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- catalog abstract "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).".
- catalog alternative "Works. English & Greek. 1913".
- catalog contributor b200099.
- catalog contributor b200100.
- catalog contributor b200101.
- catalog contributor b200102.
- catalog created "1913-1967.".
- catalog date "1913".
- catalog date "1913-1967.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1913-1967.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: v. 1, p. xiii-xiv.".
- catalog description "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).".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "8 v. ;".
- catalog isPartOf "The Loeb classical library".
- catalog issued "1913".
- catalog issued "1913-1967.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog language "enggrc grc".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press ; London : W. Heinemann,".
- catalog subject "Lucian, of Samosata.".
- catalog subject "PA3612.G7 L82".
- catalog subject "Satire, Greek.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Lucian / with an English translation by A.M. Harmon.".
- catalog title "Works. English & Greek. 1913".
- catalog type "text".