
 longer, but to keep him for he would be 
 a useful servant and not to drive him 
 away from his table, otherwise he would 
 die of hunger. When Daphnis saw Chloe, 
 and clasped her in his arms, he pardoned 
 Gnathon in consideration of the service 
 he had rendered him, and excused himself 
 to Chloe for his own neglect. 
 
 After taking counsel together, they re- 
 solved not to mention their marriage as 
 yet : meanwhile, Daphnis would see Chloe 
 secretly, and only tell her mother of his 
 
140 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 aXX' oi5 crvve'XjMpei A/aJa?, tjtov Se TCO 
 Xeyeti/, /cat re/bmcy aJro? e7r>;yyeXXero. Kaf 
 yei/o/xei/)/? ^/ue/aa?, e^a))/ ei/ T^; 7r//p TC\ yvwpKT- 
 t, TTpdareiari TOJ &iovv<ro<pavei KOI Tfl KXea- 
 ;, KaOrjjUievois ev TO) TrapaSeiiTW' (Traptjv fie 
 KO.I 6 ^A(7Ti/Xo?, /cat auTO? 6 Aa<f>w?') /cat 
 
 ai/ay/o; Aa/xcoi/f ra p-expt vvv apprjTa e/ceXefcrc 
 Xfc-yeti/. XXo>;i/ TCLVT>IV OUTC eyewifcra, ot/re 
 ave6pe\[sa' aXXa eyevvrj<rav IJLCV aXXof, 
 Se ev avrpw T$vfji(j>a)v aveTpefav ot?. 
 TOVTO auro? AcaJ f(5ci)f eOavjmaara KOI 6av/j.d(ra$, 
 e0pe\jsa. IMLapTvpei p.ev KO.L TO /caXXo?, eof/ce 
 yap oO$ei/ ^yu?!/' jmapTvpei Se KOI ra yvwpia- 
 /zara, 7r\ov(riu>Tepa yap rj Kara 
 "ISere raura, /ecu TOI/? TrpovriKovTa? 
 fiynicrare, aj^ a^/a TTOTC 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 140 
 
 love. Dryas, however, did not agree with 
 this : he thought it best to tell Daphnis's 
 father, and himself promised to obtain his 
 consent. At daybreak, he put the tokens 
 which had been found with Chloe into his 
 wallet, and presented himself before Diony- 
 sophanes and Clearista, whom he found 
 seated in the garden, together with Astylus 
 and Daphnis. When all were silent, he 
 addressed them as follows : " A necessity, 
 similar to that which forced Lamon to 
 speak, compels me to reveal what has 
 hitherto been kept a secret. Chloe is not 
 my daughter, neither did I rear her. She 
 is the daughter of other parents who ex- 
 posed her in the grotto of the Nymphs, 
 where she was suckled by an ewe. I saw 
 this with my own eyes, and when I saw 
 it, I wondered, and brought up the child 
 as my own. Her beauty is sufficient proof 
 of this : she in no way resembles us. The 
 tokens also bear witness ; for they are too 
 valuable to belong to shepherds. Look at 
 them, try and discover the girl's parents, 
 and see whether you consider her worthy 
 of marriage with Daphnis." 
 
i4i AOrrOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 Toi/TO OL/T6 A/oJa9 aCT/COTTft)? ppl\!sV, OUT6 
 
 Aiovv(TO<l>avrj<; aju.6\to$ qKOwev, aXXa lSa)v ei$ 
 
 TOV Aa(f>VlV, /Cat 6pU)V ttVTOV X\WplO)VTa, KOL 
 
 Kpv(j>a SaKpvovra, Tax^ao? e<f>(*)pa(re TOV epcora' 
 Kai a>9 VTrep Trat^o? IStov fjiaXXov rj Kopys aXXo- 
 Tpla? SeSoiKtt)?, Sia Tracrw aKpi/3ela$ ^Xeyxe 
 rot'? Xoyof? row A/ouai/TO?. 'ETre! ^e /cat ra 
 yi/a>/)/0Y>iaTa elSe KO/JLLcrQevTa, ra vTroSrjjuiaTa. /ca- 
 Taxpvara, ra? 7re/o<T/ceX/<5a?, T^ jmiTpav, Trpoar- 
 /caXecra/xei/o? T^ XXoiyj/, Tra/oe/ceXeJero Oappeiv, 
 to? avSpa jjiv e'xovorav %Sii, rax^w? ^ evpycrowav 
 Acal TOV Trare/oa /cat T^J/ jmrjTepa. Kal r^v /xei/ 
 *; KXea/a/GTTi; 7ra/oaXa/3oi/cra, e/coV/xef \OITTOV 
 w? f/oy yvvaiKGL' TOV Se &a<j>viv o A.iow(ro(/>avti$ 
 aj/ao-r/Jcra? /ULOVOV, aveKpivev el TrapOevo? e<TT/* 
 Toy $e oVoVavTO? /JLqSev yeyovevai 
 /cat opKO)v TrXeov, ^<7^et? eVt TO> 
 Ka.TK\ivev auToJ?. 
 
 T Hv ow ju.a6eiv olov <TTI TO /caXXo?, OTOI/ 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 141 
 
 Dryas did not say this without a 
 purpose, and it was not lost upon Diony- 
 sophanes, who, casting his eyes upon 
 Daphnis, and seeing that he turned pale 
 and was weeping silently, easily discovered 
 the secret of his love. He accordingly 
 took the greatest pains to verify what 
 Dryas had said, being more anxious about 
 his own son than about a young girl who 
 was a stranger to him. When he saw 
 the tokens the gilt shoes, the anklets, 
 and the head-dress, he called Chloe to 
 him, and bade her be of good cheer, since 
 she already had a husband, and would 
 soon find her father and mother. Then 
 Clearista took her and dressed her as 
 became her son's intended wife : while 
 Dionysophanes took Daphnis aside, and 
 inquired of him whether Chloe was a 
 virgin : and when he swore that nothing 
 more had taken place between them than 
 kisses and vows of fidelity, he expressed 
 himself pleased at the oath they had taken, 
 and made them sit down to table. 
 
 Then could be seen the power of beauty, 
 when it is adorned : for Chloe, richly 
 
142 AOrrOY nOIMENIKQN 
 
 7rpO(T\d/3y evovQeiva yap fj XXo>7, 
 KOI ava7r\eajuievri Trjv Ko/ut.rjv, Kal aTroXovvacra 
 
 ^ / , r ~ 
 
 TO 7rpo(r(j07roi>, evjmop<poTepa TO<TOVTOV 
 co<TTe KO.L 
 
 av Tf? Kal avev TWV yvwpKriuLaTuiv, on 
 
 OVK ijv Apuct9 irani'ip. 
 Trapfjv Kal auro?, Kal crvieiarTiaTo 
 
 TTOTas e\wv eirl K\lvr]$ ISia 
 TOV AdjULCwa Kal TVJV MtyrraX^K Hd\iv ovv 
 raf? efy? t}ju.epai$ eOvero iepeia, Kal Kpartjpes 
 7c7rai/ro, Kal averiOet Kal XXo>? ra eavTtjs, T\IV 
 (rvpiyya, Tr\v Tnipav, TO Slpfj.a, rot'? yav\ov<s. 
 E/ce/oa<re Se Kal Ttjv Trrjyrjv o'lvw, T*]V ev TW 
 avTpq), OTL Kal Tpa<f>tj Trap avTfl, Kai e\ov- 
 craro TroXXa/ct? ei> avTfl. 'EcrTe^ai^wo-e Kai TOV 
 Ta<j>ov ri;? oi'o?, oeiavTO<s A/oiya^ro?. Kcu 
 (rvpie TL KOI avTtj Tfj jToifWfl' Kal raf? 6eai$ 
 (rvpiaraa-a, quaTO TOVS e/c^eVra? evpeiv alov? 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 142 
 
 dressed, with her hair plaited and her face 
 washed, appeared far handsomer to all who 
 saw her, so that even Daphnis scarcely 
 recognised her. Leaving the tokens out 
 of consideration, anyone would have been 
 ready to swear that Dryas could not be 
 the father of such a daughter. However 
 he was present, and sat on the same couch 
 with Nape, Lamon, and Myrtale. On the 
 next and following days, victims were sacri- 
 ficed, goblets of wine were prepared, and 
 Chloe also consecrated to the Gods every- 
 thing that belonged to her her pipe, 
 wallet, goat -skin, and milk -pails. She 
 poured some wine into the water of the 
 fountain at the bottom of the grotto, be- 
 cause she had been suckled on its brink, 
 and had often bathed in it : she also 
 crowned with a garland of flowers the 
 tornb of the sheep, which was pointed out 
 to her by Dryas. She also piped to her 
 flocks, and, having sung a hymn to the 
 Nymphs, she prayed to them that the 
 parents who had exposed her might be 
 found worthy to be allied by marriage 
 with Daphnis. 
 
143 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 f Se a\i$ fjv TWV /COT' aypov e 
 
 e*V Trjv irdXtv, Kal roi/9 re r^? 
 XXo>7? Trarepas ava^Telv, KOI irepl TOV ya.fj.ov 
 
 Ti /3pa8vviv. "Ea>$ey ovv e 
 i, TO) A/oucum /u.ei> eS&JKav aXXa? 
 X/a?, TO) Aayuww ^e T^ jJ/xiVaaj/ molpav TU>V 
 aypwv 6epleiv Kal Tpvyav, KCU ra? a?ya? a'/ 
 TO?? aiTroXoif, Kal evytj /Bocov TeTrapa, 
 
 Ka* fjiera TOVTO rjXavvov eirl 
 Kal feuyecrt, /caJ Tpv<j>ij TroXX^. Tore yaej/ ow 
 e\aOov TOV? TroX/ra?, i/f/cro? /careX^oj/re? T^? 
 <5e 7riov(rr]?, oxXo? ijOpolarOrj Trepl ra? 6vpa$, 
 avSpwv, yvvaiKwv. Oi ju.ev TW Aiovvcroipavet 
 crvvrfSovTO iraloa evpovri, Kal /maXXov, o/oaWe? 
 TO AcaXXo? roy Aa0i/5o9* at ^e r>/ KXea- 
 plcrTH crvvexaipov d/ma KOfiJu^ovcry Kal TraiSa 
 Kal vvjmtyrjv. 'EfeVX^^e yap /ca/ce/j/a? rj XXo>y, 
 /caXXo? K(f>aivov<Ta TrapevSoKijULrjOfjvai /mrj Svvd- 
 
 1 Read : KCU eAev^e/aov etvat avrov TC /cat rrjv 
 yvvaiKa. 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 143 
 
 When they became tired of the rustic 
 festivities, they resolved to return to the 
 city, to try and find out who Chloe's 
 parents were, and to hasten on the mar- 
 riage. Accordingly, in the morning, they 
 packed up their things, and made ready 
 for their journey : but, before they started, 
 they gave Dryas another 3,000 drachmas, 
 and to Lamon the privilege of gathering 
 the corn and grapes of half the estate, 
 together with the goats and goatherds, 
 four yoke of oxen, some winter garments, 
 and freedom for himself and his wife. 
 After this, they set out for Mitylene, with 
 a splendid equipage of horses and chariots. 
 As they reached the city at night, the in- 
 habitants were not aware of their arrival : 
 but, on the following day, a crowd of men 
 and women assembled round the house. 
 The former congratulated Dionysophanes 
 on having found a son, and all the more, 
 when they saw how handsome Daphnis 
 was : the latter shared Clearista's joy at 
 having found, not only a son, but a wife 
 for him. They also were struck with 
 astonishment at Chloe's incomparable 
 
144 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 /ULCVOV. "OA>; yap eKiveiTO q 7r6\t? 7rl Tit 
 /metpaKiw KCU Tfl TrapOevw, ACCU cvSai/movi^ov /u.ev 
 7/Srj TO v yajuiov' *IV\OVTO Se Kal TO yeVo? aiov 
 T^? ju.op</>w evpeOtjvai T^? Kopw KCU 
 
 TTKTTevOfjvai /xi/re/oe? Ovyarpos OVTW 
 
 *Qvap Se Aiovv(ro<pavi /xeroi <f>povTiSa 
 t$ fiaOvv virvov KctTevexQevTi, TOiovde yiverai ' 
 eSoKet ra? Nu/x^)a? Sei(r6cu TOV "E/otoTO?, f/Sr] 
 TTOT avTOis Kctravevcrcu TOP yajuLov TOV 8e 
 K\varavTa TO Toapiov, KCU airoQefjievov Trapa 
 TTJV <j>apeTpr)v, KeXevarai TU> kiovvcrofyavei, TTCLV- 
 ra? Tovg api&TOvs TU>V M.iTv\r)val(*)v Oe/mevov 
 (rv/ULiroTas, rjvtKCL av TOV vffTOTOV 7rX?}cr; /c/oa- 
 Trjpa, TOT6 SeiKvveiv e/cdcrrw ra yva)picrju.aTa' 
 TO 8e evTCvOev aSeiv TOV v/mevaiov. TavTO. iScov 
 KCU a/coutra?, ewOev aj/iVrarat, KCU K\v<ra$ 
 \afJLTrpav co-Tiaa-iv TrapacrKevaarOfjvai TWV airo 
 , TWV o.7ro QaXaTTW, KCU e'l TI ev 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 144 
 
 beauty. The whole city was in a state 
 of excitement over the young man and the 
 maiden : their union was already looked 
 upon as a happy one, and hopes were 
 expressed that Chloe's birth might be 
 found to be worthy of her beauty. More 
 than one wealthy woman prayed to the 
 Gods that she might be credited with being 
 the mother of so beautiful a daughter. 
 
 Dionysophanes, weary with constant 
 thought, fell into a deep sleep, and 
 dreamed a dream. It seemed to him that 
 the Nymphs were begging Love to give his 
 consent to the marriage. Then the God 
 unbent his bow, placed it on the ground 
 by the side of his quiver, and ordered 
 Dionysophanes to invite all the nobles of 
 Mitylene to a banquet, and, when the last 
 cup was filled, to show the tokens to each 
 guest, and to sing the song of Hymen. 
 Struck with this vision and the directions 
 given by the God, when he rose in the 
 morning, he ordered a sumptuous banquet 
 to be prepared, furnished with every dainty 
 that the land, the sea, the lakes, and rivers 
 could produce, and invited all the nobles 
 
 19 
 
145 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 KOU e'l TL V TTOTCtjULOlS, TTaVTCtS TOU? 
 
