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Originally Posted by Hard8s
What the ??? Who is Longus, and who are Daphnis and Chloe, and why the hell didn't she just go to the store for another apple instead of risking her neck by climbing to the top of the tree for the last remaining apple? And who came up with these names???
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"Daphnis and Chloe" is, while not the earliest surviving novel, probably the earliest surviving novel that's any good. Longus is the author. Daphnis was actually a he, not a she (the guy's very lucky that he didn't have to attend an American highschool). They didn't go to the store because it takes place around the second century, and you know, just isn't as romantic. Being the author Longus was probably the one to come up with the names; probably his own as well, as it's likely to have been a pseudonym.
See, you learn something new every day.