Daphnis Collection

Title Characters
A series of illustrations showing title characters from various operas, films and plays, including Daphnis Et Chloe, Hernani, Judith and Holofernes, Samson and Delilah, Abelard and Heloise, Manon

Daphnis - Alcimadura
DAPHNIS AND ALCIMADURA Daphnis dies of love for the beautiful but haughty Alcimadura, but she stills disdains him Date: circa 1870

Duchess of Parma and Count Almaviva dolls dressed
Dolls of the Duchess of Parma and Count Almaviva, from The Barber of Seville, dressed by young Princess Victoria. Color plate after an illustration by Alan Wright from Frances H

Oleander hawkmoth, Daphnis nerii
Oleander hawkmoth or army green moth, Daphnis nerii (Deilephila nerii). Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History

African deaths head hawkmoth and oleander hawk-moth
African deaths head hawkmoth and larva, Acherontia atropos 1, 2, and oleander hawk-moth, Daphnis nerii 3. Sphinx tete de mort, chenille, Sphinx du laurier-rose

Brimstone, clouded yellow, brown hairstreak
Common brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni 1, clouded yellow, Colias croceus 2 brown hairstreak, Thecla betulae 3, Meleagers blue, Polyommatus daphnis 4, and black hairstreak, Satyrium pruni 5

Oleander hawkmoth and hummingbird moth
Oleander hawkmoth, Daphnis nerii, and hummingbird moth or white-lined sphinx, Hyles lineata. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel

Oleander hawk-moth and spurge hawk-moth
Oleander hawk-moth, Daphnis nerii 1, and caterpillar on oleander flower, Nerium oleander, and spurge hawk-moth, Hyles euphorbiae 2, and caterpillar on leafy spurge, Euphorbia esula

Curtis British Entomology Plate 626
Lepidoptera: Daphnis nerii (Rose-Bay Sphinx, Oleander Hawk) [Plant: Vinca major (Greater Periwinkle)] Date: 1824-39

DAPHNIS
Daphnis, a Sicilian shepherd, son of Hermes, not only has a romantic affair with Chloe but finds time to invent pastoral poetry, with a little help from Pan and the Muses

Daphnis and Chloe (5)
Daphnis and Chloe. The naive, young naked lovers begin to feel an uncomprehending love for each other

Mopsus & Menalcas / Virgil
Mopsus & Menalcas sing praises of Daphnis

TURKEY. Didyma. Temple of Apollo. Temple of the 4th century B.C.-II A.D. Designed by Paionios of Ephesus and Daphnis of Miletus. Residence of Oracle. Hellenistic art. Architecture

Daphnis and Chloe (6)
Daphnis and Chloe. The naive, young lovers begin to feel an uncomprehending love for each other

Daphnis and Chloe (4)
Daphnis and Chloe by a river and waterfall

Daphnis and Chloe (2)
A goatherd, Lamon, finds a male baby being suckled by one of his goats. He decides to rear the child, helped by his wife and goat, and names him Daphnis

Daphnis and Chloe (3)
Daphnis tells Chloe the story of the wood pigeon

Daphnis and Chloe (1)
Daphnis and Chloe, standing beneath a tree

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