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Title

Lucian / with an English translation by A.M. Harmon.

Author

Lucian, of Samosata.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press ; London : W. Heinemann, 1913-1967.

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Additional Authors

• Harmon, A. M. (Austin Morris)
• Kilburn, K.
• Macleod, M. D.

Description

8 volumes; 17 cm

Summary

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).

Series Statement

The Loeb classical library, Greek authors ; 14, 54, 130, 162, 302, 430-432

Uniform Title

• Works. English & Greek. 1913
• Loeb classical library ; 14, etc.

Alternative Title

Works. 1913

Subject

• Lucian, of Samosata
• Satire, Greek

Note

• Vol. 6 translated by K. Kilburn, v. 7-8 by M.D. MacLeod.
• Reprints have imprint: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, pages xiii-xiv) and indexes.

Language (note)

• Texts in Greek with English translations on facing pages; introduction in English.

Contents

V. 1. 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) -- v. 2. 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 -- v. 3. 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, parasitic an art. The lover of lies, or, The doubter. The judgement of the goddesses. On salaried posts in great houses -- v. 4. 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 efended. The goddesse of Surrye -- v. 5. 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 -- v. 6. How to write history. The Dipsads. Saturnalia. Herodotus, or, Aëtion. Zeuxis, or, Antiochus. A slip of the tongue in greeting. Apology for the "Salaried posts in great houses". Harmonides. A conversation with Hesiod. A Sycthian, or, The council. Hermotinus, or, Concerning the sects. The one who said, "You're a Prometheus in words". The ship, or, the wishes -- v. 7. Dialogues of the dead. Dialogues of the sea-gods. Dialogues of the gods. Dialogues of the courtesans -- v. 8. The sham Sophist, or, The solecist. Lucius, or, The ass. Affairs of the heart (Amores). In praise of Demosthenes. Halcyon. Gout, and, Swift-of-foot. The cynic. The patriot (Philopatris). Charidemus. Nero. Epigrams.

Call Number

PA3611

ISBN

• 9780674990159
• 0674990153
• 9780674990609
• 0674990609
• 9780674991446
• 0674991443
• 9780674991798
• 0674991796
• 9780674993334
• 0674993330
• 9780674994744
• 0674994744
• 9780674994751
• 0674994752
• 9780674994768
• 0674994760

OCLC

10806468

Author

Lucian, of Samosata.

Title

Lucian / with an English translation by A.M. Harmon.

Imprint

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press ; London : W. Heinemann, 1913-1967.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The Loeb classical library, Greek authors ; 14, 54, 130, 162, 302, 430-432

Loeb classical library ; 14, etc.

Language

Texts in Greek with English translations on facing pages; introduction in English.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, pages xiii-xiv) and indexes.

Added Author

Harmon, A. M. (Austin Morris)

Kilburn, K.

Macleod, M. D.

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR PA3611 .L83