Chattering Courtesans and Other Sardonic Sketches (Penguin Classics)

by Lucian (Author), Keith Sidwell (Editor)

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  Paperback
  2004

  $17.03

  Lucian exulted in the exposure of absurdity, and was capable of finding a comic angle on almost any subject. This book shows him conversing with his literary enemies, railing against hypocrisy and the vanity of human wealth and power, and taking a wry look at the power of lust and the unsatisfactory nature of deviant sexual practices.