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Selected Satires of Lucian

Author : Lucian (of Samosata.)
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 10,45 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 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 Satires of Lucian

Author : Lionel Casson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 25,44 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 135149158X

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The unsurpassed satirist of the ancient era was a young Syrian named Lucian, who, writing in Greek in the second century a.d., combined wit, irony, fearless candor, and exuberant comic fantasy to create the triumphantly irreverent dialogues and stories contained in this book. His genial mockery, aimed at man's omnipresent feelings, has never gone out of date. The jabs he gave the hypocrites; grandstanders, fakers and boobs of the ancient world can just as appropriately be administered to their counterparts in the modern world.Lucian's most typical genre is a parody of a Platonic dialogue, in which Zeus, Hermes, Eros, and other Olympians jabber in undivine harassment as some clever mortal (who very much resembles Lucian) is about to make scandalous fools of them. He also excelled at straight narrative, his two most famous tales being the elaborate science fiction spoof; "A True Story," and an old folk tale retold outrageously, "Lucius the Ass." His works were the product of an unrelentingly rational and skeptical mind, and have had an incalculable effect on writers and painters through the ages.Until this volume, the English language reader of today to appreciate the importance and intelligence of Lucian. No volume of representative selections in translation is in print. There are satisfactory versions of the complete works, but the reader who takes this long will most likely lose a good deal of the sting of Lucian's needle. Lionel Cassen also illustrates the full range of Lucian's subject matter and various literary forms and when translating tried to focus on the Greek spirit as opposed to the literal meaning.

Lucian

Author : Llucià
Publisher :
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 11,51 MB
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 9780856684159

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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

Lucian: Selected Dialogues

Author : Lucian (of Samosata.)
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 24,10 MB
Release : 2005-12
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 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.

Lucian's True History

Author : Lucian (of Samosata.)
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,89 MB
Release : 1902
Category : Satire, Greek
ISBN :

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Trips to the Moon

Author : Of Samosata Lucian
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 44,45 MB
Release : 2019-11-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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"Trips to the Moon" by Of Samosata Lucian was originally written in the 2nd century, though it was later translated in the late 1800s. A satire about society through the lens of the ancient Greeks, the book is just as fun and insightful to read now as it was nearly two thousand years ago when it was first penned.

Lucian: Selections

Author : Lucian
Publisher : Bristol Classical Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 23,37 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :

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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.

Chattering Courtesans and Other Sardonic Sketches

Author : Lucian
Publisher : ePenguin
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 12,2 MB
Release : 2004-06-24
Category : Drama
ISBN :

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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.

Lucian

Author : Lucian
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : pages
File Size : 43,74 MB
Release : 2016-05-20
Category :
ISBN : 9781357871840

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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 :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 17,77 MB
Release : 2020-08-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 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.