Lucian: A Selection (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)

by Lucian (Author), NeilHopkinson (Editor)

• New

  Hardcover
  2008

  $158.68

  The only edition for classroom use of a selection of works by Lucian, a highly entertaining writer of straightforward Greek.

• New

  Paperback
  2008

  $32.05

  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.