{"product_id":"9780674994751-dialogues-of-the-dead-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods-dialogues-of-the-gods-dialogues-of-the-courtesans","title":"Lucian, Volume VII","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDialogues of the Dead. Dialogues of the Sea-Gods. Dialogues of the Gods. Dialogues of the Courtesans\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":56450605056374,"sku":"9780674994751","price":24.17,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41252542.jpg?v=1778734690","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780674994751-dialogues-of-the-dead-dialogues-of-the-sea-gods-dialogues-of-the-gods-dialogues-of-the-courtesans","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}