 MTisX);i/a/a>]/ TTOieiTai crvfjLTroTas. '17? Se /;&7 
 vv ?y> K( *l e7re7r\r}CTTO Kparrjp e ov cnrevSovvtv 
 
 'E/OyU#, l<TKOjUit^t Tf? 7Tf CTKCVO? CJLpyVpOVV 06- 
 
 pa.7rwv TO. yvwpifffJiaTa, KOI 7repi<j>ptw evSe^ia 
 
 ei/ ovv (i\\tov eyvwptcrev ovSei?' Meya- 
 K\f}$ Se Tf? Sia y^/oa? i/crraro? 
 w? et8e, yvcopicras, TTCLVV jmeya KCU 
 
 /o / urr\r * -^ rr\r t / 
 
 epoa' Liva o/ow raf ra ; ii yeyoya? ju.ot 
 
 ravra 
 
 e/3d(TTacre /uoi/a TTOI/UL^V evTvyav ; Aeo/iaf, A(O- 
 vva"6<f>ave<;, etVe /xor TroOev lx f ? e/xou TrcuSlov 
 
 evpelv 
 
 TI /cayne." KeXeJcrai/ro? $e 
 
 Trporepov Kivov \eyetv T^V eK6e<riv, 6 Meya- 
 
 TOV TOVOV 
 
 </? Hi/ dX/yo? /xot j8/o? TOI/ irpoTcpov 
 ov yap e?xo^, e/? \6ptrfiaf KOL 
 
 vrj&a. "Ore raura y, yiveral /u,oi 
 Ovydrpiov. TOUTO Tpetpeiv OKvfoas ev Trevia, 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 145 
 
 of Mitylene. At evening, after the cup 
 with which libations are offered to Hermes 
 had been filled, one of the attendants 
 brought in the tokens upon a silver vessel, 
 and carried them round and showed them 
 to each of the guests. 
 
 All declared that they did not recognise 
 them, with the exception of one Megacles, 
 who, on account of his great age, had been 
 placed at the end of the table. As soon 
 as he beheld them, he shouted out loudly : 
 " What is this I see ? my daughter, what 
 has become of you ? are you still alive ? 
 or did some shepherd find these tokens 
 and pick them up ? Dionysophanes, I 
 beseech you, tell me, where did you get 
 these tokens of my child ? Now that you 
 have found Daphnis, do not grudge me 
 the happiness of finding something." Dio- 
 nysophanes at first desired him to state 
 how she had been exposed : and Megacles, 
 in as firm a tone and voice as before, re- 
 plied : " Formerly I was badly off, for I 
 had spent what I possessed upon the pub- 
 lic games and triremes. While I was thus 
 situated, a daughter was born to me. 
 
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146 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 TGI/TO*? TO*? yvwpta-fjiaari 
 etSco? OTI TroXXo/ Kat OVTO> CTTTOvSa^ovcri Tra- 
 Tepe? yevecrOat. Kcu TO yuey e^eiceiTO ev avTpu* 
 Ny/x0a>y, 7n<7Tey$ev Tcu? ^ea??' e/xof ^e TrXoG- 
 TO? eireppet Ka6' eKaa-Trjv rjimepav, K\rjpov6/u.ov 
 OVK \OVTL. QVKCTI yovv ovT OuyaTptov ye- 
 vecrOai iraTtjp rjvTvxtJva' XX' 01 6eot cocnrep 
 yeXarra /me Troiovjuevoi, vvKTWp ovcipovs JULOI 
 7ri7refj.7rov<Tt, 8ij\owTe? OTI /me TraTepa Trot^a-ei 
 
 TTO/yUWOl/." 
 
 'Aj/e/3o^<rej/ 6 kiovvcro<j>avw fj.el^ov TOV Me- 
 ya/cXeof?, /ecu ai/aTn/^ara?, etarayet XXo?i/ Traw 
 KO\U)$ KeKoor/uLtj/uie^Vf Kat Xeyec " Toirro TO 
 TraiStov e^eOtjKas. TavTtjv a~ot Ttjv TrapOevov oT? 
 irpovotCL \v/Ji(f>wv ec;0pe\jsv, co? a\ A.ad>vtv e/mot. 
 Ta yvcopia-fJiaTa Kat TVJV OvyaTepa 
 
 Tepov<? e^eO^Ka/meV) aju.<j>OTepov$ eupijKajuiev aju.- 
 efjL\*)<re Haw, KOI Ni/u0cu?, /caJ 
 t." 'l^Tryvei TO. \ey6fj.eva o Meya/cX^?, 
 li TIJV yvvaiica 'PoSyv /meTeTre/uiTreTO, KOI Trjv 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 146 
 
 Being afraid to bring her up in poverty, 
 I decked her out with these tokens and 
 exposed her, for I knew that there were 
 many people who are ready to adopt the 
 children of others. She was exposed in 
 the grotto of the Nymphs, and intrusted 
 to the protection of the Goddesses. In 
 the meantime, Fortune favoured me : my 
 wealth increased daily, but I had no heir, 
 for I have not been fortunate to have 
 even another daughter. The Gods also, 
 as if to mock me, send me visions at 
 night, announcing that a ewe shall make 
 me a father." 
 
 Then Dionysophanes shouted even louder 
 than Megacles : he started up, brought in 
 Chloe richly attired, and said : " Here is 
 the child you exposed : thanks to the pro- 
 vidence of the Nymphs, a ewe nourished this 
 maiden, as a goat suckled Daphnis for me. 
 Take the tokens and your daughter, and 
 give her to Daphnis as his bride. We 
 exposed them both : we have found them 
 both : both have been under the care of 
 Pan, the Nymphs, and the God of Love." 
 Megacles approved, clasped Chloe in his 
 
147 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 ^l' V TOF? KO\7TOl$ l. KcU V7TVOV CLVTOV 
 
 eiXovTO' Aa0w? yap ovSevl SIWJULVVTO 
 TrpotjarecrOai Ttjv ILXorjv, ovSe CLVTW TW Trarpi. 
 
 Hyue/oa? Se yevojj.evrjs, a-vi>Qefj.evoi, 7ra\tv i? 
 TOV aypov %\avvov eSeriQricrav yap TOVTO 
 
 tjv ev 
 
 Se WfKetvotf 
 
 riva$ avTOis Troifjcrai TOV? yayitoi/?. 
 ovv Trapa TOV Aa/mcova, TOV re A/oJavra TW 
 Meya/cXe? 7rpo(rijyayov, Kal T{j e Po^ r^ 
 Na7r;i/ <Tvv<TTt]<Tav, Kal Ta TT/OO? r>?^ eopTrjv 
 7rap<TKevaovTO Xa/XTr/ow?. IIa/oe^a)/ce /xev 1 ovv 
 
 TTL Tai$ NiyyU^ai? T^V XXoJfl/ O TTaTlJp, Kttl 
 
 /xer' a'XXeoy TroXXcoj^ exo/^crei/ ai/aO>}/xara ra 
 yyto/o/OTxara, /cai ApvavTi ra? XetTroJcra? ei? 
 ray 
 '0 
 o TOI/ avTpou crTi/3aSa$ vTrecrTopearev e/c 
 
 a? <j>v\\aSo$, Kal Trai/ra? 
 /cara/cXtVa?, etVr/a TroXureXa)?. 
 
 l Mf/)raXy, A/oJa? /cat NaTTJy, 01 Ao/3- 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 147 
 
 arms, and sent for his wife Rhode. They 
 slept that night at the house of Dionyso- 
 phanes : for Daphnis had sworn that he 
 would not intrust Chloe to anyone, not 
 even to her own father. 
 
 At daybreak they agreed to return to 
 the country, at the earnest request of 
 Daphnis and Chloe, who could not get 
 used to city life : besides, they had decided 
 that the wedding should be a rustic one. 
 They returned to Lamon's house, where 
 Dryas was presented to Megacles, and 
 Nape to Rhode, and all preparations were 
 made for a brilliant festival. Megacles 
 consecrated Chloe in presence of the 
 Nymphs, and, amongst other offerings, 
 dedicated the tokens to them, and made 
 up to Dryas the sum of 10,000 drachmas. 
 
 As it was a very fine day, Dionysophanes 
 ordered couches of green leaves to be 
 spread in front of the grotto, invited all 
 the villagers to the festivities, and enter- 
 tained them handsomely. Lamon and 
 Myrtale were there, together with Dryas 
 and Nape, Dorcon's relations; Philetas and 
 his sons, Chromis and Lycaenium : even 
 
148 AOrrOY HOIMENIKQN 
 
 7r/ooo-v/coi/Te9, 3>i\r]Ta?, ol &i\t]Ta 
 
 KO.I AvKCLLVlOV OVK UTTrjV OvSe 
 
 ai(i)0ei$. ' Hy ovv, ft)? ev TOioicrSe 
 TravTa yewpyiKa KOI aypoiKa' o 
 fjiev ySev ola aSovo-i 6epiovT$' 6 Se cWcoTrre 
 ra eTrJ \yvois (7/cWya/xara ^^Xi/ra? ecrvptore' 
 AayUTTi? vivXriare' A/oua? /cat Adjmwv wpxwavro' 
 XXo'j; /cat Aa^i^i? aXX>/XoL'9 /care^/Xofi/. 'EW- 
 JJ.OVTO Se KCU at atye? TrXrjariov, cb<T7rep KOL 
 avral KOIVCWOVO-CLI r^? eoprrjs. TOVTO 
 imev acTTVKOis ov TTOLVV Tepirvov rjv 6 Se 
 /cat eKaXeare Tivag avroov oVo/xao-T^, /cat 
 Xa$a x\copav e'ScoKe, KOI KpaTqaras CK 
 
 J TavTa ov Tore IJLOVOV, aXX' eVre 
 
 , Nu/x^a?, /ca: ITa^a, xrat "E/owra, 
 ayeXa? <5e TrpofiaToov KOI alywv TrXe/crra? 
 KrqcraiJLevoi, rjSiarTqv Se Tpo(j)tjv vofj-l^ovres 
 OTTiapav Kat yaXa. A.lyt KCLI appev [j.ev TraiSiov 
 
 , KOL OvyaTpiov yevojuLevov Sevrepov, 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 148 
 
 Lampis was forgiven, and allowed to be 
 present. All the amusements were of a 
 rustic and pastoral character, as was na- 
 tural, considering the guests. One sang 
 a reaper's song, another repeated the jests 
 of the vintage season : Philetas played the 
 pipe, Lampis the flute, Dryas and Latnon 
 danced : Daphnis and Chloe embraced 
 each other. The goats also were feeding 
 close at hand, as if they desired to take 
 part in the banquet. This was not alto- 
 gether to the taste of the city people : 
 but Daphnis called some of them by 
 name, gave them some green leaves to 
 eat, took them by the horns and kissed 
 them. 
 
 And not only then, but as long as they 
 lived, they devoted most of their time to 
 a pastoral life. They paid especial rever- 
 ence to the Nymphs, Pan, and Love, 
 acquired large flocks of goats and sheep, 
 and considered fruit and milk superior to 
 every other kind of food. When a son 
 was born to them, they put him to suck 
 a goat: their daughter was suckled by a 
 ewe: and they called the former Philo- 
 
149 AOrrOY IIOIMENIKQN 
 
 o/o? e\Kvarai OtjXrjv itBobjtrw ^al Ka\(rai> 
 TOV /ULCV, 3>i\07roifJLva, Trjv Se, 'AyeX^y OVTWS 
 avTOi KavTdvOa (rvveyi'ipacrav' QVTOI KCU TO 
 avrpov eKocrjULtjarctv, KOI eiKovas aveQevav, KCU. 
 
 y8o)/XOl/ 7TO/>i(Taj/TO HoijULVO$ 3 'E/)a)TO?, KOI TM 
 
 Havl Se e'Socrav avrl r^? TT/TI/O? OIKCIV vewv, 
 Tiava ^TpaTtcoTtjv oVo/xa<ra^re9. 
 
 'AXXa TO.VTCL fjiev varTepov (jwo/macrav KOI 
 7rpaav TOTE Se VVKTOS yevoju.evr)$, iravTeg 
 avTOvs TrapcTrejuLTrov e/? TOJ> 6a\a/j.ov, oi /xej/ 
 crvpiTTOVT^ OL Se av\ovvT$, oi oe oaSa$ 
 /xeyaXa? avi<r\ovTes. Kai eVe^ TrXtjcrlov ?<rai/ 
 TWV Ovpwv, ySov arK\r]pa KOI aTryvei Tfl ^>a)i/^, 
 KaOairep Tpiaivais yr\v avappyyvvvTes, ov\ 
 vjmevaiov aSovres' Aa^i/i? oe KOI XXo>; yvfj.voi 
 1 , trepie/SaXXov aXX^Xoi/? /ecu 
 ^9 VVKTO$ ovov 
 ovSe y\avK$" Kai eSpacre n Aa^v/? &i> avrov 
 eiraiSeva-e KvKalviov KOI Tore XXo>; Trpcorov 
 , OTI TO. 7rl T^? v\t]$ yiv6]u.va rjv 
 TTalyvia. 
 
PASTORALS OF LONGUS 149 
 
 poemen, and the latter Agele. Thus they 
 lived to a good old age in the fields, de- 
 corated the grotto, set up statues, and 
 erected an altar to Shepherd Love, and, 
 in place of the pine, built a temple for 
 Pan to dwell in, and dedicated it to Pan 
 the Soldier. 
 
 But this did not take place until later. 
 After the banquet, when night came, all 
 the guests accompanied them to the nup- 
 tial chamber, playing on the pipe and 
 flute, and carrying large blazing torches. 
 When they were near the door, they began 
 to sing in a harsh and rough voice, as 
 if they were breaking up the earth with 
 forks, instead of singing the marriage 
 hymn. Daphnis and Chloe, lying naked 
 side by side, embraced and kissed each 
 other, more wakeful than the owl, the 
 whole night long. Daphnis put into prac- 
 tice the lessons of Lycaenium, and then 
 for the first time Chloe learned that all 
 that had taken place between them in the 
 woods was nothing more than the childish 
 amusement of shepherds. 
 
