Download or read book Lucian Dialogues of the dead Dialogues of the sea gods Dialogues of the gods Dialogues of the courtesans written by Lucian (of Samosata.) and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LUCIAN (c. 120-190 A.D.) 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 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 (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 turned into an ass).

Download or read book Dialogues of the Gods written by Baudelaire Jones and published by . This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the time of Lucian, popular religion had ceased to hold much influence over the hearts of the cultured classes. Philosophy was the new God, but there were efforts in some circles to divert men's minds from the philosophical sects and restore a sort of unorthodox faith in the old religion. Against this artificial revival of mythological faith, Lucian pitted the influence of his tremendous satirical powers. In the "Dialogues of the Gods," he pulls the curtain aside-exposing the Gods as they engage in private disputes, domestic brawls, and love affairs, with their jealousies and scandals, their paltry strifes and petty motives. The lesson is simple: Can one worship beings with such weaknesses, such foibles, and such scandalous and immoral lives? This new translation by Baudelaire Jones breathes fresh life into ancient deities such as Zeus, Hera, Hermes, Aphrodite, Poseidon, and Athena, revealing complex, contradictory, sex-obsessed creatures that modern mortals can surely relate to.

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Download or read book Lucian s a true story written by Lucian (of Samosata.) and published by Edgar Evan Hayes. This book was released on 2011 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to make Lucian's A True Story accessible to intermediate students of Ancient Greek. The running vocabulary and commentary are meant to provide everything necessary to read each page. Lucian's A True Story is a great text for intermediate readers. Its breathless narrative does not involve many complex sentences or constructions; there is some unusual vocabulary and a few departures from Attic Greek, but for the most part it is a straightforward narrative that is fun and interesting by one of antiquity's cleverest authors. In A True Story, Lucian parodies accounts of fanciful adventures and travel to incredible places by authors such as Ctesias and Iambulus. The story's combination of mockery and learning makes it an excellent example of the Greek literature of the imperial period. Revised August, 2014.

Download or read book Lucian Three Menippean Fantasies written by Lucian and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-06 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handful of fragments is all that remains of the writings of Menippus, the third-century BCE provocateur of the Greek Cynic movement. The Western literary tradition knows him through Lucian, the Greek satirist who lived and worked four hundred years later. Included in this book are Joel Relihan’s lively English translations of Lucian’s three reanimations of Menippus—fantastic narratives and comic dialogues set in heaven and hell: Menippus; or, The Consultation of the CorpsesIcaromenippus; or, A Man above the CloudsThe Colloquies of the Corpses (Dialogues of the Dead) For the first time in over fifty years, these works are assembled in a unified format to tell a particular story: Lucian’s evolving understanding of the philosophical and literary potential of the person, productions, and purposes of Menippus. Not only is it time to give Lucian’s Menippus a fresh look and a thorough reevaluation, but also to consider how Lucian’s imitations and innovations adumbrate, illuminate, and complicate the history of that enigmatic genre, Menippean satire.

Download or read book Lucian s Dialogues written by Lucian and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book Lucian Selected Dialogues written by Lucian (of Samosata.) and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a selection of pieces by the Greek satirist Lucian. Lucian invented the comic dialogue as a satiric tool, and had immense influence on many later European literatures. He is also extremely funny, whether puncturing the pretensions of pompous philosophers or describing the daily lives of Greek courtesans. The translation aims to be lively and modern in idiom, while maintaining accuracy.

Download or read book Selected Satires of Lucian written by Lucian (of Samosata.) and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1968 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of writings by the 2nd century satirist who ridiculed tyrants, philosophers, and even the gods, in his mock dialogues and prose narratives.

Download or read book Lucian in eight volumes 7 written by Lucian and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucian (ca. AD 120-190), apprentice sculptor then traveling rhetorician, settled in Athens and developed an original brand of satire. Notable for the Attic purity and elegance of his Greek and for literary versatility, he is famous chiefly for the lively, cynical wit of the dialogues in which he satirizes human folly, superstition, and hypocrisy.

Download or read book Selected Dialogues written by Lucian, and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-08-27 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Greek satirist Lucian was a brilliantly entertaining writer who invented the comic dialogue as a vehicle for satiric comment. This lively new translation is both accurate and idiomatic, and the introduction highlights Lucian's importance in his own and later times.

