Dorcon

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Dorcon is a rustic cowherd in Longus’s ancient Greek pastoral romance "Daphnis and Chloe," known for his unrequited love for Chloe and his role as a comic, sympathetic rival to Daphnis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comic rival
cowherd
fictional character
pastoral character
appearsInLanguage Ancient Greek
associatedWith herding cattle
pastoral countryside
belongsToTradition ancient Greek pastoral literature
characterInWork Daphnis and Chloe NERFINISHED
characterTrait comic
earnest
rustic
sympathetic
contrastsWith Daphnis NERFINISHED
createdBy Longus NERFINISHED
failsToAchieve Chloe’s love
firstAppearance Daphnis and Chloe, Book 1 NERFINISHED
gender male
hasUnrequitedLoveFor Chloe NERFINISHED
literaryGenre ancient Greek pastoral romance
narrativeRole comic character
rustic suitor
sympathetic rival
nationalityInFiction Greek
occupation cowherd
pursues marriage with Chloe
romanticRivalOf Daphnis NERFINISHED
setting Lesbos NERFINISHED
socialClass rustic herdsman

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ravel Daphnis et Chloé mainCharacters Dorcon
subject surface form: Daphnis et Chloé