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Lucian, VI: 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...(Loeb Classical Library No. 430)

Lucian, VI: 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...(Loeb Classical Library No. 430)

K. Kilburn
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Lucian , 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 lively, cynical wit of the humorous 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" , "Dialogues of the Gods" , "Dialogues of the Dead" , "Philosophies for Sale" , "The Fisherman" , "The Carousal" or "Symposium" , "Timon" , "Twice Accused" and "The Ass" .

The Loeb Classical Library edition of Lucian is in eight volumes.
Language
English
Pages
512
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Release
January 01, 1959
ISBN
0674994744
ISBN 13
9780674994744

Lucian, VI: 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...(Loeb Classical Library No. 430)

K. Kilburn
4.2/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
Lucian , 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 lively, cynical wit of the humorous 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" , "Dialogues of the Gods" , "Dialogues of the Dead" , "Philosophies for Sale" , "The Fisherman" , "The Carousal" or "Symposium" , "Timon" , "Twice Accused" and "The Ass" .

The Loeb Classical Library edition of Lucian is in eight volumes.
Language
English
Pages
512
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Release
January 01, 1959
ISBN
0674994744
ISBN 13
9780674994744

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