Lucian

Chattering Courtesans and Other Sardonic Sketches (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Sidwell, Keith

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Produktbeschreibung

Described by a later Greek historian as "a man seriously committed to raising a laugh", Lucian exulted in the exposure of absurdity and the puncturing of pretension, and was capable of finding a comic angle on almost any subject. In this selection we see him conversing with his literary enemies, railing against hypocrisy and the vanity of human wealth and power, and taking a wry look at the power of lust and the unsatisfactory nature of deviant sexual practices.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780141967417
• Artikelnr.: 38139218

Autorenporträt

Lucian (AD c.125- c.200) was a Greek writer of prose satires. Many of his works are dialogues where mythological or historical figures are placed in ridiculous situations. He was influential on the later Humanist writers, including Thomas More and Erasmus. Keith Sidwell is Professor of Latin and Greek at University College Cork. He is co-author of the language textbooks Reading Greek and Reading Latin, and author of Reading Medieval Latin and Lucian: a selection. He has published widely on Greek Tragedy, Greek Comedy, Lucian and his influence, and Medieval and Renaissance Latin literature.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Further Reading
Tranlator's Note
Note on the Texts
Maps
In Defence of Originality
Preface
So you Think I'm the Prometheus of the Literary World?
Two Charges of Literary Assault
Favorite Philosophers
Preface
Demonax the Philosophers
The Philosopher Nigrinus
Preface
Slander
A Few Words About Mourning
Old Comic Dialogues
Preface
The Journey Down to Hades, or the Tyrant
Timon the Misanthrope
The Ship, or Prayers
New Comic Dialogues
Preface
Chattering Courtesans
Scythians
Preface
The Scythian, or the Honorary Consul
Toxaris, or Friendship
The Art of the Eulogy
Preface
An Encomium of Fatherland
Praising a Fly
Images
In Defence of Images
About the Parasite: Proof That Parasitic is an Art
The Art of the Lie
Preface
True Histories
Appendix: List of Lucian's Works
Notes
Glossary of Names
References
Index of Names and Subjects
Index of Authors and Works