Excerpt from Daphnis ChloeHerodas, but in other forms for which we have scanty and fragmentary evidence.1 There is almost certainly a relationship with the New Comedy. As we have seen, two of Longus' characters come ultimately from Menander, and there are instances, both in the Pastoralia and in the other romances, of the employment of two familiar dramatic devices, the mpme'raa or sudden change of fortune, and the dmvpwpo', or recognition.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.