{"product_id":"9780674991446-the-dead-come-to-life-or-the-fisherman-the-double-indictment-or-trials-by-jury-on-sacrifices-the-ignorant-book-collector-the-dream-or-lucians-career-the-parasite-the-lover-of-lies-the-judgemen","title":"Lucian, Volume III","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Dead Come to Life or The Fisherman. The Double Indictment or Trials by Jury. On Sacrifices. The Ignorant Book Collector. The Dream or Lucian’s Career. The Parasite. The Lover of Lies. The Judgement of the Goddesses. On Salaried Posts in Great Houses\u003cbr\u003eLucian (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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntiquity’s satirist supreme.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucian  (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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough  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 satirizes human folly, superstition, and  hypocrisy. His aim was to amuse rather than to instruct. Among his best  works are \u003ci\u003eA True Story\u003c\/i\u003e (the tallest of tall tales about a voyage to the moon), \u003ci\u003eDialogues of the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e (a “reductio ad absurdum” of traditional mythology), \u003ci\u003eDialogues of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e (on the vanity of human wishes), \u003ci\u003ePhilosophies for Sale\u003c\/i\u003e (great philosophers of the past are auctioned off as slaves), \u003ci\u003eThe Fisherman\u003c\/i\u003e (the degeneracy of modern philosophers), \u003ci\u003eThe Carousal\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eSymposium \u003c\/i\u003e(philosophers misbehave at a party), \u003ci\u003eTimon \u003c\/i\u003e(the problems of being rich), \u003ci\u003eTwice Accused\u003c\/i\u003e (Lucian’s defense of his literary career) and (if by Lucian) \u003ci\u003eThe Ass\u003c\/i\u003e (the amusing adventures of a man who is turned into an ass).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Loeb Classical Library edition of Lucian is in eight volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450587754870,"sku":"9780674991446","price":24.17,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41162420_3afc0d2a-96bb-40f6-8926-dc5e9342dfe7.jpg?v=1778128342","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780674991446-the-dead-come-to-life-or-the-fisherman-the-double-indictment-or-trials-by-jury-on-sacrifices-the-ignorant-book-collector-the-dream-or-lucians-career-the-parasite-the-lover-of-lies-the-judgemen","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}