Lucian

Selected Dialogues
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-19-925867-3
Verlag: OUP UK

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 551 g

A translation of fourteen of Lucian's dialogues, offering a cross-section of his styles and satirical targets, from serious polemic (Alexander, Peregrinus) to lighter squibs and character-portrayals (Dialogues of the Courtesans). Also included are How to Write History and his most famous piece, A True History, a parody of the popular vogue for fabulous traveller's tales. Each piece has a summary introduction, and notes to clarify obscure allusions in the text. The Introduction examines in some detail Lucian's importance as a dominant Atticizer in the period of the Second Sophistic, as well as his extraordinarily widespread influence on later European literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Costa, C. D. N.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- Praise of the Fly

- The Dream

- Charon

- Timon

- Icaromenippus, or High Above the Clouds

- Nigrinus

- The Death of Peregrinus

- Alexander

- Demonax

- Hermotimus, or On Philosophical Schools

- Lovers of Lies, or The Sceptic

- How to Write History

- A True History I

- A True History II

- Dialogues of the Courtesans

- Explanatory Notes

Über Autor(innen)

C. D. N. Costa is Emeritus Professor of Classics, University of Birmingham.