Longus

British  

/ ˈlɒŋɡəs /

noun

1. ?3rd century _ad , Greek author of the prose romance Daphnis and Chloe

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All that can be safely said is that it reads with distinctly modern effect after Heliodorus and Achilles, Longus and Xenophon.

From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by George Saintsbury

Scotland’s Scourge, Edward I. His son, Edward II., buried him in Westminster Abbey, where his tomb is still to be seen, with the following inscription:— Edwardus Longus, Scotorum Malleus, hic est.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

Sempronius Longus, with his army from Sicily, effected a junction with his colleague, Scipio, in his fortified camp on the W. or left bank of the Trebia. 8-9 ieiunum . . . rigefecit, i.e.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

The romance of Longus, however, calls for some remarks, as it is the best known of the Greek novels and has often been pronounced a story of refined love worthy of a modern writer.

From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Henry Theophilus Finck

The Romans divided their forces into two parts and sent out the consuls,—Sempronius Longus to Sicily and Publius Scipio to Spain.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio