Lucian
A Selection

The only edition for classroom use of a selection of works by Lucian, a highly entertaining writer of straightforward Greek.

Lucian (Author), Neil Hopkinson (Edited by)

9780521603041, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 30 October 2008

250 pages
21.6 x 13.8 x 1.5 cm, 0.35 kg

Lucian of Samosata is one of the most brilliant and wide-ranging writers from antiquity, and yet few commentaries are available for those who wish to read Lucian in Greek. This edition presents a selection of rhetorical and satirical works in the original Greek illustrating his range, wit and literary sophistication. Texts include both more and less well-known texts such as The Dream, The Fly, Timon, A Literary Prometheus, Sigma versus Tau and Dialogues of the Sea-Gods. The Introduction discusses his place in the Second Sophistic and his relationship to Cynic philosophy, and each section of commentary is preceded by a literary appraisal. The commentary is aimed primarily at advanced undergraduates and graduate students.

Introduction
The Dream
'You're a Literary Promethius'
The Ignorant Book-collector
Praise of the Fly
Sigma vs Tau
Timon
Dialogues of the Sea-Gods
Commentary.

Subject Areas: Classical history / classical civilisation [HBLA1], Literary studies: classical, early & medieval [DSBB]