Lucian (of Samosata.)

M. D. Macleod

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.

The Downward Journey or the Tyrant. Zeus Catechized. Zeus Rants. the Dream or the Cock. Prometheus. Icaromenippus or the Sky-Man. Timon or the Misanthrope. Charon or the Inspectors. Philosophies for Sale

M. D. Macleod

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