Download or read book Ben Jonson and the Lucianic Tradition written by Douglas Duncan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1979-06-28 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duncan suggests Jonson's challenge to the audience originates in the practice of 'oblique teaching', which was developed by Erasmus and More out of their admiration for Lucian.

Download or read book Chattering Courtesans and Other Sardonic Sketches written by Lucian and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-06-24 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Described by a later Greek historian as "a man seriously committed to raising a laugh", Lucian exulted in the exposure of absurdity and the puncturing of pretension, and was capable of finding a comic angle on almost any subject. In this selection we see him conversing with his literary enemies, railing against hypocrisy and the vanity of human wealth and power, and taking a wry look at the power of lust and the unsatisfactory nature of deviant sexual practices.

Download or read book The Reception of the Homeric Hymns written by Andrew Faulkner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-17 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reception of the Homeric Hymns is a collection of original essays exploring the reception of the Homeric Hymns and other early hexameter poems in the literature and scholarship of the first century BC and beyond. Although much work has been done on the Hymns over the past few decades, and despite their importance within the Western literary tradition, their influence on authors after the fourth century BC has so far received relatively little attention and there remains much to explore, particularly in the area of their reception in later Greco-Roman literature and art. This volume aims to address this gap in scholarship by discussing a variety of Latin and Greek texts and authors across the late Hellenistic, Imperial, and Late Antique periods, including studies of major Latin authors, such as Virgil, Horace, and Ovid, and Byzantine authors writing in classicizing verse. While much of the book deals with classical reception of the Hymns, including looking beyond the textual realm to their influence on art, the editors and contributors have extended its scope to include discussion of Italian literature of the fifteenth century, German scholarship of the nineteenth century, and the English Romantic poets, demonstrating the enduring legacy of the Homeric Hymns in the literary world.