APPENDIX 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 The following fragment, which fills up the 
 hiatus in the narrative indicated by the aster- 
 isks on page 14, was discovered by P. L. 
 Courier, in 1809, in the Laurentian Library 
 at Florence. 1 
 
 ;: * #- And Daphnis, standing by the 
 spring, began to wash his hair and his whole 
 person. His hair was dark and thick, and 
 his body tanned by the sun ; one would 
 have thought that it was darkened by the 
 reflection of his hair. Chloe looked at him, 
 and he seemed to her to be very handsome : 
 and, because she had never thought him 
 handsome before, she imagined that he 
 owed his beauty to his bath. She washed 
 his back and shoulders, and, finding his 
 skin soft and yielding beneath her hand, 
 1 See Introduction. 
 
154 APPENDIX 
 
 she more than once secretly touched her- 
 self, to see whether her own skin was more 
 delicate. Then, as it was near sunset, they 
 drove back their flocks to the homestead : 
 and, from that moment, Chloe had but one 
 thought, one desire to see Daphnis in the 
 bath again. 
 
 The following day, when they returned 
 to the pasture, Daphnis sat down under his 
 favourite oak-tree and played on his pipe, 
 looking awhile at his goats, which, lying 
 at his feet, seemed to be listening to his 
 strains. Chloe, seated near him, was also 
 looking after her sheep, but her eyes were 
 more frequently fixed upon Daphnis. She 
 again thought him handsome as he was 
 playing on his pipe, and this time, imagin- 
 ing that he owed his beauty to the music, 
 she took the pipe herself, to see whether 
 she could make herself beautiful. She per- 
 suaded him to take a bath again, saw him 
 in the bath and touched him : then, on her 
 way home, she again began to praise his 
 beauty, and this praise was the beginning 
 of love. She did not know what was the 
 matter with her, being a young girl brought 
 
APPENDIX 155 
 
 up in the country, who had never even 
 heard anyone mention the name of Love. 
 But her heart was a prey to languor, she 
 no longer had control over her eyes, and 
 she often uttered the name of Daphnis. 
 She ate little, could not sleep at night, and 
 neglected her flock : by turns she laughed 
 and cried, slept and started up: her face 
 was pale one moment, and covered with 
 blushes the next : a cow, stung by the 
 gadfly, was not more uneasy than Chloe. 
 Sometimes, when she was quite alone, she 
 talked to herself in the following strain : 
 
 " I am ill, but I do not know the nature 
 of my illness : I feel pain, but I am not 
 wounded : I am sad, but I have lost none 
 of my sheep. I am burning, although seated 
 in the shade. The brambles have often torn 
 my flesh, but I did not weep : the bees have 
 often stung me, but I ate my food. The 
 evil which now gnaws my heart must be 
 sharper than all those. Daphnis is beau- 
 tiful, but so are the flowers : his pipe gives 
 forth sweet notes, but so do the nightin- 
 gales : but yet I care not for them. Would 
 that I were his pipe, that I might receive 
 
 20 
 
156 APPENDIX 
 
 his breath ! Would that I were one of 
 his goats, that I might be tended by him ! 
 O cruel water, that hast made Daphnis so 
 beautiful, while I have washed in thee in 
 vain ! I perish, O beloved Nymphs, and 
 you, too, refuse to save the girl who has 
 been brought up in your midst. When I 
 am dead, who will crown you with gar- 
 lands ? Who will feed my poor sheep ? 
 Who will look after the noisy grasshopper, 
 which I took so much trouble to catch, 
 that it might send me to sleep, chirping 
 in front of the grotto ? But now Daphnis 
 has robbed me of sleep, and the grass- 
 hopper chirps in vain." 
 
 Such were the words she spoke in her 
 suffering, seeking in vain for the name of 
 Love. But Dorcon, the herdsman who 
 had extricated Daphnis and the goat from 
 the pit, a youth whose beard was just 
 beginning to grow, who knew the name 
 of Love and what it meant, had felt an 
 affection for Chloe ever since that day, 
 and, as time went on, his passion in- 
 creased. Thinking little of Daphnis, whom 
 he looked upon as a mere child, he resolved 
 
APPENDIX 157 
 
 to gain his object, either by bribery or vio- 
 lence. He first made them presents: to 
 Daphnis he gave a rustic pipe, the nine 
 reeds of which were fastened together 
 with brass instead of wax, and to Chloe 
 a spotted fawn's skin, such as Bacchus was 
 wont to wear. Then, thinking that he was 
 on sufficiently friendly terms with them, 
 he gradually began to neglect Daphnis, 
 while every day he brought Chloe a fresh 
 cheese, a garland of flowers, or some ripe 
 fruit ; and once he presented her with a 
 young calf, a gilt cup, and some young 
 birds, which he had caught on the moun- 
 tains. She, knowing nothing of the arts 
 of lovers, was delighted to receive the pre- 
 sents, because she could pass them on to 
 Daphnis. One day since Daphnis also 
 was destined to learn what Love meant 
 a discussion arose between him and Dorcon 
 as to which of them was the handsomer. 
 Chloe was appointed judge : and the victor's 
 reward was to be a kiss. Dorcon spoke 
 first: 
 
 " I am taller than Daphnis : I am a cow- 
 herd, while he is only a goatherd, as much 
 
158 APPENDIX 
 
 superior to him as cows are superior to 
 goats. I am white as milk, ruddy as corn 
 fit for the sickle : my mother reared me, 
 not a wild beast. He is short, beardless 
 as a woman, black as a wolf. He tends 
 goats, and stinks like them. He is so poor 
 that he cannot even keep a dog : and if, as 
 is reported, a goat has suckled him, he 
 differs little from a kid." 
 
 After Dorcon had spoken thus, Daphnis 
 replied : 
 
 " Yes, like Zeus, I was suckled by a 
 goat : I tend goats that are larger than 
 his cows, and I do not smell of them, any 
 more than Pan, who is more like a goat 
 than anything else. I am content with 
 cheese, hard bread, and sweet wine : if he 
 have these, a man is rich in the country. 
 I am beardless, so was Dionysus : I am 
 dark, so is the hyacinth : and yet Dionysus 
 is superior to the Satyrs, the hyacinth to 
 the lily. He is as red as a fox, bearded 
 like a goat, white as a woman from the 
 city. If you kiss me, you will kiss my 
 mouth : but, if you kiss him, you will only 
 kiss the hairs on his chin. Lastly, O 
 
APPENDIX 159 
 
 maiden, remember that you were suckled 
 by a sheep : and yet how beautiful you 
 are ! " 
 
 Chloe could wait no longer : delighted 
 at such praise, and having long been eager 
 to kiss Daphnis, she jumped up and kissed 
 him, simply and artlessly, but yet her kiss 
 had power to inflame his heart. Dorcon, 
 deeply annoyed, hastened away, to think 
 of some other way of satisfying his desires. 
 Daphnis, on the other hand, seemed to 
 have received a sting, rather than a kiss. 
 He immediately became sad and pensive : 
 he was seized with a chill, and was unable 
 to restrain his palpitating heart : he wanted 
 to look at Chloe, and, when he did so, his 
 face was covered with blushes. Then, for 
 the first time, he admired her fair hair, 
 her eyes as large as those of a heifer, her 
 fare whiter than goats' milk : it seemed as 
 if he then began for the first time to see, 
 and had hitherto been blind. He merely 
 tasted his food, and hardly moistened his 
 lips with drink. He who was once more 
 noisy than the locusts, remained silent : he 
 who was formerly more active than his 
 
160 APPENDIX 
 
 goats, sat idle : his flock was neglected, 
 his pipe lay on the ground, his face was 
 paler than the grass in summer. He could 
 only speak of Chloe : and, whenever he 
 was away from her * * *. 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE. 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 PAUL Louis COURIER, the writer of the letter 
 which follows, had discovered at Florence, at the 
 monastery of Monte Cassino, a complete MS. of 
 the Pastorals of Longus, which had hitherto been 
 printed only in a mutilated form, and was preparing 
 to publish the Greek text, together with a transla- 
 tion, when he received permission to dedicate the 
 whole to the Princess, as Elise, the sister of Bona- 
 parte, was called in Tuscany. This permission, 
 announced to Courier by the Prefect of Florence 
 in the presence of a number of people, caused 
 him surprise. It was the last thing he expected, 
 and he refused to take advantage of it, alleging as 
 his excuse that the public always ridiculed such 
 dedications : but the excuse was considered fri- 
 volous; the public, at that time, counted for 
 nothing, and Courier was looked upon as a man 
 not sufficiently devoted to the dynasty which was 
 considered worthy to occupy every throne. He 
 was accordingly branded as a philosopher, inde- 
 
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1 64 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 pendent or even worse, and deprived of the pro- 
 tection of the Government. He was immediately 
 attacked : the newspapers denounced him at first 
 as a philosopher, then as a thief. One Signer 
 Puccini, the Italian chamberlain of the august 
 Elisa, wrote about the matter in France and 
 Germany : the virtuous princess herself sent a 
 message to Paris that a certain person who had 
 by accident discovered a fragment of valuable 
 Greek, had seized it in order to sell it to the 
 English. This meant that the man was to be 
 shot and his Greek confiscated, if the opportunity 
 occurred ; for the savants were already in posses- 
 sion of the unearthed fragment which completed 
 Longus the fragment that was really very valu- 
 able, printed and distributed gratis with Courier's 
 version. 
 
 Another Florentine, a professor of Greek named 
 Furia, very ignorant of Greek and every other lan- 
 guage, annoyed at the stir this discovery produced 
 amongst the Italian men of letters, took his pen in 
 hand and composed a pamphlet. Pamphlets were 
 rare in the time of the great Napoleon : this was 
 read beyond the mountains, and even reached 
 Paris. M. Renouard, the publisher, who was 
 accused in the pamphlet of having an under- 
 standing with Courier to steal the monks' Greek, 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 165 
 
 alone replied : Courier was thinking of something 
 else. 
 
 Prints also appeared, one of which represented 
 him in a library, upsetting all the ink from his 
 inkhorn upon an open book, which book was the 
 MS. of Longus. For, as will be explained, he had 
 made a blot in it while copying it, which was the 
 sole pretext for the persecution and clamour that 
 was raised against him. It was declared that he 
 intended to destroy the original text, in order to 
 be the sole possessor of a complete Longus. A 
 high official considered this reasoning admirable, 
 and, without making further inquiries, ordered 
 the confiscation of the Greek and French pub- 
 lished by Courier at Florence : this was truly 
 amusing, for, for fear that he might be the sole 
 possessor of what he was giving to the whole 
 world, the librarian, who knew nothing about 
 Greek or MSS., and as little about Longus as 
 about his translator, had at first written to stop 
 the sale of the work, whatever it was : then, 
 learning that it was not on sale, but that the 
 Greek and French were being presented to a 
 small number of learned men, he caused all the 
 copies to be confiscated, to prevent Courier from 
 appropriating them. The latter, without betray- 
 ing any emotion, left his Chloe in the hands of 
 
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166 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 the police, having resolved to take no steps to 
 get out of the difficulty ; but at length he was 
 informed that it was intended to arrest him him- 
 self. This made him consider the matter with 
 attention, and he began to think how he might 
 get out of the difficulty, when he was sum- 
 moned by the Prefect of Rome (where he was at 
 the time) to give information concerning his con- 
 duct, connections, position, property, birth, and 
 the blot of ink, all in accordance with orders 
 from his superiors. He wrote to the Prefect as 
 follows : 
 
 " Monsieur, I have not thought it worth while 
 to reply to the slanders that have been published 
 against me during the past year, believing that 
 such follies would make little impression upon 
 sensible minds; but, since the minister attaches 
 importance to them, and I must at length explain 
 myself in regard to this miserable affair, I intend 
 to offer the public, before whom I am accused, as 
 clear and precise a justification of myself as lies 
 within my power. You shall receive the first 
 copy of this brief pamphlet, in which his Excel- 
 lency will find the information he requires." 
 
 The Prefect replied : " Monsieur, beware of 
 publishing anything in regard to the matter in 
 question : you will expose yourself to great risk, 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 167 
 
 and the printer who lends you his services will 
 be equally compromised." 
 
 It was a question of a blot of ink, and observe 
 (for there is a moral in all history, and everything 
 supplies material for instruction to him who will 
 reflect) and wonder at the doctrine of power : 
 slanders are printed, the reply to them is not. 
 Anyone who pleases can tell the public in pam- 
 phlets and in the newspapers that Courier is a 
 thief, while he must not address the same public 
 and prove that he is an honest man. The 
 minister carries the matter before his cabinet, 
 where he alone will decide, and will declare Paul 
 Louis an honest man or a scoundrel according as 
 he thinks it will please her Majesty, according to 
 the pleasure of her Imperial Highness Madame 
 Bacciocchi. 1 
 
 Courier, although forbidden, wrote to the Pre- 
 fect again as follows : " Monsieur, I did not know 
 that your permission to print my little justificatory 
 pamphlet was necessary ; but, since it is, I beg 
 you will let me have it." 
 
 As he had fully expected, he received no 
 answer. Fortunately, he remembered a poor 
 devil of a printer named Lino Contadini, who 
 lived near the Sapience, who printed nothing 
 but almanacks, and was little in harmony with 
 
 1 filisa, the sister of Napoleon I., was married to a 
 Corsican named Felice Pasquale Bacciocchi. 
 
i68 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 the new censorship. He went to him and said : 
 "Quick, get this printed for his Excellency the 
 Prefect of Police;" to which the worthy man 
 replied, " My dear sir, how can I do it ? I do 
 not understand a word of French ; how, then, can 
 I make out this scrawl, full of erasures?" "Well, 
 then," rejoined Courier, "we will work at it 
 together ; but let us be quick, the Prefect is 
 waiting." So then they set to work, and Courier 
 was compositor, corrector, printer, and everything 
 else. The copy was a wonderful work : there 
 were ten mistakes in every line, but with great 
 effort it was capable of being deciphered. When 
 it was finished, the worthy printer felt certain 
 qualms of conscience. "Do we not want a 
 permit," he asked, "to do what we are doing?" 
 " No." " Yes," said Lino. " What, for the Pre- 
 fect?" "Wait," said Lino, "I will be back 
 directly." He went off to the Prefect, and, in 
 the meantime, Courier made up a parcel of 100 
 copies or so, which he carried away with him. A 
 quarter of an hour later the printing-office was full 
 of sbirri (gendarmes). 
 
