| Lucian Contributor(s): Lucian (Author), Hopkinson, Neil (Editor) |
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ISBN: 052184200X ISBN-13: 9780521842006 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $139.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: Only edition for classroom use of a selection of works by Lucian, a highly entertaining writer of straightforward Greek. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 888.01 |
| LCCN: 2008017976 |
| Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" (0.95 lbs) 250 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hopkinson, Neil: - Neil Hopkinson is Director of Studies and College Lecturer in Classics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He is the author of three previous commentaries in the Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics series, including A Hellenistic Anthology (1988) and Ovid: Metamorphoses Book XIII (2000). |