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  • Both names stem from classical literature, and Chloe is one of the lovers in Longus's Greek pastoral novel, Daphnis and Chloe, in which two orphans from Lesbos, brought up by goatkeepers and shepherds, gradually fall in love and receive a sexual education from various mortal and mythological characters.

    'Pleasure is now, and ought to be, your business': Stealing Sexuality in Jane Austen's _Juvenilia_ 2006

  • Sempronius, surnamed "Longus," fought a successful action with the Carthaginian Hanno at Grumentum in Lucania.

    The History of Rome, Vol. III 1905

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  • And as Paul charged them, Longus and Cestus the centurion went early in the morning and approached with fear unto the grave of Paul.

    Resurrection in the Acts of Paul James F. McGrath 2008

  • Rhea was held up in the arms of Petronius Longus as if to get a better view of her mother being abducted.

    A Body In The Bath House Davis, Lindsey 2001

  • These designs were engraved by Benoit Audran; they embellish what is called "the Regent's edition" of the Pastoral of Longus, which was printed under his inspection in the year 1718.

    The Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency d'Orleans, Charlotte -Elisabeth, duchesse 2001

  • Stifling his anxiety, Caesar rode straight down the Vicus Longus heading for the Forum.

    The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

  • Longus, which was printed under his inspection in the year 1718.

    Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

  • Longus, or 'The Golden Ass' of Apuleius, or the titles of Gothic

    The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Various

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