Lucian, Volume I: Phalaris. Hippias or the Bath. Dionysus. Heracles. Amber or the Swans. the Fly. Nigrinus. Demonax. the Hall. My Native [Greek, Ancient (To 1453)]

by Lucian of Samosata

Book Overview

Antiquity's satirist supreme.

Lucian (ca. AD 120-190), the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful traveling 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Greek, Ancient (To 1453)
• ISBN: 0674990153
• ISBN13: 9780674990159
• Release Date: January 1913
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.6" x 6.7"