Lucian: Selected Dialogues
Lucian: Selected Dialogues

Author: Lucian (of Samosata.)

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2005-12

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9780199258673

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This is a selection of pieces by the Greek satirist Lucian. Lucian invented the comic dialogue as a satiric tool, and had immense influence on many later European literatures. He is also extremely funny, whether puncturing the pretensions of pompous philosophers or describing the daily lives of Greek courtesans. The translation aims to be lively and modern in idiom, while maintaining accuracy.

Selected Satires of Lucian
Selected Satires of Lucian

Author: Lucian (of Samosata.)

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1968

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 9780393004434

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A collection of writings by the 2nd century satirist who ridiculed tyrants, philosophers, and even the gods, in his mock dialogues and prose narratives.

Selected Dialogues
Selected Dialogues

Author: Lucian,

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2009-08-27

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0199555931

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The Greek satirist Lucian was a brilliantly entertaining writer who invented the comic dialogue as a vehicle for satiric comment. This lively new translation is both accurate and idiomatic, and the introduction highlights Lucian's importance in his own and later times.

Chattering Courtesans and Other Sardonic Sketches
Chattering Courtesans and Other Sardonic Sketches

Author: Lucian

Publisher: ePenguin

Published: 2004-06-24

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13:

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A Greek-educated Syrian, Lucian wrote witty pieces that demonstrate a profound skepticism for religion and philosophy and encourage honest living and good sense. “Chattering Courtesans” is a series of short dialogues in which the amusing gossip of “kept women” gives rise to a discussion of more serious subjects such as love, sex, and marriage. Other comic dialogues in this volume show Lucian making fun of fanaticism and mocking pretension, hypocrisy, and the vanity of human wealth and power, while in “Diatribes” he targets a range of subjects, from scandal and money to death, in order to demonstrate the follies of contemporary life. Also included here is Lucian's most famous work, True Histories, which inspired imaginary voyages, from More's Utopia to Swift's Gulliver's Travels.

Trips to the Moon
Trips to the Moon

Author: Samosata Lucian

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2024-06-25

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 3387339038

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Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Lucian's a true story
Lucian's a true story

Author: Lucian (of Samosata.)

Publisher: Edgar Evan Hayes

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 0983222800

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The aim of this book is to make Lucian's A True Story accessible to intermediate students of Ancient Greek. The running vocabulary and commentary are meant to provide everything necessary to read each page. Lucian's A True Story is a great text for intermediate readers. Its breathless narrative does not involve many complex sentences or constructions; there is some unusual vocabulary and a few departures from Attic Greek, but for the most part it is a straightforward narrative that is fun and interesting by one of antiquity's cleverest authors. In A True Story, Lucian parodies accounts of fanciful adventures and travel to incredible places by authors such as Ctesias and Iambulus. The story's combination of mockery and learning makes it an excellent example of the Greek literature of the imperial period. Revised August, 2014.

Lucian's True History: A Novel Written in the Second Century AD by Lucian of Samosata, a Greek-speaking Author of Assyrian Descent, and a Sat
Lucian's True History: A Novel Written in the Second Century AD by Lucian of Samosata, a Greek-speaking Author of Assyrian Descent, and a Sat

Author: Lucian Of Samosata

Publisher:

Published: 2020-08-31

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9782491251697

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A True History is a novel written in the second century AD by Lucian of Samosata, a Greek-speaking author of Assyrian descent. The novel is a satire of outlandish tales that had been reported in ancient sources, particularly those that presented fantastic or mythical events as if they were true. It is Lucian's best-known work.