 Having now obtained almost all he wanted, 
 Courier wrote a final letter to the Prefect : " Mon- 
 sieur, I have deceived Lino the printer. I made 
 him believe that he was working for you : I spoke 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 169 
 
 to him in your name and as if I had been com- 
 missioned by you. I hurried him on by declaring 
 that you were waiting impatiently for the result of 
 his work ; in fact, I have employed all the means 
 I could think of to deceive this man, who, think- 
 ing that he was serving you, was ignorant of what 
 he was doing. After this declaration on my part, 
 Monsieur, I feel sure that you are too sensible to 
 lay upon him, instead of upon me alone, the blame 
 for the publication of my literary polemic. I will 
 only ask you to be kind enough to send it, 
 together with this letter, to the Minister, who is 
 curious to know what I am working at and who 
 1 am." 
 
 Poor Lino was arrested, questioned, repri- 
 manded, and then dismissed. The Prefect did 
 not forward either the letter or pamphlet to the 
 Minister, but soon afterwards he received a sharp 
 reproof from his master. What a blunder on the 
 part of a Prefect to allow the complaint of an 
 ill-treated man to be printed and published ! 
 The trickery of which he had been the dupe 
 did not excuse him in the eyes of a strong 
 Government. He was responsible; the com- 
 plaint had appeared ; it was his fault, the man 
 who was paid for the very purpose of preventing 
 such things. He nearly lost his post, and it would 
 
170 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 have been really a pity ; he would not be what he 
 is at the present day (a State councillor) if he had 
 ceased at that time to serve the dynasties. 
 
 After this, Courier lived quietly at Rome, and 
 heard no more of the Prefect or the Minister. 
 His letter made a stir, especially in Italy. The 
 Lombards were delighted to see Florence laughed 
 at and treated as ignorant. Some pamphlets ap- 
 peared supporting Courier ; those who wanted to 
 answer them were forbidden to do so by the 
 Government, which enjoined silence on all. At 
 that time, the least discussion, in which the publ;c 
 would have been the judge, was dreaded. The 
 present dispute, which at first was merely silly 
 and ridiculous, led to serious, even tragic results. 
 It made Furia ill and killed Puccini : the latter, 
 when dining one day with the Comtesse d'Albani. 
 the widow of the English Pretender, began to 
 quarrel with one of the guests, who was defending 
 Courier, and became so enraged that, when he 
 returned home in the evening, he wrote a letter 
 of excuses to Madame d'Albani, took to his bed 
 and died, regretted by all, for he was a worthy 
 man, except for his violent temper. Courier was 
 not responsible for this, as he has been re- 
 proached with being ; but, if he had been able 
 to foresee such a catastrophe, the fear of causing 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 171 
 
 the death of a Chamberlain would not have hin- 
 dered him from writing in his own defence, when 
 he thought it his duty to do so. 
 
 What gave offence in this pamphlet was a 
 freedom of style, an air of discontent which was 
 considered very extraordinary at that time, and 
 the disrespectful manner in which he spoke of 
 the Government employees ; but, above all, the 
 fact that it revealed the hatred of Italy for this 
 Government and the French name. Bonaparte 
 believed he was worshipped everywhere ; his police 
 assured him of the fact every morning ; a voice 
 which gave utterance to a contrary opinion was 
 highly embarrassing to the police, and might pos- 
 sibly have attracted Bonaparte's attention, as in 
 fact happened : for he spoke of it one day, and 
 wanted to know who was the retired officer who 
 lived at Rome and was having Greek printed. 
 What he heard about him induced him to leave 
 him in peace. 
 
A LETTER 
 
 FROM 
 
 P. L. COURIER 
 
 TO 
 
 MONSIEUR RENOUARD 
 
 MONSIEUR, I have seen your notice of a frag- 
 ment of Longus recently discovered, that is to 
 say, your apology in reference to this discovery, 
 in which you were accused of having had some 
 ulterior object. It seems to me that you have 
 completely justified yourself, and I should rejoice 
 with you, if I could rejoice ; but this affair, which 
 you have come out of with such flying colours, has 
 taken a different turn as far as I am concerned ; 
 and, while you have escaped our common ene- 
 mies, I really do not know what is going to 
 become of me. 
 
 I have heard from Florence that this *poor 
 translation, of the existence of which you have 
 informed the public, has just been seized at the 
 bookseller's ; that a search is being made for the 
 translator, and that, while he is still undiscovered, 
 
174 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 he is still the subject of legal proceedings. There 
 is a talk of prosecution, inquiries, evidence, and 
 nothing is said about the rest. 1 Such, Monsieur, 
 is the pretty mess in which you have involved me ; 
 for, if you remember, it was you who first thought 
 of giving this unhappy fragment to the public; 
 I, who had been acquainted with it since I spoke 
 of it to you at Bologna, two years before, had not 
 even thought of reading it. " Were it not for this 
 fragment fatal to the tranquillity of my life, my 
 days would pass away quietly and leisurely, free 
 rom the attacks of jealousy ;" 2 1 should not have 
 had anything to do with the savants of Florence ; 
 no one would ever have suspected that they knew 
 their trade so ill, and the ignorance of these 
 gentlemen, which is only made manifest in their 
 works, would have remained unknown. 
 
 For you know well that in that lies all the mis- 
 chief, and that no one cares about this blot, as to 
 which so much fuss has been made ; you did not 
 like to say so, because you are wise. You confine 
 yourself within the strict limits of your justifica- 
 tion; and, in a spirit of unexampled moderation, 
 
 1 Et Von se tait du reste y a quotation from Corneille, an 
 allusion to the intervention of the Princess lisa> the sister 
 of Bonaparte. 
 
 2 Sans ce fragment fatal au repos de ma vie, 
 Mes jours dans le loisir couleront sans en vie. 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 175 
 
 when replying to the lies which are published 
 against you, you maintain silence about the truths 
 which might have caused annoyance to your 
 calumniators. In fact, of what use would it have 
 been to you, who felt sure of being able to clear 
 yourself of blame, to irritate persons who, utterly 
 contemptible as they are, have a licence, a salary, 
 and a livery who, without being of much im- 
 portance, are of some consideration, and whose 
 hatred is capable of injuring ? And then, you well 
 knew that I should be obliged to state what you 
 said nothing about, that you would thus be 
 avenged without striking a blow, and that the 
 devil would lose nothing by it. 1 
 
 As for myself, as long as the attacks upon me 
 were confined to certain articles inserted in the 
 Italian newspapers, and to certain obscure libels 
 signed by pedants, I laughed at them together 
 with my friends, for I knew that, as you well put 
 it, few persons take an interest in such matters, 
 and these would not fail to understand the reasons 
 of such frenzy and gross calumnies. During the 
 eight months that these gentlemen have honoured 
 me with their insults, you know in what terms I 
 have written to you j I told you that they were a 
 
 1 Le diable riy perdroit rien : A phrase used in reference 
 to a violent emotion, which, though held in check for a 
 time, is bound to show itself later. 
 
176 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 rabble whom I was obliged to allow to bark. I had 
 reason to despise them; but I was wrong not to fear 
 them, and now that I should like to put myself 
 upon my guard against them, there is no longer time. 
 
 Sometimes, however, it somewhat consoles me 
 to reflect that Columbus discovered America, and 
 was clapped into a dungeon ; that Galileo discover- 
 ed the true system of the universe, and his reward 
 was a prison. I have discovered five or six pages 
 in which it is a question of knowing who is to 
 kiss Chloe : shall I be treated worse than them ? 
 I ought at most to be censured by the Court ; but 
 the punishment is not always proportionate to the 
 offence, and it is that which makes me uneasy. 
 
 You say that the facts are notorious ; neverthe- 
 less, your story and M. Furia's do not agree. His 
 contains many falsehoods ; yours, many omissions. 
 You do not state all you know ; perhaps even you 
 do not know all ; I, who am less cautious, better 
 informed, and equally trustworthy, will fill up the 
 gap caused by your silence. 
 
 When staying at Florence about three years 
 ago, I went with one of my friends, M. Akerblad, 1 
 a member of the Institute, to see the library of 
 the Abbey in that city. There, amongst other 
 MSS. of great antiquity, I was shown one of 
 Longus. I examined it for some time, and the 
 1 A Swedish Orientalist. 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 177 
 
 first book, which everybody knows is incomplete 
 in all the editions, appeared to me complete in 
 this MS.; I gave it back and thought no more 
 about it. At that time I was occupied with very 
 different matters. Afterwards, having travelled 
 through France, Germany, and Switzerland, I re- 
 turned to Italy, and with you to Florence, where, 
 finding myself at leisure, I copied from this MS. 
 what was missing in the printed edition. In this 
 task I secured the assistance of MM. Furia and 
 Bencini, who were both employed at the library 
 of Saint Laurence, where the MS. was at the 
 time. While working with them, I was so careless 
 as to make a blot of ink which spread over about 
 twenty words in the inedited passage already 
 transcribed by me. To repair in some degree 
 this trifling disaster, I offered, without being 
 asked, to give up my copy, that is to say, 
 that which had been made by myself, M. Furia, 
 and his assistant, and which, being the work of 
 three hands and taken from the original, and 
 revised by three persons before the accident 
 occurred, possessed an exactness and authen- 
 ticity which was wanting in every other copy. 
 At first my offer was treated with contempt, on 
 the ground that the copy could not take the place 
 of the original ; afterwards it was demanded from 
 
i 7 8 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 me, but at that time I had reasons for refusing it. 
 I paid these gentlemen, and went from Florence 
 to Rome, where, having found, as I had hoped, 
 other MSS. of Longus, I had the text of this 
 author printed at my own expense, with the 
 variants of Rome and Florence. This edition 
 is not on sale, I make a present of it to anyone 
 I please ; but the Florentine fragment, printed 
 separately, is given gratis to anyone who desires 
 to have it. 
 
 In regard to all this, I need not call for your 
 evidence, which happily I can dispense with. I 
 understand your caution \ I can appreciate your 
 carefulness, and I have no wish to bring you into 
 collision with the authorities, by obliging you to 
 explain yourself in matters of such importance. 
 If anyone speaks to you about them, shrug your 
 shoulders, lift your eyes to Heaven, heave a sigh, 
 or smile, and say that it is a fine day. 
 
 But, before I go further, allow me to complain 
 of the manner in which you have introduced me 
 to the public. You announce me as the author 
 of a translation of Longus, entirely unknown, an 
 anonymous brochure, of which there are only a 
 very few copies in the hands of a few friends ; 
 and, as I am no better known than my transla- 
 tion, you inform your readers that I am a very 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 179 
 
 " clever Hellenist," to use your words. You could 
 not have found a worse expression ; if I am clever, 
 I have not shown it on this occasion. After I have 
 discovered this trifle, which completes a beautiful 
 work which has been mutilated for so many gene- 
 rations, you see what advantage I have been able 
 to derive from it. I have made a present of it to 
 the public, and I am considered to have not only 
 stolen, but utterly destroyed it ; you yourself 
 deplore the loss of it. The Italian journals 
 denounce me as the destroyer of one of the 
 most beautiful monuments of antiquity. M. 
 Furia is in mourning for it, his clique cries ven- 
 geance, and, while this supplement is in the hands 
 of those who can read it, thanks to my efforts and 
 my purse, a libel is being scattered broadcast 
 against me, entitled, The history of the discovery 
 and sudden loss of a fragment of Longus. So 
 much for my cleverness. Anyone else would at 
 least have gained some honour; I have lost my 
 money and my reputation, and I shall think 
 myself lucky if nothing worse happens to me. 
 Believe me, Monsieur, the clever literary men are 
 those who, like Pascal's Jesuits, " do not read at 
 all, write little, and intrigue much." 
 
 Neither am I a " Hellenist," or else I do not know 
 myself. If I understand this word properly (and 
 
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i So EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 I confess it is new to me), you use the word 
 "Hellenist" like "chemist" and "druggist": 
 following this analogy, a "Hellenist" would be 
 a man who displays Greek to the public, who 
 lives by it, and sells it to the public, to the book- 
 sellers, to the Government. That is very different 
 from what I do. You are well aware, Monsieur, 
 that I devote myself to these studies simply from 
 inclination, or rather, from caprice, and when I 
 have no other fancies ; that I attach no import- 
 ance to them, and derive no profit from them; 
 that my name has never been seen at the head of 
 any book ; that I desire none of the positions 
 which are attained by these means, and that, had 
 it not been for the chance which has induced me to 
 give this text of a few pages to the public, the latter 
 would never have had this proof of my cleverness; 
 and that, lastly, even after that, unless you had 
 revealed, unnecessarily and contrary to all the 
 rules of politeness, this cleverness, which you are 
 pleased to assume in me, it would never have 
 been attributed to me, or would still be a secret 
 confined to persons capable of judging of it. 
 
 Pray tell me, Monsieur, what is the use of a 
 notice of a book which is not for sale, which is 
 given to a few people, and cannot even be given 
 again ? And what does it matter to anyone who 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 181 
 
 reads your works whether this book be good or 
 bad, if people cannot have it ? It is quite natural 
 that you should defend yourself against the crime 
 imputed to you by naming the person who has 
 executed the translation ; but no one accused you 
 of having executed it. I do not wish to press you 
 too hard upon this point, or to appear more 
 angry than I really am. You thought it a matter 
 of trifling importance, and rightly judged that 
 such a work could do me neither great honour 
 nor great harm ; but you might have dispensed with 
 mentioning my name, at least as translator, and if 
 you had thought better of it, you would not have 
 said that I was either "clever" or a "Hellenist." 
 Nor are you more accurate in speaking of M. 
 Furia. Without any further explanation, you de- 
 scribe him simply as librarian, guardian of a 
 literary trust which is celebrated throughout 
 Europe. Consider, Monsieur. You are writing 
 at Paris, you are addressing Frenchmen, who, 
 seeing these posts occupied by persons of recog- 
 nised merit, some of whom are even Italians, will 
 most certainly believe that M. Furia is a person of 
 importance from his position and learning. I can 
 understand that this mistake is a matter of indif- 
 ference to you, and that, having apparently more 
 reasons to spare him than to complain of him, you 
 
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182 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 are glad to leave him the importance attached to his 
 title in the country in which you are ; but it is 
 important for me, whom he attacks with the sup- 
 port of a clique of pedants, that he should 
 be appreciated at his just value ; nor can I 
 endure that he should be confounded with per- 
 sons whose learning and good taste are an 
 honour to Italy. 
 
