(Longus)Daphnis and Chloe. Love Romances and Poetical Fragments. Fragments of the Ninus Romance Here is the bucolic story of two foundlings, brought up by goatkeepers and shepherds on the island of Lesbos, who gradually fall in love. Notable among ancient romances for its perceptive characterizations, Daphnis and Chloe traces the development of the protagonists' love for each other from childlike innocence to full sexual maturity, the successive stages marked by adventures. The novel's picture of nature and rural life offers its own enchantments. This volume also contains the Love Romances of Parthenius, a collection of stories in abbreviated form, and fragments of the Ninus Romance. Series No. 69 / 448 pages / ISBN 0-674-99076-5