Lucian and His Roman Voices: Cultural Exchanges and Conflicts in the Late Roman Empire

by Eleni Bozia

Book Overview

Lucian and His Roman Voices examines cultural exchanges, political propaganda, and religious conflicts in the Early Roman Empire through the eyes of Lucian, his contemporary Roman authors, and Christian Apologists. Offering a multi-faceted analysis of the Lucianic corpus, this book explores how Lucian, a Syrian who wrote in Greek and who became a Roman citizen, was affected by the socio-political climate of his time, reacted to it, and how he 'corresponded'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367870673
• ISBN13: 9780367870676
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"