Daphnis and Chloe
The first vernacular edition of "Daphnis and Chloe" was the French version of Jacques Amyot, published in 1559. Along with the "Diana" of Jorge de Montemayor (published in the same year), "Daphnis and Chloe" helped inaugurate a European vogue for pastoral fiction in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. "Daphnis and Chloe" was the model of "La Sireine" of Honoré d'Urfé, the "Aminta" of Torquato Tasso, and "The Gentle Shepherd" of Allan Ramsay. The novel "Paul et Virginie" by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre echoes the same story.