Download or read book A Study of Daphnis and Chloe written by R. L. Hunter and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-09-10 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1983 book provides a serious modern literary treatment of perhaps the best known of all surviving works of ancient Greek fiction. Dr Hunter demonstrates the sophistication of this pastoral romance, a sophistication which he maintains has often been assumed but never properly discussed. Evidence for the identity of the author and the date of composition are also considered.