 If you had desired to give a just idea of the 
 little known persons of whom you had to speak, 
 after having stated that I was an old soldier, a 
 Hellenist, and since you will have it so, "very 
 clever," you ought to have added; M. Furia is 
 a pedant, a retired shoemaker like his father, the 
 keeper of a library which he ought still to be 
 sweeping, who at the present time makes bad 
 books, never having been able to make good 
 shoes, a Hellenist the reverse of clever, with a 
 salary of 800 francs, copying Greek for those who 
 pay him to do it, the pupil and successor of Signer 
 Bandini, whose ignorance is famous. You ought 
 not only to have said that this man discovers 
 offences in the merest accidents, but that he is 
 interested in discovering them, because he is an 
 angry pedant whose rage and cruelly wounded 
 vanity serve as instruments of a hatred which does 
 not venture to display itself in any other manner. 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 183 
 
 These are the things upon which you maintain a 
 prudent silence. Voltaire says somewhere : Fon- 
 tenelle was full of this circumspection ; he would 
 not, for anything in the world, have consented 
 even to whisper that F * * * * * was a rascal. 
 Voltaire concealed his thoughts less ; but it is 
 safer to imitate Fontenelle. Unfortunately, the 
 choice does not rest with me, and I am obliged 
 to tell all. 
 
 To begin with Signor Furia's possible reasons 
 for not being as disinterested in this matter as 
 one might imagine, you must know that the dis- 
 covery of the precious fragment of Longus was 
 made in a MS. on which Furia had worked for 
 several years, and which he regarded as, in a 
 manner, his own property ; that the discovery 
 was made exactly at the moment when Signor 
 Furia had just presented the public with a very full 
 and, according to him, " very accurate " account 
 of this MS., in which is set forth, page by page, 
 and in great detail, all that he found worthy 
 of observation ; that his work upon this little 
 volume, announced a long time before, has lasted 
 six years, during which he has never ceased to 
 examine and describe it with extraordinary pa- 
 tience ; that he has even, according to his own 
 account, extracted from it several variants of the 
 
1 84 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 pretended fables of Aesop, which are reprinted 
 by him at the end of his account ; for these silly 
 productions of some monk, with which we begin 
 the study of Greek at school, are to be found at 
 the end of the romance by Longus, and M. Furia 
 has not failed to profit by them ; that, lastly, 
 hardly had he finished his work, which he sold 
 himself, and in which he thought that he had 
 exhausted all there was to be said about the 
 divine MS., than by chance there comes someone 
 who, at the first glance, finds and points out to the 
 public the only really interesting thing in it, and 
 the only thing also that Signer Furia had not 
 observed. 
 
 At the present day it is common enough for 
 persons to write about what they understand the 
 least. Every petty scholar sets himself up for a 
 doctor : to judge by what is printed every day, 
 one would say that every one thinks himself 
 obliged to show his ignorance. But proofs of 
 such strength of mind are not common, and 
 Signer Bandini himself, famous for similar 
 blunders, never did anything to approach that. 
 
 We possess narratives of travel, the authors of 
 which are suspected of never having been out 
 of their study; and, in another field, "How 
 many have given accounts of battles which they 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 185 
 
 have never been near" ; l but an account of a book 
 by one who has not read it is quite a new kind 
 of buffoonery, for which the public ought to be 
 obliged to Signor Furia. I do not mean to imply 
 by that that he has not examined it with consider- 
 able attention. On the contrary, I am astonished 
 that he has been able to enter into all these de- 
 tails and to have made two volumes of them. 
 His work (which I have not read) will some day 
 be useful to the binder to prevent any mistake in 
 the arrangement of the sheets. In a word, in the 
 account which he has given of this book, and 
 which, according to him, was so interesting that 
 it has occupied him six years, he has thought of 
 everything, except reading it. 
 
 It is to be regretted for your sake, Monsieur, 
 that you did not witness the effect produced upon 
 him by the first sight of this lacuna in the printed 
 work, and the inedited fragment in the MS. 
 which filled it up. His surprise was very great, 
 and when he found that the fragment consisted, 
 not merely of a few lines, but of several pages, I 
 assure you I could not help pitying him. At first 
 he seemed dazed : you would perhaps have 
 laughed at him at first, but soon you would have 
 been afraid of him, for in a moment he became 
 
 1 Combien de gens ont fait des recits de batailles 
 Dont ils s'etoient tenus loin ! 
 
 MOLIERE 
 
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 furious. I had never before seen a pedant in a 
 rage : you cannot think what one is like. " The 
 quadruped foams and his eye flashes fire." 1 If 
 looks could have bitten me, I should have had a 
 bad time of it. 
 
 From that time Signor Furia believed himself 
 a disgraced man. You know that Vatel 2 killed 
 himself because his master had no roast meat for 
 supper. In his way, as the King said when he 
 heard of his death, he was a man of honour. 
 M. Furia did not kill himself, because soon after- 
 wards he conceived the hope of regaining to some 
 extent his reputation at the expense of mine : for 
 I think it was two days later that I made the 
 blot in the MS., for which he is in his heart so 
 grateful to me, although he so loudly complains 
 of it. After having copied all the inedited frag- 
 ment, I finished the collation of the rest with 
 these gentlemen. In order to mark in the 
 volume the place where the supplement was to 
 be found, I put in it a sheet of paper, without 
 noticing that it was smeared with ink underneath. 
 This paper stuck to the sheet, and made a blot 
 which spread over a few words in a few lines. 
 
 1 Le quadrupede ecume et son ceil etincelle. LA FON- 
 TAINE. 
 
 2 The maitre (Thbtel of the Prince de Conde. The 
 occasion referred to was a dinner given by the latter to 
 Louis XIV. 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 187 
 
 M. Furia has described, in historic prose, the 
 history of this event. It is said to be his best 
 work : it is at any rate the only one that has been 
 read. He has inserted in it a great deal of his 
 own, both in matter and style ; but the chief part 
 of it is taken from the Pharsalia and Seneca's 
 tragedies. 
 
 I confess that the accident seemed to me a very 
 trifling one. I did not know that this book was 
 the Palladium of Florence, that the destiny of 
 this city depended upon the words which I had 
 just effaced ; however, I ought to have suspected 
 that these were sacred objects to the Florentines, 
 since they never touch them. But I was not 
 conscious of my blood freezing in my veins, or 
 of my hair standing up on end ; I did not lose 
 my voice for a moment, my breath did not stop, 
 my pulse did not cease to beat. M. Furia de- 
 clares that this was what happened to him ; but 
 I looked carefully, and I swear that I did not 
 see in him any of these alarming symptoms of 
 approaching faintness, except when I put his nose 
 to the fragment of Greek which he had been 
 unable to see without my assistance. 
 
 M. Furia's expressions, in which he describes 
 the shock he felt at the sight of this blot, which 
 covered, as I have told you, about twenty words, 
 are written in very high style, and in a tone of 
 
i88 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 pathos rare even in Italy. You have been struck 
 by them, Monsieur, and you have quoted them, but 
 without venturing to translate them. Perhaps 
 you imagined that the weakness of our language 
 could not attain such elevation of style ; I 
 am more venturesome, and I think that, what- 
 ever Horace may say, one may attempt to translate 
 Pindar and M. Furia ; it is all the same. Here 
 is my literal version : 
 
 At this horrible sight (he means the blot I 
 made on his old book) my blood froze in my 
 veins, and, for several instants, when I attempted 
 to cry or speak, my voice stopped in my throat 
 a cold shiver seized upon my numbed limbs . . . 
 Do you see, Monsieur ? this blot of ink is for him 
 the head of Medusa. He is stupified; he as- 
 serts it positively, and it is the only' assertion that 
 is proved by his book. 
 
 But there is as much malice as frankness in 
 this confession; for he wants to make people 
 believe that it is I who have produced this effect 
 upon him, to the great detriment of literature. 
 For my part, I maintain that, long before he saw 
 this frightful blot, " the mere recollection of which 
 fills him with horror and indignation," he was 
 dazed, or certainly very nearly so, since he has 
 held, turned over, examined, described, and 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 189 
 
 marked in detail each page of this little volume, 
 without even suspecting what it contained. 
 
 When his director, or his preserver as he some- 
 times calls him, Signer Thomas Puzzini, 1 " heard 
 of this strange accident through the loud-sounding 
 trumpet of Fame, which ever unwearied re-echoed 
 it in his ear ;" in short, when he was told of the 
 incident of the blot, " he was seized with horror ; 
 he shuddered at the recital of so atrocious an 
 action." In fact, there may be greater crimes, 
 but none blacker. Besides, M. Furia represents 
 " Florence in deep distress, a whole city in tears, 
 the citizens in a state of consternation;" as for 
 him, in the midst of this public mourning, when 
 everyone was weeping, you may guess that he did 
 not spare himself. From the time when "his 
 voice stuck in his throat," he never said a word, 
 and doubtless he thought no more about it, for 
 he " became dazed." But, " during the night, in 
 his dreams, this cruel (he did not venture to say 
 bloody) image presented itself to his eyes." And 
 he declares, at the outset, that the obligation of 
 relating this fact "weighs heavily upon him, is a 
 very heavy burden for him, because it recalls to 
 
 1 His real name was Puccini : the writer, by way of a 
 joke, has changed this into Puzzini, meaning " stinking" ; 
 as Regnier says, " he smelt much more strongly, but not 
 sweeter, than roses." 
 
igo EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 him the liveliest recollections of the bitterness of 
 an event which, while no length of time could 
 ever veil it in oblivion for him, he can never think 
 of again without feeling himself overwhelmed with 
 horror." Here I translate word for word. Here 
 it is Virgil amplified in proportion to the subject ; 
 for, what the poet said of the whole massacre of a 
 whole people did not seem strong enough to M. 
 Furia for a blot of ink. Do you not wonder, 
 Monsieur, that a man writing in this style attaches 
 such importance to the text of Longus, which is 
 simplicity itself? It is zeal for old books which 
 inflames M. Furia and causes him to speak like a 
 prophet. For the rest, hyperbole is familiar to 
 him, and it is in that that he is most successful. 
 Do you want a good instance of it ? One of his 
 patrons (for he has several, all fired with the 
 same zeal and desperately enraged against me) 
 undertook to print one of his books, when the 
 publishers refused it : immediately M. Furia pro- 
 claimed him, in his dedication, to be the foremost 
 man of the age, and assured him that " no age to 
 come would ever cease to praise him." Cicero 
 formerly said as much to the conquerors of the 
 world. 1 Now, if a man who spends fifty crowns 
 on printing Signor Furia's foolish effusions de- 
 
 1 Nulla aetas de tuis laudibus conticescet. 
 
 Oratio pro Marcello. 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 191 
 
 serves to have altars erected to him, it is clear 
 that he who, although involuntarily, makes every- 
 one see and feel the ignorance of the said Signer 
 is worthy of every punishment : that is the 
 substance of the libel which he has published 
 against me. 
 
 We are agreed upon the facts and circum- 
 stances which he relates : most of them, of his 
 own invention, are really unimportant. What does 
 it really matter whether he was the first to notice 
 this blot, as he declares, or whether I showed it to 
 him, as soon as I saw it myself, which is the truth? 
 whether it was he who showed me this MS. of 
 Longus, or whether I had been acquainted with 
 it a long time before, as you, Monsieur, know to 
 be the case, and all the other persons to whom I 
 had written or spoken about it? whether, as he 
 says, I copied the whole supplement at his dicta- 
 tion, or whether I deciphered and explained to 
 him the passages which he was unable to read, 
 because he did not understand the meaning, 
 all this has nothing to do with the matter. 
 
 I have made the blot, " the horrible blot," and 
 I have given a declaration to that effect to 
 M. Furia, without his having thought of asking 
 me for it, whatever he may say. After having 
 offered him my copy, which he did not ask me 
 
192 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 for either, I afterwards refused it to him. I 
 am far from regretting it, and you shall hear 
 why. 
 
 I at first offered this copy to M. Furia, as I 
 have stated, on my own initiative, and he accepted 
 my offer without appearing to attach much im- 
 portance to it, very judiciously observing that 
 no copy could repair the injury done to the MS. 
 I continued my work : you arrived two days later, 
 and you saw the "disaster," as M. Furia called 
 it. On that day, as far as I remember, he laid 
 but little stress upon the promised copy ; however, 
 I see, from your account, that it was talked about, 
 and no doubt I promised it again. It was not 
 until the next day, when you were no longer at 
 Florence, that M. Furia pressed me for this copy. 
 I told him that I had not time to make a dupli- 
 cate of it for myself, but that, as soon as I had 
 finished collating the MS., I would think about 
 satisfying him. The same day, when I looked 
 at the blot, it seemed to me larger, and I began 
 to have my suspicions. In the evening, when I 
 went out of the library, M. Furia pressed me 
 strongly to call at my rooms with him, to give 
 him the copy. He wanted it immediately, he 
 said, because it might get lost with me. His 
 eagerness added to the mistrust I already felt, 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 193 
 
 and I replied that, having carefully considered 
 the matter, I should be glad to keep this copy 
 for myself; since, as it had been written by three 
 hands, it was the only and the only authentic 
 proof which I could give of the text I intended 
 to publish, as far as the passage that was obli- 
 terated was concerned. " For this very reason," 
 said he to me, " it is the only one that properly 
 belongs to the library, and in my hands it will 
 run no risk of being lost." I did not tell him 
 what I thought, but I refused point-blank. He 
 got angry, I got angrier, and I sent him about his 
 business in language which cannot be described. 
 
