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| Author | : Lucian |
| Publisher | : Bristol Classical Press |
| Total Pages | : 156 |
| Release | : 1986 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : |
This selection from the writings of the second century AD satirist Lucian is aimed atbeginning and intermediate students of ancient Greek. It consists of the Greek text with facing vocabularies and explanations, an appendix on Lucian's life an works, exercises dealing with vocabulary, grammar and style, and a general vocabulary at the back of the book.
| Author | : Lucian (of Samosata.) |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Total Pages | : 406 |
| Release | : 1968 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780393004434 |
A collection of writings by the 2nd century satirist who ridiculed tyrants, philosophers, and even the gods, in his mock dialogues and prose narratives.
| Author | : Lucian (of Samosata.) |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 1877 |
| Genre | : Greek literature |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Llucià |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 316 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780856684159 |
Lucian lived in the second century AD and though his mother tongue was probably Aramaic he was famous for his witty satire and polished Greek. The aim of this selection is to produce a representative coverage of some of Lucians best work, particularly those pieces not available in recent editions or translations. Five of the nine works offered are examples of the comic, satiric dialogue as that was Lucians forte, but also included to illustrate the authors versatility are an autobiography, a satirical discourse, a description of a painting and a major work of literary criticism. Greek text with facing-page treanslation, introduction and commentary
| Author | : Lucian (of Samosata.) |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 310 |
| Release | : 1892 |
| Genre | : Dialogues, Greek |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Lucian (of Samosata.) |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 310 |
| Release | : 2005-12 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 9780199258673 |
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.
| Author | : Lucian (of Samosata.) |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 496 |
| Release | : 1913 |
| Genre | : Bilingual books |
| ISBN | : |
LUCIAN (c. 120-190 A.D.) the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful travelling lecturer, before settling in Athens and developing his original brand of satire. Late in life he fell on hard times and accepted an official post in Egypt. Although notable for the Attic purity and elegance of his Greek and his literary versatility, Lucian is chiefly famed for the dialogues in which he satirises human folly, superstition and hypocrisy. His aim was to amuse rather than to instruct. Among his best works are A True Story (the tallest of tall stories about a voyage to the moon), Dialogues of the Gods (a 'reductio ad absurdum' of traditional mythology), Dialogues of the Dead (on the vanity of human wishes), Philosophies for Sale (great philosophers of the past are auctioned off as slaves), The Fisherman (the degeneracy of modern philosophers), The Carousal (philosophers misbehave at a party), Timon (the problems of being rich), Twice accused (Lucian's defence of his literary career) and (if by Lucian) The ass (the amusing adventures of a man who turned into an ass).
