LEADER 02648nam 2200385 450 001 996214869003316 005 20231108205559.0 010 $a0-674-99475-2 035 $a(CKB)3820000000012007 035 $a(NjHacI)993820000000012007 035 $a(EXLCZ)993820000000012007 100 $a20231108d1961 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDialogues of the Dead ; Dialogues of the Sea-Gods ; Dialogues of the Gods ; Dialogues of the Courtesans /$fLucian ; M. D. MacLeod, translator 210 1$aCambridge, MA :$cHarvard University Press,$d1961. 215 $a1 online resource (496 pages) 225 1 $aLoeb classical library ;$vLCL431 327 $aDialogues of the dead -- Dialogues of the sea-gods -- Dialogues of the gods -- Dialogues of the courtesans. 330 $aLucian (ca. 120-190 CE), the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful travelling lecturer, before settling in Athens and developing his original brand of satire. Late in life he fell on hard times and accepted an official post in Egypt. Although notable for the Attic purity and elegance of his Greek and his literary versatility, Lucian is chiefly famed for the lively, cynical wit of the humorous dialogues in which he satirises human folly, superstition and hypocrisy. His aim was to amuse rather than to instruct. Among his best works are A True Story (the tallest of tall stories about a voyage to the moon), Dialogues of the Gods (a 'reductio ad absurdum' of traditional mythology), Dialogues of the Dead (on the vanity of human wishes), Philosophies for Sale (great philosophers of the past are auctioned off as slaves), The Fisherman (the degeneracy of modern philosophers), The Carousal or Symposium (philosophers misbehave at a party), Timon (the problems of being rich), Twice Accused (Lucian's defence of his literary career) and (if by Lucian) The Ass (the amusing adventures of a man who is turned into an ass). The Loeb Classical Library edition of Lucian is in eight volumes. 410 0$aLoeb classical library ;$vLCL431. 606 $aSatire, Greek$vTranslations into English 615 0$aSatire, Greek 676 $a887.01 700 $aLucian$01002816 702 $aMacLeod$b M. D. 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996214869003316 996 $aDialogues of the Dead. Dialogues of the Sea-Gods. Dialogues of the Gods. Dialogues of the Courtesans$92378632 997 $aUNISA