Daphnis and Chloë, who are taken in as foundlings by two different shepherd families, grow up in the idyllic mountains of Lesbos. There, they tend to their parents' flocks: Daphnis looks after the goats, while Chloë cares for the sheep. However, in a play between naivety and passion, they soon discover their love for each other. But before they can finally be together, this love is put to various tests: they are separated by the long winter, courted and seduced by others, and even kidnapped by pirates and raiders. Longus established the genre of pastoral romance with his enchanting love story and simultaneously created a classic of late Greek antiquity. It is hard to find another love story that has influenced the literary world so profoundly and continues to inspire anew.