Lucian /
Lucian (c. 120-190 CE), apprentice sculptor then travelling 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 sat...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English Ancient Greek |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
1913-1967.
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Series: | Loeb Classical Library
14, 54, 130, 162, 302, 430-432. |
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Summary: | Lucian (c. 120-190 CE), apprentice sculptor then travelling 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. |
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Physical Description: | 1 ηλεκτρονική πηγή (8 τ.) |
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