Lucian: A Selection

by: Hopkinson, N.

Lucian of Samosata is one of the most brilliant and wide-ranging writers from antiquity, and yet few commentaries are available for those who wish to read Lucian in Greek. This edition presents a selection of rhetorical and satirical works in the original Greek illustrating his range, wit and literary sophistication. Texts include both more and less well-known texts such as The Dream, The Fly, Timon, A Literary Prometheus, Sigma versus Tau and Dialogues of the Sea-Gods. The Introduction discusses his place in the Second Sophistic and his relationship to Cynic philosophy, and each section of commentary is preceded by a literary appraisal. The commentary is aimed primarily at advanced undergraduates and graduate students.
 

Lucian: A Selection

by: Hopkinson, N.

• ISBN-13: 9780521603041 / 978-0-521-60304-1
• ISBN-03: 0521603048 / 0-521-60304-8
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008