, This song inflamed my soul all the more, for erotic stories fuel the appetite, ??? ????? ?????????? ????????? ??? ????????? ????? ????????, 2010.

, Probably first with tragedy and the character of Orestes, see for instance Vidal-Naquet, 1981.

, On those lieux communs in Greek novels, Létoublon, 1993.

, The corespondences between myths and rituals are not easy to understand, about Iphigeneia and arkteia), pp.489-92, 1999.

, On Achilles, p.493, 2011.

, (the myth of Syrinx, parallel to Daphnis and Chloe, receives here the charge of proving Leucippe's virginity), and 8.12 (Styx's water, as a very sophistic test of virtue for the secondary character of Melite. The aetiology of the myth sublimation: their tears are flowing forever in the form of a spring or of myrrh, Leucippe and Clitophon, vol.2, issue.23, pp.34-37

O. Zajko and . Gorman, 13-14) well emphasize the importance of desire in both the author and the audience or readers, 2013.

, He thought the maid had been changed into the reeds and wept that he had cut her, supposing his beloved had been slashed

, The description lingers over each body part as it is translated into the parts of a tree which seems the most appropriate for it. Feet as roots, hair as leaves, et cetera. In one way the transformation is made to seem appropriate and 'natural' ; this raises the question of whether a transformation takes place at all. For Apollo's sexual desire does not seem to be diminished, Daphnis and Chloe 8.6.10 "Gathering up the severed bits of reed as if they were the limbs of her body and joining them together as a single body, vol.8, 2013.

, His breath flowed through the narrow reed passages and made flutelike sounds : the syrinx had a voice

S. Zajko and O. Gorman, The theme of metamorphosis itself de-naturalizes the process of human development and change, as the characters in the poem transform into flowers, animals, and trees, vol.8, 2013.