1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910702091203321

Titolo

Sea-floor geology in central Rhode Island Sound south of Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island [[electronic resource] /] / K.Y. McMullen ... [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, Va. : , : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2012

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : color illustrations, color maps

Collana

Open-file report ; ; 2012-1004

Altri autori (Persone)

McMullenK. Y

Soggetti

Marine sediments - Rhode Island Sound (Mass. and R.I.)

Ocean bottom - Rhode Island Sound (Mass. and R.I.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Sept. 5, 1012).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996214869003316

Autore

Lucian

Titolo

Dialogues of the Dead ; Dialogues of the Sea-Gods ; Dialogues of the Gods ; Dialogues of the Courtesans / / Lucian ; M. D. MacLeod, translator

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA : , : Harvard University Press, , 1961

ISBN

0-674-99475-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (496 pages)

Collana

Loeb classical library ; ; LCL431

Disciplina

887.01

Soggetti

Satire, Greek

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Dialogues of the dead -- Dialogues of the sea-gods -- Dialogues of the gods -- Dialogues of the courtesans.

Sommario/riassunto

Lucian (ca. 120-190 CE), 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 lively, cynical wit of the humorous 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 or Symposium (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 is turned into an ass). The Loeb Classical Library edition of Lucian is in eight volumes.