| Works, V1 Contributor(s): Samosata, Lucian Of (Author) |
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ISBN: 1419194917 ISBN-13: 9781419194917 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: Her. My dear Charon, there is no word for the absurdity of it. They do take it all so seriously, that is the best of it; and then, long before they have finished scheming, up comes good old Death, and whisks them off, and all is over! You observe that he has a fine staff of assistants at his command; --agues, consumptions, fevers, inflammations, swords, robbers, hemlock, juries, tyrants, --not one of which gives them a moment's concern so long as they are prosperous; but when they come to grief, then it is Alack! and Well-a-day! and Oh dear me! If only they would start with a clear understanding that they are mortal, that after a brief sojourn on the earth they will wake from the dream of life, and leave all behind them, --they would live more sensibly, and not mind dying so much. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval |
| Dewey: 888 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 7.58" W x 9.22" (1.01 lbs) 260 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
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