 Did I not warn you, Monsieur, when you 
 wanted to take away the paper that was gummed 
 to the MS.? Did I not exclaim: "Take care; 
 touch nothing ; you do not know the people 
 with whom you are dealing." I perhaps made use 
 of other words dictated by the occasion and the 
 contempt which I felt for them, but that was in 
 the main the meaning, and you recollect it. Fear 
 nothing, Monsieur ; this cannot compromise you. 
 You did not heed what I said ; you put your 
 hand upon the fatal blot ; you have suffered for 
 it ; but your conduct showed that you always 
 think well of people "who occupy a position," 
 whatever their position may be. You may there- 
 
194 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 fore admit, without fear of becoming embroiled 
 with anyone, that I warned you of what would 
 happen to you, and you will do so, for we like 
 to tell the truth when it cannot hurt us. 
 
 You see, Monsieur, that from that time I had 
 divined their spiteful intention ; I did not as yet 
 know what they were meditating; but I knew, 
 when I refused my copy to M. Furia. 
 
 In order to understand the importance which 
 we both attached to it, you must know how this copy 
 was made. The character of the MS. was strange 
 to me : MM. Furia and Bencini, having had it 
 long enough to be tolerably familiar with it, at 
 first dictated to me while I wrote, and, while 
 writing, I left blank spaces in the passages which 
 they had not been able to read in the original, 
 because the characters were effaced or blurred. 
 When I had in this manner finished writing all 
 that was missing in the printed copy, I in my 
 turn took the MS., and, guided by the sense, 
 which I understood better than they did, made 
 out or conjectured the words which these gentle- 
 men had been unable to decipher, while they, 
 holding the pen, wrote what I dictated to them, 
 and filled up the blanks which I had left in my 
 copy. In addition, there were certain mistakes 
 in what I had written from their dictation, which 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 195 
 
 I made them correct in accordance with the MS., 
 which caused a number of erasures. Thus, on 
 every page, almost in every line, amongst the 
 words written by me, are to be found words 
 written by one of them, and it is this which 
 establishes the authenticity of the whole ; you 
 also see that M. Furia, in his diatribe against 
 me, attests the accuracy of this copy, which he 
 could not deny without injuring himself. 
 
 Several persons at Florence, when speaking to 
 me at the time of the blot made in the MS., 
 appeared to me to be convinced that it was an 
 idea of my own, so that I might be able to alter 
 the text in an obscure passage, and in this manner 
 avoid its difficulties. These reports were spread 
 by M. Furia, who, by any means in his power, 
 wished to discredit the edition which you had 
 announced, and of which he believed that you 
 and I hoped to make a most profitable specula- 
 tion ; for he could neither believe nor understand 
 that I should do all that gratuitously, and, now 
 that he is obliged to believe it, he does not 
 understand it any the more. 
 
 Even at that time you were able to read in the 
 Milan Gazette an article written by one of M. 
 Furia's clique, in which the public was warned 
 "not to attach any credit to a supplement of 
 
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i 9 6 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 Longus which was about to be published at Paris, 
 considering the destruction of the original MS.," 
 and so forth. You may imagine, Monsieur, that, 
 in this state of things, M. Furia was the last 
 person to whom I could have intrusted the de- 
 posit which he required. How could I repair the 
 injury done to the MS., except by giving to the 
 public the text, printed from an authentic copy ? 
 and could I put the only proof of the text, which 
 I was going to publish, into the hands of a man 
 who accused me of wishing to falsify this text ? 
 
 You will observe that this document, so neces- 
 sary to me, is perfectly useless to the library ; it 
 cannot possess, in the eyes of learned men, the 
 authority of the MS., and, consequently, cannot 
 take its place. If there is any error in my edi- 
 tion, it is because I have wrongly read the 
 original, and my copy cannot be of any use in 
 correcting it. It is useless to those who might 
 doubt the accuracy of the printed text, of which 
 it is not the source ; but it is useful to me against 
 the disloyalty and bad faith of Signer Furia, who, 
 if he had it in his hands, could bring suspicion 
 upon the whole by altering a single word, whereas 
 his own writing now obliges him to confess the 
 authenticity of this text, which he would assuredly 
 deny, if he were able to do so. 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 197 
 
 If M. Furia had had this copy in his hands, 
 he would first have published lengthy discussions 
 upon the erasures, of which it is full. It is easy 
 to guess the conclusion at which he would have 
 arrived, and the foolishness of his arguments 
 would only have been seen by really clever men, 
 who are few in number, and can never decide about 
 anything ; therefore, far from intrusting it to 
 him, I refused even to show it to him : for, if he 
 could only have known what were the words 
 written by his own hand, it would have been 
 enough to enable him to fill the newspapers with 
 fresh impertinences. In a word, every request on 
 his part was bound to be suspected by me, and his 
 eagerness was the first reason for my refusal. 
 
 Assuredly the rage of these gentlemen was 
 manifested too openly for me to be mistaken as 
 to their intentions. A few days after your de- 
 parture, the directors, inspectors, and preservers 
 of Signor Furia met, together with him, at the 
 house of Signor Puzzini, Chamberlain and Keeper 
 of the Museum ; the sacred MS., " attended by 
 the four faculties," was conveyed thither with all 
 ceremony. There, the chemists, who had been 
 summoned to give their opinion upon the blot, 
 unanimously declared that they could not under- 
 stand it at all ; that this blot was made with an 
 
 23 2 
 
198 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 extraordinary ink, the composition of which, in- 
 vented on purpose by myself for this great scheme, 
 was beyond their capacity, resisted all analysis, 
 and could not be removed by any known means. 
 An official report was issued and published in the 
 newspapers. M. Furia described at length all 
 that took place at this memorable sitting ; it is 
 the finest episode of his history of the blot of ink, 
 and finished in the style of Diafoirus 1 or Chiampot 
 la perruque. As for myself, I cannot help saying, 
 even if it makes me fresh enemies, that it only 
 proves that the Professors of Florence are not 
 more skilled in chemistry than in literature, for 
 any binder in Paris could have proved to them 
 that it was ink de la petite vertu, and could have 
 removed it before their eyes by a method which, 
 as you know, is practised every day. 
 
 But what do you think, Monsieur, of this devo- 
 tion to old books ? To judge from the import- 
 ance that these gentlemen attach to their MSS. 
 would you not say that they read them ? You 
 will naturally imagine that, being paid to direct, 
 inspect, and preserve the letters and arts at 
 Florence, they carefully look after the deposit 
 that is intrusted to their charge, without exactly 
 knowing what it is, and regard their careful 
 
 1 The name of two characters in Moliere's Maladc 
 imaginaire. 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 199 
 
 attention as a merit, the only one which they 
 can claim. But this zeal of the house of the 
 Lord is, I assure, quite a new thing with them : 
 it has never been aroused on quite a recent occa- 
 sion, of far greater importance, as you shall see. 
 
 The Abbey of Florence, whence this text of 
 Longus originally comes, was known throughout 
 Europe as containing the most valuable MSS. in 
 existence. Few persons had seen them ; for, 
 during several centuries, this library remained 
 inaccessible, only monks could enter it, that is to 
 say, no one entered it. The collection which it 
 contained, the more interesting as it was so little 
 known, was an entirely new mine for the learned 
 to work : it was there that could have been found 
 not only a Longus, but a Plutarch, a Diodorus, a 
 Polybius, more complete than we at present 
 possess them. I at last managed to get in, as I 
 have told you, with M. Akerblad. when the 
 French Government took possession of Tuscany, 
 and in an hour we saw a sight that would have 
 roused the ecstasy of all the " Hellenists" (to use 
 your term) in the world eighty MSS. of the gth 
 and loth centuries. We especially noticed the 
 Plutarch of which I have so often spoken to you. 
 What we were able to read of it appeared to me 
 to belong to the life of Epaminondas, which is 
 
200 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 wanting in the printed editions. Some months 
 later, this volume disappeared, and with it the 
 most valuable treasure of the library, with the 
 exception of the Longus, which was too well 
 known by the recent account given of it by 
 M. Furia, for anyone to venture to sell it. In 
 consequence of complaints made by M. Akerblad 
 and myself, the Junta gave orders for the recovery 
 of the MSS. It was known where they were, 
 who had bought them, who had sold them ; 
 nothing would have been easier than to find 
 them again ; it was a matter to exercise the zeal 
 of the conservators, and we pressed these gentle- 
 men strongly to act, but they replied that " they 
 did not wish to cause pain to anyone." The 
 matter went no further. I have kept a copy 
 of the letter which I wrote on the subject to 
 M. Chaban, a member of the Junta. 
 
 Livourne, Sept. 30^, 1808. 
 MONSIEUR, The orders which I have received 
 have compelled me to depart in such haste, that I 
 hardly had the time to leave my card with you at 
 an hour when I had little hope of being able to 
 speak to you a way of taking leave of you which 
 was quite at variance with my plans ; for, after the 
 marks of kindness which you had shown me, I 
 had intended to pay my respects to you and to 
 take advantage of your favourable disposition 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 201 
 
 towards me to collect and preserve anything else 
 of value that might be found in your monastic 
 libraries. But, since my duties prevent me from 
 taking part in this good work, I desire at least to 
 assist it by my prayers. I beseech you, then, to 
 be good enough to give instructions that all the 
 MSS. of the Abbey should be removed to the 
 library of Saint-Laurent, and that those which 
 are missing, according to the existing catalogue, 
 should be searched for. I have recently noticed 
 that some of the most important of them have 
 already disappeared ; but it will be easy to trace 
 them, and to prevent these monuments of anti- 
 quity passing into foreign hands, which are only 
 too eager to secure them, or even being lost in 
 the hands of those who conceal them, as has fre- 
 quently happened, &c., &c." 
 
 Fresh orders were given for the search for the 
 MSS. I was even nominated by the Junta, a 
 commissioner for this object, together with M. 
 Akerblad, but we refused the honour, he as a 
 foreigner, I, as being engaged elsewhere. The 
 task was accordingly intrusted to MM. Puzzini 
 and Furia, whom nothing could induce to give 
 the slightest attention to it " they did not at the 
 time wish to cause pain to anybody." Those who 
 had the MSS. kept them, and still have them in 
 their possession. 
 
202 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 Now, will it be believed that these persons, who 
 were so indifferent to the loss of a collection of all 
 the classic authors, are the very same as those 
 who, at the present moment for the sake of a few 
 words of a single page of a romance, a few words 
 which, had it not been for me, they would never 
 have known, a few words which are printed, and 
 which they could read, if they knew how to read 
 are now working with such zeal to stir up the 
 Government and the public against me, are filling 
 the newspapers with insults and ridiculous slanders, 
 and, by means of circulars, promise the literary 
 canaille of Italy the pleasure of soon seeing me 
 treated as a State criminal ? M. Puzzini answers 
 for it ; he no doubt knows what he is saying, and, 
 "upon my honour, I myself begin to believe a 
 little," as Sosia says. 
 
 It will surprise you to learn, Monsieur, that not 
 one of them knows me. Not one of them, with 
 the exception of Signor Furia, has ever had the 
 least quarrel, or connection of any kind with me. 
 I have spoken for a quarter of an hour with 
 M. Puccini, and I do not even recall his features ; 
 therefore their hatred against me cannot be per- 
 sonal. The reason of their waging such cruel war 
 against me, and for such a trifle, considering that 
 they are "naturally disinclined to cause pain to 
 anyone," is something quite different from per- 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 203 
 
 sonal animosity. The offence which I have in- 
 voluntarily given to Signer Furia concerns him 
 particularly; the rage of his clique has a more 
 general cause. 
 
 You remember the Spanish expression : Not as 
 French, but as heretics. 1 These gentlemen cer- 
 tainly say something like it; but I assure you 
 that they but ill-disguise the true reasons of their 
 hatred ; everybody knows it. My first crime was 
 that I discovered their ignorance, but that alone 
 would have been nothing ; for, if they persecuted 
 all those who knew more than themselves, whom 
 would they be able to pardon? The second, 
 which renders me utterly unworthy of pardon, 
 is that I do not pronounce the word ciceri* as 
 they do. That is a kind of original sin which 
 nothing can obliterate. 
 
 If I had the least influence, or could promise 
 them any post, however unimportant, or offer 
 them any reward or bribe, they would all be at 
 my feet, and would think of as many petty mean- 
 nesses, to pay their court to me, as they now invent 
 calumnies, in order to injure me. You may rest 
 assured, Monsieur, that, before making up their 
 
 1 The Spaniards in Florida hung and burned the French, 
 " not as French, but as heretics," according to the placards, 
 to which the filibusters subsequently replied by massacreing 
 the Spaniards, "not as Spaniards, but as assassins." 
 
 2 The Shibboleth of the Sicilian Vespers. 
 
204 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 minds to attack me, they have taken good care 
 to find out whether I had anyone to support me, 
 and, when they found out that I had nothing 
 to depend upon, that I lived alone with a few 
 friends as unknown as myself, that I kept away 
 from the great, and that no highly-placed per- 
 sonage took any interest in me, they declared 
 war against me. You must confess that they are 
 clever people : it was certainly something for the 
 worthy Spaniards to make an auto-da-fe of the 
 French in Florida, it was something to praise 
 God for ; but what a triumph, what fun to cause 
 a Frenchman to be burned by the French them- 
 selves ! I see here people reading this gloomy 
 rhapsody of Furia against myself : his style is bad, 
 they say, but his intention is good. According 
 to what these gentlemen say, the discovery I have 
 made in the MS. is nothing, it is the most trifling 
 thing that could ever have been discovered, but 
 the harm that I have done is " immense." 
 Understand this well, Monsieur, the whole frag- 
 ment is nothing, but a few words of it, unfor- 
 tunately obliterated, are an immense loss, even 
 when the whole is printed. M. Furia has ex- 
 tended this loss as far as he possibly could, since 
 the blot is now twice as large as when I made it, 
 if the sketch of it as published by him is correct. 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 205 
 
 He has increased it to this extent in order to be 
 able to say that it was immense ; for he accom- 
 modates, not the epithet to the thing, but the 
 thing to the epithet which he desires to employ. 
 With all that, the damage is far from being im- 
 mense, and even if I had drowned all his old 
 books as well as himself, in ink, the evil would 
 still be small. 
 
 However, M. Furia understands, or rather 
 agrees, that this discovery is common to us, for 
 it is clear that the whole credit of it belongs to 
 him, since it is he, as he asserts, who made me 
 acquainted with the MS., showed and deciphered 
 it to me, whereas without his assistance I should 
 have been unable to discover it, or to read it 
 when discovered. This, in truth, is the chief 
 aim of his pamphlet, and all the details invented 
 by him tend in this direction. Without employing 
 much skill, he has found his readers disposed to 
 believe him and to adjudge him half the credit, 
 for it would be too much for one man to enjoy 
 the whole. 
 
