SCRIPTORES EROTICI GRÆCI

THE GREEK ROMANCES

OF

HELIODORUS, LONGUS,

AND

ACHILLES TATIUS,

COMPRISING

THE ETHIOPICS; OR, ADVENTURES OF THEAGENESAND CHARICLEA;

THE PASTORAL AMOURS OF DAPHNIS AND CHLOE;

AND

THE LOVES OF CLITOPHO AND LEUCIPPE.

Translated from the Greek, with notes.

By the REV. ROWLAND SMITH, M.A.

FORMERLY OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD.

LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS, YORK STREETCOVENT GARDEN.

1901.

CONTENTS.

PREFACE
Summaries:
HELIODORUS.
LONGUS.
ACHILLES TATIUS.
THE ADVENTURES OF THEAGENES AND CHARICLEA.
BOOK II.
BOOK III.
BOOK IV.
BOOK V.
BOOK VI.
BOOK VII.
BOOK VIII.
BOOK IX.
BOOK X.
THE LOVES OF DAPHNIS AND CHLOE, A PASTORAL NOVEL.
BOOK II.
BOOK III.
BOOK IV.
THE LOVES OF CLITOPHO AND LEUCIPPE.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
BOOK III.
BOOK IV.
BOOK V.
BOOK VI.
BOOK VII.
BOOK VIII.

PREFACE

By no reader of classical antiquity will any of its remains be regardedas entirely devoid of worth. The "fine gold" will naturally standfirst in estimation, but the "silver and brass and iron," nay eventhe "iron mingled with miry clay," will each possess its respectivevalue. Accordingly, while the foremost place will ever be assigned toits Historians, Philosophers, Orators, and Poets, the time will not beesteemed thrown away which makes him acquainted with those authors whostruck out a new vein of writing, and abandoning the facts of historyand the inventions of mythology, drew upon their own imagination andsought for subjects in the manners and pursuits of domestic life.

The publication of a revised translation of Heliodorus and Longus, andof a new translation of Achilles Tatius, calls for some brief prefatoryobservations upon the origin of fictitious narrative among the Greeks;that department of literature which, above any other, has been prolificin finding followers, more especially in modern times; and which,according to the spirit in which it is handled, is capable of producingsome of the best or worst effects upon society.

Works of fiction may, as we know, administer a poisoned cup, butthey ma

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