A Novelist Writing “History”: Longus’ Thucydides Again

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  • Stephen M. Trzaskoma

Abstract

The Thucydidean coloring of Daphnis and Chloe is not confined to the prologue, but is visible too in the central episode: the war in Book 3 can be seen to echo Thucydides' Mytilene debate and conflict.

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2005-03-22

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