 What hatred accompanies fame ! how difficult 
 it is to escape neglect and jealousy ! Of all the 
 roads which lead to the temple of Memory, I 
 have followed the most obscure : my reputation 
 rests upon eight pages of Greek, and these are 
 
206 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 disputed with me ! M. Furia wants his share of 
 them ; he cries in the newspapers, he arranges 
 and prints a tissue of lies in order to arrive at the 
 expression, "our common discovery." You see 
 the trick, Monsieur, and far from revealing it, you 
 endeavour to profit by it by slipping between us 
 two. You seem to say to each of us : At least 
 allow me to be your shadow ; Furia would consent ; 
 but I am intractable ; I desire to go down to pos- 
 terity alone. 
 
 Reputation is very rare at the present day ; one 
 would never believe it : in this enlightened and 
 triumphant age there are not two men certain of 
 leaving a name behind them. As for me, if I 
 have completed the text of Longus, as long as 
 people read Greek, there will always be four or 
 five " Hellenists " who will know that I once 
 existed. A thousand years hence, some learned 
 man will prove, in a dissertation, that my name 
 was Paul Courier, that I was born at such and 
 such a place, in such and such a year, that I died 
 on such and such a day in the year of grace * * *, 
 without anyone having ever known anything about 
 it, and, for this famous discovery, he will be made 
 a member of the Academy. Let me try, then, to 
 prove that I am the real, the only restorer of the 
 mutilated work of Longus ; it is worth the trouble \ 
 it is a question of nothing less than immortality. 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 207 
 
 You know the truth, Monsieur, although you 
 do not state it, and M. Clavier, to whom I wrote 
 as follows from Milan, knows it as well ; 
 
 Milan, October 13^, 1809. 
 Please send me your Greek commissions with- 
 out delay ; I shall be at Florence for a month, at 
 Rome during the whole winter, and I will give 
 you a good account of the MSS. of Pausanias. 
 There is not an old book in Italy over which I 
 shall not be willing to lose my eyesight for love 
 of you and of Greek. I shall also examine on my 
 own account the MSS. in the Abbey of Florence. 
 There was something of value for you and me 
 in about one hundred volumes belonging to the 
 ninth and tenth centuries ; what has not been sold 
 by the monks still remains ; perhaps I shall find 
 what you want there. With Dorville's 1 Chariton 
 there is a Longus which I believe to be complete j 
 at least, I did not discover any lacunas when I 
 examined it ; but, really, one needs to be a 
 magician in order to read it. I hope, however, to 
 manage to do so, " by having frequent recourse to 
 spectacles," as Maitre Frangois 2 says. It is really 
 a pity that this pretty little romance, which has 
 
 1 Jacques Philippe d'Orville, a well known litterateur 
 and archaeologist. 
 
 2 Rabelais. 
 
208 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 been translated into every language and meets 
 with universal approval, should be in its present 
 condition. If I could offer it you in a perfect 
 state, I should think my time profitably spent and 
 my name amply commended to the Greeks, pre- 
 sent and future. I want little glory ; it is enough 
 for me that it should one day be known that I 
 have shared your studies and your friendship." 
 
 M. Lamberti read this letter, in which he was 
 mentioned, and promised me that he would trans- 
 late the supplement, as he could do it better than 
 anyone. He well remembers all the circum- 
 stances, and the following is his letter : 
 
 " The hope which you entertained of finding in 
 the Florentine MSS. a complete text of Longus 
 was communicated to me by you as soon as you 
 arrived at Milan, and I spoke about it to several 
 friends, who cannot fail to remember it. Mention 
 was also made of a translation of the supplement 
 into Italian, if your hopes of the discovery did 
 not turn out ill-founded ; and I bound myself to 
 undertake it by a solemn promise, founded upon 
 the friendship which unites us. It was there- 
 fore with great astonishment that I afterwards 
 saw the silly nonsense written by Signer Furia, 
 who, in his brochure^ claimed to have had a share 
 in the discovery." 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 209 
 
 Lastly, here is a letter from M. Akerblad, 
 which sufficiently shows when it was that I saw 
 this MS. for the first time : 
 
 " I certainly remember that, three years ago, we 
 went together to the library of the Abbey at 
 Florence, where, amongst other MSS., we were 
 shown that which contains the romances of 
 Longus, and several other of the Greek " erotic " 
 writers. I also remember quite well that, while 
 I was occupied in going through the catalogue 
 of these MSS., the finest of which have since 
 disappeared, you stopped long enough to examine 
 that of Longus, the same one which supplied you 
 with the interesting fragment which you have just 
 published." Thus, certainly before this MS. passed 
 into the library of Saint-Laurent at Florence, I 
 had seen it at the Abbey of Florence: I knew 
 that it was perfect ; I had spoken or written to 
 that effect to all those whom it might interest. 
 Since then. M. Furia " showed " me in the library 
 the book which I asked him for, and which I 
 knew better than he did, although I had not had 
 it in my possession so long, and it was I who 
 "showed" him what he had not seen in the 
 MS. during the six years he had spent in de- 
 scribing it and extracting its rubbish. This clearly 
 shows that all M. Furia's story, and the trivialities 
 
210 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 with which he has embellished it, in order to 
 show that chance caused us both to make this 
 discovery together, which he calls "common," 
 are so many falsehoods. Now if, in dealing with 
 a fact so well known, M. Furia lies with such 
 effrontery, it is easy to judge of his good faith in 
 things which he asserts on his testimony alone; 
 for to this lie, of little importance in itself, he has 
 added other impostures, the most innocent of 
 which would certainly deserve a hundred lashes. 
 It was this upon which he counted " so as to be 
 a little at his ease," like the huissier in the 
 Plaideurs. 1 I might have fallen into the snare 
 twenty years ago ; but now I know these tricks, 
 and I advise him to turn his attention somewhere 
 else. I might certainly, in my absent-mindedness, 
 have let the ink-bottle fall upon the old book ; 
 but, in falling upon the pedant, I should not 
 have the same excuse, and I know what it would 
 cost me. 
 
 Since the insertion in the Gazette of Florence 
 of the article in which you announced an edition 
 of the supplement and of the entire work, I was 
 in full possession of my discovery, and more in- 
 terested than anyone else in its preservation. 
 Everyone knew that I had discovered this frag- 
 ment of Longus, that I intended to work upon it 
 1 By Racine. 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 211 
 
 and print it : thus my " privilege " and my right 
 of discovery were assured ; it cannot therefore be 
 imagined that I purposely made the blot on the 
 MS. in order to appropriate the inedited frag- 
 ment, which belonged to me. Nevertheless, this 
 is what M. Furia alleges ; he says that this blot of 
 ink was made in order to deprive him of his share 
 in the little find (you have seen, by what pre- 
 cedes, to what this share reduces itself), and in 
 order to prevent him or any other equally capable 
 person from bringing out an edition of it. This, 
 according to him, is proved by my refusal to let 
 him have the copy. 
 
 Such language can only find credit with those 
 who have no idea of such a work ; for who would 
 have been able to undertake it at Florence, even 
 if your announcement had not informed the 
 public both of the discovery and of the person 
 to whom it belonged ? Do not take my word for 
 it, Monsieur ; consult the learned men of your 
 acquaintance, and they will all tell you that there 
 was no one at Florence capable of producing a 
 tolerable edition of this text according to a single 
 MS. This requires a knowledge of the Greek 
 language, not indeed very extraordinary, but far 
 superior to that possessed by the Florentine Pro- 
 fessors. 
 
 24 
 
2i2 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 Imagine to yourself, Monsieur, eight pages 
 without stops or commas, in every place words 
 mutilated, transposed, omitted and added, glosses 
 confused with the text, entire phrases altered by 
 the ignorance, and, more frequently, the imper- 
 tinent corrections of the copyists. Schrevelius 1 
 affords little assistance in clearing up this confu- 
 sion to one who only knows the Fables of Aesop. 
 I can flatter myself that I have been completely 
 successful, although I was without all the necessary 
 aids ; but, with the exception of one or two places, 
 which those who have books will be easily able to 
 correct, I have restored the whole to such a con- 
 dition that even M. Furia, with my translation 
 and his Schrevelius, would easily be able to follow 
 the author's meaning from one 'fend to the other. 
 All this can be done by others, and better than by 
 myself, at Venice or Milan, but not at Florence. 
 
 The Florentines are witty, but they know very 
 little Greek, and I believe that they care very 
 little about it ; there are amongst them several 
 talented persons, well informed and agreeable; 
 they speak the most beautiful of living languages 
 admirably, which enables them to dispense readily 
 with Greek. 
 
 What preface, I ask you, could M. Furia have 
 written for this book, if he had edited it? He 
 
 1 A Dutch scholar, who compiled a Greek Lexicon. 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 213 
 
 would have been obliged to say : In my lengthy 
 work upon this MS., from which I have extracted 
 what is of very little interest, I forgot to say that 
 it contained the complete work of Longus : this 
 fact has just been brought to my notice. On 
 that point he would have quoted your article in 
 the Gazette. You see, Monsieur, how many 
 reasons there were why I should have little fear 
 that he or any other person would think of dis- 
 turbing me in the possession of the blessed 
 fragment. I refused to give M. Furia, not any 
 copy, which would have been useless to him as 
 librarian, but a particular copy, which he wanted to 
 misuse as my declared enemy; and this misuse 
 did not consist in his wish to publish it, for he 
 could not do that, but to alter it, so as to throw 
 doubt upon what I was going to publish. All 
 this is, I think, sufficiently clear. 
 
 But if it is positively declared that, against my 
 own. obvious interest, I mutilated this fragment, 
 which I had then just unearthed and which 
 belonged to me, apparently for the purpose of 
 consoling M. Furia for the trifling annoyance 
 which this discovery caused him, it will have to 
 be confessed that the worshippers of Longus owe 
 me far more thanks than reproaches. If this 
 text is so sacred, I deserve a statue for having 
 
 242 
 
214 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 completed it. The blot which has destroyed a 
 few words in the MS. cannot be a State crime 
 unless the restoration of the whole in the printed 
 copies be not a public benefit : but if all the 
 work, as some very sensible persons think, is in 
 itself only a piece of silliness, what is this blot, 
 about which such a fuss is made ? In all sin- 
 cerity, the affair of Figaro, which also turned 
 upon a blot of ink, and the case of the Intime', 
 are, compared with this, serious matters : " and, 
 even if it should be true that, out of pure mis- 
 chief, I purposely spoiled the whole or part of 
 the said fragment, let what I have done since then 
 be regarded as a set-off," l and the edition of the 
 supplement which is distributed gratis, and that 
 of the whole work which is " presented " .to the 
 learned, and lastly, this translation of which you 
 give an account, which certainly clears up the 
 text more than the blot obscures it. You will not 
 be suspected of partiality for me, Monsieur. You 
 are of opinion that I have completed Amyot's 
 version so " skilfully " that there appears very 
 little incongruity between his work and my addi- 
 tions, and you confess that "the task was diffi- 
 
 1 Et quand il seroit vrai que, par pure folie, 
 J'aurois expres gate le tout ou bien partie 
 Du dit fragment, qu'on mette en compensation 
 Ce que nous avons fait depuis cette action. 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 215 
 
 cult." I am not here in a position to play the 
 modest man : an accused man in the dock, who 
 sees that things are going badly for him, recom- 
 mends himself whenever he can and takes ad- 
 vantage of everything. This translation of Amyot 
 is generally admired, and is considered one of the 
 most beautiful works in our language. A whole 
 volume could be made of the commendation 
 which has been passed upon it even during the 
 last four or five years, in the journals and in 
 various books. One considers it a masterpiece 
 of naivete ; another calls Amyot the creator of a 
 style which no one has been able to imitate j a 
 third declares the translation inimitable, and even 
 goes so far as to attribute to him the great re- 
 putation of Longus's work. Now, this inimitable 
 masterpiece, this model which no one has been 
 able to reach, has not only been imitated by me 
 very "skilfully," to use your expression, but I 
 have corrected it throughout, and you cannot say 
 that any of the beauties of the original have been 
 lost. The undertaking was of such a nature that, 
 before it was carried out, everybody would have 
 laughed at the idea, because, in fact, there were 
 very few persons capable of carrying it out. There 
 are five or six people in Europe who know Greek ; 
 those who know French are fewer. But it is not 
 
2i6 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 only Greek and French that have helped me to 
 finish this beautiful copy, after having been so 
 fortunate as to restore the original ; it is rather 
 the excellent Italian writers, from whom I have 
 derived more benefit than from our own, and 
 who are the real origin of the beauties of Amyot ; 
 for, in order to touch up and finish Amyot's work, 
 it was necessary to possess his knowledge of the 
 three languages (a sufficiently rare combination) 
 which have formed his style. Thus this trifle, 
 trifle though it is, and certainly a very small one, 
 could have been produced by few. 
 
 I can understand, Monsieur, that your judg- 
 ment is not that of everyone else, and that what 
 has met with your approval may seem ridiculous 
 to others ; but, as the work is only known by your 
 notice of it, the public ought, for the moment, to 
 be favourably disposed towards me ; and, if this 
 prejudice in favour of my translation is able to 
 procure my acquittal from the charge of lese- 
 manuscrit) it does not matter to me whether it is 
 afterwards considered good or bad. 
 
 I would ask, then, that it should be considered 
 whether the merit of having completed, corrected, 
 and perfected this version, which everybody reads 
 with such delight, and of having given to the 
 learned a text which will soon be translated into 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 217 
 
 every language, can atone for the crime of having 
 involuntarily obliterated a few words in an old 
 book which no one before me has ever read, and 
 which no one will read after me ? If I possessed 
 M. Furia's eloquence, I would here summon the 
 shade of Longus, and, if I related the incident to 
 him, I would wager that he would laugh at it, and 
 would embrace me for having at last " restored 
 his amorous work to the light of day." You may 
 imagine what a face he would make at M. Furia, 
 who left him to be eaten with worms in the vener- 
 able old book. 
 
