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| Genre/Form: | Bilingual books Satire, Greek Dialogues, Greek Translations Satirical literature Dialogues (Literature) Translations into English |
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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Lucian, of Samosata. Lucian. London, W. Heinemann; New York, Macmillan [1913-1967] (OCoLC)581313193 |
| Named Person: | Lucian, of Samosata; Lucian, of Samosata. |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Lucian, of Samosata.; A M Harmon; K Kilburn; M D Macleod |
| ISBN: | 9780674990159 0674990153 9780674990609 0674990609 9780674991446 0674991443 9780674991798 0674991796 9780674993334 0674993330 9780674994744 0674994744 9780674994751 0674994752 9780674994768 0674994760 |
| OCLC Number: | 7623348 |
| Language Note: | Parallel Greek text and English translation. |
| Notes: | Imprint varies. In eight volumes. Volume 6 translated by K. Kilburn ; volumes 7-8 translated by M.D. MacLeod. |
| Description: | 8 volumes ; 17 cm. |
| Contents: | Volume 1. 1913. Phalaris -- Hippias, or, The bath -- Dionysus -- Heracles -- Amber, or, The Swans -- The fly -- Nigrinus -- Demonax -- The Hall -- My native land -- Octogenarians -- A true story -- Slander -- The consonants at law -- The carousal (symposium), or, The Lapiths. Volume 2. 1915. The downward journey, or, The tyrant -- Zeus catechized -- Zeus rants -- The dream, or, The cock -- Prometheus -- Icaromenippus, or, The sky-man -- Timon, or, The misanthrope -- Charon, or, The inspectors -- Philosophies for sale. Volume 3. 1921. The dead come to life, or, The fisherman -- The double indictment, or, Trials by Jury -- On sacrifices -- The ignorant book collector -- The dream, or, Lucian's career -- The parasite -- The lover of lies -- The judgement of the goddesses -- On salaried posts in great houses. Volume 4. 1925. Anacharsis, or, Athletics -- Menippus, or, The descent into Hades -- On Funerals -- A professor of public speaking -- Alexander the false prophet -- Essays in portraiture -- Essays in portraiture defended -- The goddesse of Surrye Volume 5. 1936. The passing of Peregrinus --The runaways -- Toxaris, or, Friendship -- The dance -- Lexiphanes -- The eunuch -- Astrology -- The mistaken critic -- The parliament of the gods -- The tyrannicide -- Disowned. Volume 6. 1959. How to write history -- The dipsads -- Saturnalia -- Herodotus, or, Aetion -- Zeuxis, or, Antiochus -- A slip of the tongue in greeting -- Apology for the "salaried posts in great houses" -- Harmonides -- A conversation with Hesiod -- The Scythian, or, The consul -- Hermotimus, or, Concerning the sects -- To one who said "You're a Prometheus in words" -- The ship, or, The wishes. Volume 7. 1961. Dialogues of the dead -- Dialogues of the sea-gods -- Dialogues of the gods -- Dialogues of the courtesans. Volume 8. 1967. Soloecista -- Lucius, or, The ass -- Amores -- Halcyon -- Demosthenes -- Podagra -- Ocypus -- Cyniscus -- Philopatris -- Charidemus -- Nero. |
| Series Title: | Loeb classical library, 14.; Loeb classical library, 54.; Loeb classical library, 130.; Loeb classical library, 162.; Loeb classical library, 302.; Loeb classical library, 430-432. |
| Responsibility: | with an English translation by A.M. Harmon. |
Abstract:
Lucian (c. 120-190 CE), apprentice sculptor then travelling rhetorician, settled in Athens and developed an original brand of satire. Notable for the Attic purity and elegance of his Greek and for literary versatility, he is famous chiefly for the lively, cynical wit of the dialogues in which he satirizes human folly, superstition, and hypocrisy.
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