Titolo Liebe und poetische Reflexion. Der Hirtenroman des Longos Periodico Prometheus Anno: 1994 - Volume: 20 - Fascicolo: Fascicolo 3 - Pagina iniziale: 193 - Pagina finale: 210
In the preface to his novel, Longus tacitly refutes both Plato’s aversion to mimetic art (Resp. 601a-602b) and Thucydides’ dislike for fiction (1.22), at the same time defining his own literary agenda through the fusion of three genres, i.e. comedy, pastoral, and erotic novel.