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Scene 1
Invocation to the nymphs
Entrance of Daphnis et Chloé
Dance of the young girls around Daphnis
Dorcon's advance to Chloé
Daphnis reasserts his love for Chloé. The Dorcon-Daphnis dance contest for a kiss from Chloé
Dorcon's grotesque dance
The graceful dance of Daphnis
The triumph of Daphnis and the ecstatic union with Chloé
Entrance of the temptress Lyceion and dance of veils
The invasion of the pirates and and Daphnis's unsuccessful efforts to save Chloé
Invoaction to Pan by the nymphs and the prayer of Daphnis
Interlude
Scene 2
The orgiastic dance of the pirates
Bryaxis orders Chloé to be brought forward and to dance
Chloé's dance of suøøication
Creatures of Pan appear and frighten the pirates, who fell in terror, leaving Chloé alone with a shining crown
Scene 3
Sunrise. Daphnis prostate at the grotto of the nymphs
Daphnis et Chloé are reunited
Lammon tells how Pan saved Chloé in memory of his love for the nymph Syrinx. Daphnis and Chloé act out the story
Pan (Daphnis) fashions a flute from some reeds, on which he declares his love for Syrinx (Chloé)
Abandoning their roles, the lovers embrace and kneel at the altar of the nymphs
Girls dressed as bacchantes enter with tambourines
Young men invade the scene, and joyous tumult prevails in tribute to the triumph of the lovers