Download or read book Delphi Complete Works of Lucian Illustrated written by Lucian of Samosata and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2016-01-31 with total page 3010 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucian of Samosata is celebrated for lively and original satires, which demonstrate his cynical wit and critical interpretation of Greek literature. Well-regarded for his Attic purity and the elegance of his Greek, Lucian is now recognised as one of the first true modern innovators of literature. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Greek texts. For the first time in digital publishing, this comprehensive eBook presents Lucian’s complete extant works, with beautiful illustrations, rare translations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Lucian's life and works * Features the complete extant works of Lucian, in both English translation and the original Greek * Concise introductions to the famous satires * Includes translations by H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler (Oxford University Press) and by A. M. Harmon (Loeb Classical Library) * Excellent formatting of the texts * Includes many rare translations of Pseudo-Lucian works, available in no other collection * Lucian’s ‘Epigrams’, translated by W. R. Paton in the Loeb Classical Library ‘Greek Anthology’ editions * Features two bonus biographies – discover Lucian's ancient world * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to explore our range of Ancient Classics titles or buy the entire series as a Super Set CONTENTS: The Translations PHALARIS 1 — Φάλαρις Α PHALARIS 2 — Φάλαρις Β HIPPIAS — Ἱππίας ἢ Βαλανεῖον DIONYSUS — Διόνυσος HERACLES — Ἡρακλῆς AMBER; OR, THE SWANS — Περὶ τοῦ Ἡλέκτρου ἢ Κύκνων THE FLY — Μυίας Ἐγκώμιον NIGRINUS — Νιγρίνου Φιλοσοφία DEMONAX — Δημώνακτος Βίος CONCERNING A HALL — Περὶ τοῦ Οἴκου MY NATIVE LAND — Πατρίδος Ἐγκώμιον OCTOGENERIANS — Μακρόβιοι A TRUE STORY — Ἀληθῶν Διηγημάτων SLANDER — Περὶ τοῦ μὴ ῥᾳδίως πιστεύειν Διαβολῇ THE CONSONANTS AT LAW — Δίκη Συμφώνων THE CAROUSAL SYMPOSIUM OR THE LAPITHS — Συμπόσιον ἢ Λαπίθαι SOLOECISTA — Ψευδοσοφιστής ἢ Σολοικιστής THE DOWNWARD JOURNEY OR THE TYRANT — Κατάπλους ἢ Τύραννος ZEUS CATECHIZED (ZEUS CROSS-EXAMINED) — Ζεὺς ἐλεγχόμενος ZEUS RANTS — Ζεὺς Τραγῳδός THE COCK — Ὄνειρος ἢ Ἀλεκτρυών PROMETHEUS — Προμηθεύς ICAROMENIPPUS OR THE SKY-MAN — Ἰκαρομένιππος ἢ Ὑπερνέφελος TIMON OR THE MISANTHROPE — Τίμων CHARON OR THE INSPECTORS — Χάρων ἢ Ἐπισκοποῦντες SALE OF CREEDS — Βίων Πρᾶσις THE FISHERMAN — Ἀναβιοῦντες ἢ Ἁλιεύς THE DOUBLE INDICTMENT — Δὶς κατηγορούμενος ON SACRIFICES — Περὶ Θυσιῶν REMARKS ADDRESSED TO AN ILLITERATE BOOK-FANCIER — Πρὸς τὸν ἀπαίδευτον καὶ πολλὰ βιβλία ὠνούμενον THE DREAM OR LUCIAN’S CAREER — Περὶ τοῦ Ἐνυπνίου ἤτοι Βίος Λουκιανοῦ THE PARASITE: PARASITIC AN ART — Περὶ τοῦ Παρασίτου ὅτι Τέχνη ἡ Παρασιτική THE LOVER OF LIES — Φιλοψευδής ἢ Ἀπιστῶν THE JUDGEMENT OF THE GODDESSES — Θεῶν Κρίσις ON SALARIED POSTS IN GREAT HOUSES — Περὶ τῶν ἐν Μισθῷ συνόντων ANACHARSIS — Ἀνάχαρσις ἢ Περὶ Γυμνασίων MENIPPUS — Μένιππος ἢ Νεκυομαντεία LUCIUS; OR, THE ASS — Λούκιος ἢ Ὄνος ON FUNERALS (ON MOURNING) — Περὶ Πένθους A PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING — Ῥητόρων Διδάσκαλος ALEXANDER THE FALSE PROPHET — Ἀλέξανδρος ἢ Ψευδόμαντις ESSAYS IN PORTRAITURE — Εἰκόνες ESSAYS IN PORTRAITURE DEFENDED — Ὑπὲρ τῶν Εἰκόνων THE SYRIAN GODDESS — Περὶ τῆς Συρίης Θεοῦ OF PANTOMIME — Περὶ Ὀρχήσεως LEXIPHANES — Λεξιφάνης THE EUNUCH — Εὐνοῦχος ASTROLOGY — Περὶ τῆς Ἀστρολογίας AMORES — Ἔρωτες THE MISTAKEN CRITIC — Ψευδολογιστής THE PARLIAMENT OF THE GODS — Θεῶν Ἐκκλησία THE TYRANNICIDE — Τυραννοκτόνος DISOWNED — Ἀποκηρυττόμενος THE PASSING OF PEREGRINUS — Περὶ τῆς Περεγρίνου Τελευτῆς THE RUNAWAYS — Δραπέται TOXARIS — Τόξαρις ἢ Φιλία DEMOSTHENES — Δημοσθένους Ἐγκώμιον HOW TO WRITE HISTORY — Πῶς δεῖ Ἱστορίαν συγγράφειν THE DIPSADS — Περὶ τῶν Διψάδων SATURNALIA — Τὰ πρὸς Κρόνον HERODOTUS OR AETION — Ἡρόδοτος ἢ Ἀετίων ZEUXIS OR ANTIOCHUS — Ζεύξις ἢ Ἀντίοχος A SLIP OF THE TONGUE IN GREETING — Ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἐν τῇ Προσαγορεύσει Πταίσματος APOLOGY FOR THE “SALARIED POSTS IN GREAT HOUSES” — Ἀπολογία HARMONIDES — Ἁρμονίδης A CONVERSATION WITH HESIOD — Διάλογος πρὸς Ἡσίοδον THE SCYTHIAN OR THE CONSUL — Σκύθης ἢ Πρόξενος PODAGRA; OR, GOUT — Ποδάγρα HERMOTIMUS — Ἑρμότιμος ἢ Περὶ Αἱρέσεων A LITERARY PROMETHEUS — Πρὸς τὸν εἰπόντα Προμηθεὺς εἶ ἐν λόγοις HALCYON — Ἀλκυὼν ἢ Περὶ Μεταμορφώσεων THE SHIP; OR, THE WISHES — Πλοἶον ἢ Εὐχαί OCYPUS; OR, SWIFT-OF-FOOT — Ὠκύπους CYNICUS (THE CYNIC) — Κυνικός DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD — Νεκρικοὶ Διάλογοι DIALOGUES OF THE SEA-GODS — Ἐνάλιοι Διάλογοι DIALOGUES OF THE GODS — Θεῶν Διάλογοι DIALOGUES OF THE COURTESANS — Ἑταιρικοὶ Διάλογοι The Spurious Works LETTERS — Ἐπιστολαί PHILOPATRIS; OR, THE PATRIOT — Φιλόπατρις ἢ Διδασκόμενος CHARIDEMUS — Χαρίδημος ἢ Περὶ Κάλλους NERO — Νέρων EPIGRAMS — Ἐπιγράμματα The Greek Texts LIST OF GREEK TEXTS The Biographies INTRODUCTION TO LUCIAN by H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler INTRODUCTION TO LUCIAN by A. M. Harmon Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles

Download or read book Imitation and Contamination of the Classics in the Comedies of Ben Jonson written by Tom Harrison and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-10-12 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the influence of classical authors on Ben Jonson’s dramaturgy, with particular emphasis on the Greek and Roman playwrights and satirists. It illuminates the interdependence of the aspects of Jonson’s creative personality by considering how classical performance elements, including the Aristophanic ‘Great Idea,’ chorus, Terentian/Plautine performative strategies, and ‘performative’ elements from literary satire, manifest themselves in the structuring and staging of his plays. This fascinating exploration contributes to the ‘performative turn’ in early modern studies by reframing Jonson’s classicism as essential to his dramaturgy as well as his erudition. The book is also a case study for how the early modern education system’s emphasis on imitative-contaminative practices prepared its students, many of whom became professional playwrights, for writing for a theatre that had a similar emphasis on recycling and recombining performative tropes and structures.

Download or read book Shakespeare s Classical Mythology A Dictionary written by Janice Valls-Russell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-10-17 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does Bassanio compare himself to Jason? What is Hecuba to Hamlet? Is the mechanicals' staging of the Pyramus and Thisbe story funny or sad? This dictionary elucidates Shakespeare's use of mythological references in an early modern context, while bringing them to life for today's audiences and readers, at a time of renewed critical interest in the reception of the classics and fascination with classical mythology in popular culture. It is also a precious tool for practitioners who may not always know quite what to make of mythological references. Mythological figures, creatures, places and stories crowd Shakespeare's plays and poems, featuring as allusions, poetic analogies, inset shows, scene settings and characters or plots in their own right. Most of these references were familiar to Shakespeare's spectators and readers, who knew them from the writings of Ovid, Virgil and other classical authors, or indirectly through translations, commentaries, ballads and iconography. This dictionary illustrates how, far from being isolated, a mythological reference may resonate with the poetics of the text and its structure, cast light on characters and contexts, and may therefore be worth exploring onstage in a variety of ways. The 200 headings correspond to words and names actually used by Shakespeare: individual figures (Dido, Venus, Hercules), categories (Amazons, Centaurs, nymphs, satyrs), places (Colchos, Troy). Medium and longer entries also cover early modern usage and critical analysis in a cross-disciplinary approach that includes reception, textual, performance, gender and political studies.

Download or read book Abandoned to Lust written by Jennifer Wright Knust and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Christians used charges of adultery, incest, and lascivious behavior to demonize their opponents, police insiders, resist pagan rulers, and define what it meant to be a Christian. Christians frequently claimed that they, and they alone were sexually virtuous, comparing themselves to those marked as outsiders, especially non-believers and "heretics," who were said to be controlled by lust and unable to rein in their carnal desires. True or not, these charges allowed Christians to present themselves as different from and morally superior to those around them. Through careful, innovative readings, Jennifer Knust explores the writings of Paul, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus of Lyons, and other early Christian authors who argued that Christ alone made self-mastery possible. Rejection of Christ led to both immoral sexual behavior and, ultimately, alienation and punishment from God. Knust considers how Christian writers participated in a long tradition of rhetorical invective, a rhetoric that was often employed to defend status and difference. Christians borrowed, deployed, and reconfigured classical rhetorical techniques, turning them against their rulers to undercut their moral and political authority. Knust also examines the use of accusations of licentiousness in conflicts between rival groups of Christians. Portraying rival sects as depraved allowed accusers to claim their own group as representative of "true Christianity." Knust's book also reveals the ways in which sexual slurs and their use in early Christian writings reflected cultural and gendered assumptions about what constituted purity, morality, and truth. In doing so, Abandoned to Lust highlights the complex interrelationships between sex, gender, and sexuality within the classical, biblical, and early-Christian traditions.