 I have the honour to be, Monsieur, &c. 
 
 Tivoli, Sept. 28^, 1810. 
 
 P.S. Is it worth while to tell you the reason 
 why I have not sent you either the text or the 
 translation which I promised? Being accused 
 of entering into a speculation with you in regard 
 to this fragment, of which I made you a present, 
 as you admit, was not my only course to "give 
 it " to the public myself ? I will also confess that 
 your ambition alarmed me. If, after having ac- 
 companied me into a library, you had said and 
 printed at Milan, " We have discovered, we are 
 going to bring out a complete Longus," would 
 it not have been clear that, once master and 
 
2i8 EXPLANATORY NOTE 
 
 publisher of this text, you would have said, like 
 Archimedes, Ev/j^/ca. You and M. Furia would 
 have decked yourself in my finest feathers, and 
 I should have been left with my spot of ink, of 
 which no one disputed possession with me. I 
 had meant to make a division : the profit for 
 you, the honour for me ; you wanted to have 
 both, and to leave me nothing but the blot. 
 Such a claim upset all our arrangements. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY 
 
 PASTORALIUM de Daphnide et Chloe libri 
 quatuor, graece, ex bibliotheca Aloisii Alamani, 
 cum notis Columbanii, Florentiae, apud Ph. 
 Junctam, 1598, superiorum permissu. 
 
 (The MS. from which this edition was printed 
 was compared by one of Columbanus's friends, 
 Fulvius Ursinus, with a MS. at Rome.) 
 
 Achillis Tatii de Clitophontis et Leucippes 
 amoribus libri viii. Longi Sophistse de Daphnide 
 et Chloes amoribus libri iv., etc., graece et latine. 
 Ex officina Commeliniana, Heidelbergae, 1601. 
 
 Pastoralium de Daphnide et Chloe libri quatuor, 
 gr. lat. Hanoviae, typis Wechelianis, 1605, cum 
 notis Jungermanni. 
 
 Longi Pastoralium de Daphnide et Chloe libri 
 quatuor. Editio nova, gr. lat., una cum emenda- 
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 Parisiorum, in gratiam curiosorum et Amstelo- 
 dami, 1754. 
 
 lidem libri, graece. Recensuit Lud. Dutens. 
 Parisiis : ex typographia F. A. Didot, 1776. (Only 
 200 copies printed.) 
 
 i Mainly from N. Pons, in the Paris edition of 1878. 
 
220 BIBLIOGRAPHY 
 
 lidem libri. Curavit varietatem lectionis ac 
 notas Jungermanni, Mollii et suas cum Gambarse 
 expositis addidit B. G. L. Boden, Lipsiae, 1777. 
 
 lidem libri, gr. lat., ex recensione et cum anim- 
 adversionibus J. B. Casparis d'Ansse de Villoison. 
 Excudebat F. A. Didot, Parisiis, 1778. 
 
 lidem libri, graece, cum proloquio de libris ero- 
 ticis antiquorum (P. M. Paciaudi) : Parmae, ex reg. 
 typogr., 1786. 
 
 Scriptores erotici graeci, ed. Mitscherlich, Deux- 
 Ponts, 1794. 
 
 Longi Pastoralia, graece, curante A. Coray, 
 Paris, P. Didot, 1802. 
 
 Longi Pastoralia, gr. lat. cum proloquio Paciaudi 
 de libris eroticis antiquorum, graeca recensuit, no- 
 tasque adjecit G. H. Schaefer, Lipsiae, 1803. 
 
 Longi sophistae pastoralia Lesbiaca, poema a 
 textu grseco in latinum numeris heroicis deductum 
 erotico poimenikon, Paris, 1809. 
 
 Longi Pastoralia e duobus codicibus manu- 
 scriptis italicis primum integra graece, edidit P. L. 
 Courier, Romae, 1810. 
 
 (This is the first edition containing the passage dis- 
 covered by Courier at Florence, of which an 
 account is given in the Introduction. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY 221 
 
 Longi Pastoralia edidit P. L. Courier, exemplar 
 romanum, emendatius et auctius typis reedendum 
 curavit Lud. de Simner, Paris, Didot, 1829. 
 
 Longi Pastoralia . . . adnotationes suas adjecit 
 Eduardus Seiler, Lipsiae, 1835 and 1843. 
 
 Erotici Graeci Scriptores, ex nova recensione 
 Guillelmi Adriani Hirschig, grace et latine, cum 
 indice historico, 1856. (Part of the Didot Collec- 
 tion des auteurs grecs.) 
 
 Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe, 
 Paris, Vincent Sertenaz, 1559. The first edition 
 of Amyot's original work : no indication is given 
 as to the manuscript used by him, or how the 
 Greek text came into his hands. It is noteworthy 
 that this French translation precedes the publica- 
 tion of the editio pvinceps of the Greek text by 
 forty years. This edition was reprinted a large 
 number of times in Paris and Amsterdam. We 
 may mention : 
 
 Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chlo6 
 (traduites du grec en fran9ais), 1718. Frontispice 
 d'apres Coypel et figures d'apres les tableaux du 
 Regent, graves par Benoit Audran. 
 
 Amours de Daphnis et de Chloe, traduit du grec 
 par Amyot, avec les notes d'Ant. Lancelot, public 
 par Falconnet, Paris, 1731. 
 
222 BIBLIOGRAPHY 
 
 Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe par 
 Longus, double traduction du grec en francais du 
 M. Amyot et d'un anonyme (L. Cannes), mis en 
 parallele et ornees des estampes originales du 
 fameux B. Audran, grave" es au depens du feu Due 
 d'Orleans, r6gent de France. 
 
 Traduction complete d'apres le mauuscrit de 
 Florence. Florence, Piatti, 1810. Here com- 
 mences the series of the revised (by Courier) 
 editions of Amyot's translations. 
 
 Romans grecs, traduits en iransais par Ch. 
 Zevort. Charpentier, 1856. 
 
 Daphnis and Chloe, d'apres la traduction de 
 J. Amyot, revue et complet6e par P. L. Courier. 
 Compositions de R. Collin, gravees a 1'eau forte 
 par Champollion. Preface de Jules Claretie. 
 Paris, 1890. (An edition de luxe.) 
 
 Daphnis und Chloe, aus dem griechischen des 
 Longus, von F. Grillo. Berlin, 1765. 
 
 There are also German translations by Kra- 
 binger (1809), F. Passow (Leipzig, 1811), and F. 
 Jacobs (1832). 
 
 Gli Amori Pastorali di Dafni e Cloe volgarizzati 
 da G. Gozzi. Parigi, 1781. 
 
 Gli Amori Pastorali di Dafni e di Cloe tradotti 
 della lingua greca nella nostra toscana dal com- 
 mendatore Annibal Caro. Parma, 1786. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY 223 
 
 Another edition of Gozzi's translation, col sup- 
 plimento tradotto da S. Ciampi e da A. Verri; 
 Collezione de' Classici Italiani, vol. 80. 
 
 Dafnis y Cloe : traduccion con introduccion y 
 notas por un Aprendiz de Hellenista : Madrid, 
 1880. 
 
 Daphnis and Chloe, a most sweet and pleasant 
 pastoral romance for young ladies, translated by 
 G. Thornley, London, 1657. 
 
 The Pastoral Amours of Daphnis and Chloe, a 
 novel written originally in Greek by Longus, and 
 translated into English by James Craggs, London, 
 1712. Several times reprinted : in 1764, with six 
 drawings, by J. B. Scotin. 
 
 Daphnis and Chloe, a pastoral novel, now first 
 selectly translated into English, by C. V. le Grice : 
 Penzance, 1803. 
 
 The Amours of Daphnis and Chloe, translated 
 by R. Smith (forming part of Bohn's Classical 
 Library) : London, 1848. 
 
 Daphnis and Chloe, a pastoral romance (the 
 translation based upon that of C. V. le Grice), 
 illustrated with engravings after designs by 
 Prudhon, etc. London, 1890. 
 
 Paul Louis Courier et la tache d'encre du 
 manuscrit de Longus de Florence, par H. Omont. 
 
224 BIBLIOGRAPHY 
 
 Notice sur tine nouvelle Edition de la tradnction 
 fran9aise de Longus par Amyot et sur la decou- 
 verte d'un fragment grec de cet ouvrage, par 
 A. T. Renouard (Repertoire des bibliographies 
 speciales). 
 
 Histoire et Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et 
 Chloe, ecrite premierement en grec par Longus 
 et maintenant mise en fran9ais: ensemble un 
 debat judicial de Folie et d' Amour, fait par Dame 
 L. L. L. (Louise Lab6 Lyonnoise), plus quelques 
 vers fran9ais, lesquels ne sont pas moins plaisants 
 que recreatifs, par M. D. R. (Madame des Roches), 
 poicterine, Paris, Jean Parens, 1578: in-i6 de 4 
 feuillets preliminaires et 132 chiffres. (Very rare.) 
 
 Histoire des Pastorales et Bocageres Amours de 
 Daphnis et Chloe, traduite du grec en francais 
 (par J. Amyot). Derniere edition, revue, corrigee, 
 et augmentee d'additions en marge, outre les pre- 
 c6dentes, et de quelques gaytes champestres tirees 
 duplaisirdes champs du Seigneur Gauchet. Paris, 
 Anth. du Breuil, 1594 et 1596. A third edition was 
 published in 1609. 
 
 Daphnis et Chloe, traduit de 1'original grec en 
 notre langue par le Sieur de Marcassus. Paris, 
 Toussaint du Bray, rue Saint-Jacques, aux 6pis 
 murs, 1626. 
 
 Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe, 
 6crites en grec par Longus et traduites en francais 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY 225 
 
 par Amyot. Paris, chez les h6ritiers de Cramoisy, 
 1712 et 1716. 
 
 Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe. 
 Paris, Coutelier, 1747. 
 
 Les Amours de Daphnis et Chloe, traduction 
 nouvelle par Fr. Valentin Mulot, chanoine r6gulier 
 de Saint-Victor a Mitylene, Reims, Cazin, 1783 : 
 r6imprim6 chez Patris, a Paris, en 1795. 
 
 Les mmes, traduction nouvelle par de Bure de 
 Saint-Fauxbin, Paris, Lamy, imprimeur de Mon- 
 sieur, 1787, 29 planches en bistre, gravees par 
 Martini d'apres le Regent. 
 
 Les memes, traduction nouvelle (de P. Blan- 
 chard ?), Paris, Maradan et Deseune, avec 5 
 coquettes figures dessinees par Monsiau et gravees 
 par Dupreel. 
 
 Les memes, traduction d' Amyot, Paris, Didot 
 ame, 1800, 9 figures d'apres G6rard et Prudhon. 
 Fait partie de la collection des auteurs classiques 
 imprimes pour l'6ducation du Dauphin. 
 
 Les memes, Paris, Renouard, 1803.! 
 
 Les Pastorales de Longus, ou Daphnis et Chloe, 
 traduction complete d'apres le texte grec des 
 meilleurs manuscrits, Paris, F. Didot, 1813 (500 
 copies). 
 
 i The copy of this edition in the British Museum has 
 added to it the series of illustrations engraved for the edition 
 of 1718 by B. Andrau, from the designs of Philip, Duke of 
 Orleans, as well as some other plates, which are proofs 
 before letters, and printed on India paper or satin. 
 
226 BIBLIOGRAPHY 
 
 Les memes, traduction de Messire Jacques 
 Amyot, en son vivant eveque d'Auxerre, et grand 
 aumonier de France : revue, corrigee, completee, 
 de nouveau refaite en grande partie par P. L. 
 Courier, vigneron, membre de la 16gion d'honneur, 
 ci-devant canonnier cheval, aujourd'hui en prison 
 a Saint- P61agie, Paris, Alex. Cow6ard, 1821. 
 
 Les memes, traduction complete par P. L, 
 Courier, nouvelle edition, revue et corrigee, Paris, 
 J. S. Merlin, 1825, avec un dessin representant la 
 Ie9on de flute. (This is the last edition that had 
 the benefit of Courier's personal revision, as he 
 was assassinated, April i2th, 1825.) 
 
 Romans grecs, Daphnis et Chloe de Longus, 
 traduction d' Amyot, Lefevre, et Charpentier, 1851. 
 
 Les Romans illustres, anciens et modernes. 
 Daphnis et Chloe, traduction d'Amyot, revue par 
 P. L. Courier, 1849. 
 
 Les Pastorales de Longus, Daphnis et Chlo6, 
 traduction d'Amyot et de Courier, avec une preface 
 d'Amaury Duval, Paris, Hetzel, 1862. (Remark- 
 able for some drawings by Leopold Burtle.) 
 
 Les memes, chez Marpon et Dubuisson, 1862 
 (Reproduced several times.) 
 
 Les memes, Paris, Leclere, 1862, avec 9 photo- 
 gravures des figures de Prudhon. 
 
 Les mmes, Leclere, 1863, avec de charmantes 
 vignettes et gravures d'apres Wille et Eisen. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY 227 
 
 Les memes, Paris, Picard, 1866. 
 Les meTnes, Paris, Jouaust, 1872. 
 
 Les me"mes, edition revue et completee, avec 
 une glossaire des mots difficiles, par Jannet, 
 Paris, Lemerre, 1873. 
 
 Les memes, chez J. Maury et Cie. 
 
 Les memes, traduction d'Amyot, comp!6t6e par 
 Courier, suivie de la lettre de celui-ci a M. 
 Renouard, Paris, De la Rue, 1876. 
 
 Les merries, traduction de Courier, suivies des 
 Po6sies d'Anacreon et de Sapho. 
 
 Les IV. Livres de 1'Histoire de Daphnis et 
 Chloe, par le docteur Nicolaus Piccolos, chez 
 Laine et Savard, 1866. (A learned critical edition 
 by a modern Greek.) 
 
 Delia Scoperta e Subitanea Perdita di una parte 
 inedita del primo libro dei Pastorali di Longo, par 
 Furia, Florence, 1810. (See Courier's Letter.) 
 
 Dunlop's History of Fiction, vol. i. 
 Villemain, Essai sur les Romans Grecs. 
 Blackwood's Magazine, vol. liv., p. 109 ; lv., p. 33. 
 Foreign Quarterly Review, vol. v. 
 Westminster Review, cxxxvii. 
 
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