As part of our assignment, I was asked to find a picture displaying my depiction of Daphnis and Chloe. Unfortunately, none of the pictures that I looked through seemed to capture how I saw the two young lovers. After rereading the novella, however, I noticed a similarity between Daphnis and Chloe and a certain Disney movie.

When Daphnis and Dorcon have a competition on who's the most handsome, Dorcon describes Daphnis as such: That man is small, he doesn’t have a beard, just like a woman, and is as black as a wolf, (Morales 145). Daphnis responds by equating himself to Dionysus and, naturally, wins the competition. He is rewarded with a kiss from the fair Chloe; and the reader is then presented with a description of Chloe. “He was filled with admiration for her hair, because it was blonde, and her eyes, because they were large like a cow’s, and her complexion, because it was whiter, truly, even than goats’ milk,” (146).

Going off on their descriptions alone, I finally discovered the prefect picture depicting both Daphnis and Chloe.

This piece of art was illustrated by Andells on an art website I go to. This is Flynn Rider and Rapunzel from the newest Disney movie, "Tangled."

After reading Daphnis and Chloe, it was hard not to picture these two as the main characters. Looking specifically at Rapunzel's design from the original movie, its hard to ignore the fact that she is a spot on representation of Chloe.

Note the big "cow like" eyes, her milky white completion. And of course, there's the flowing blond hair.

Looking to the similarity between Daphnis and Flynn, one can note his dark completion and boyish good looks. Flynn, coincidentally, is also smaller in comparison to the other male characters. As one can see in this pictures. The brutes from the Snuggly Duckling easily hold Flynn down and tower over him.






Is it a coincidence that these characters just so happen to be prefect representations of Daphnis and Chloe? I think NOT! We all know that Disney has this terrible habit of stealing original ideas from other stories. Perhaps, the character designs of these two love birds were also fished out from the great ocean of stories.

Look! There's even a depiction of Dorcon in this movie! "I, dear girl, am taller than Daphnis... I am as white as milk, and my hair is a fire that sparkles like the red summer corn," (145.)