Between Literary Tradition and Narratology
The Wonder of the Observer in the Proem of Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21819469 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marianna Angela Nardi (0000-0001-5690-0014, University of the Republic of San Marino, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 322-338 |
| Publication date | 2025-10-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Trends in Classics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1866-7473 • E-ISSN: 1866-7481 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/tc-2025-0018 |
| OpenAlex | W4415351210 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 40 |
In the proem of Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe , an anonymous hunter gazes in wonder at the images painted on a γραφή: the ἱστορία ἔρωτος depicted on the painting stimulates the writing of the four books of the novel. In the phrase ἰδόντα με καὶ θαυμάσαντα, which describes the marveling vision of the anonymous observer, scholars recognize a textual allusion to the profile of Gyges that Plato illustrates in the Republic (2.359c7–360b3). This paper aims to investigate the possible allusion and examine, with a narratological approach, the profile of some amazed observers in the plot of Daphnis and Chloe
Allusion · Phrase · Wonder · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
Longus
Critical Notes on Plato's Politeia
The Textual Tradition of Plato's Republic
Plato and the Traditions of Ancient Literature
Plato’s Phaedrus in Second-Century Greek Literature
Virtue and Law in Plato and Beyond
Ringing the changes on Gyges
The Poetics of Eros
Longus, 'Daphnis and Chloe'
The Pastoral Novel and the Bucolic Tradition
Beyond the Second Sophistic
Narrative and Identity in the Ancient Greek Novel
Beyond the Second Sophistic
L'anneau de Gygès
Daphnis et Chloé
Longus’ Narrator
Cicero and Gyges
The "Digressive" "Aitia" in Longus
Theocritus' seventh Idyll , Philetas and Longus
On Coming After
The Greek Novel
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |