{"product_id":"lucian-volume-viii-soloecista-lucius-or-the-ass-amores-halcyon-demosthenes-podagra-ocypus-cyniscus-philopatris-charidemus-nero-9780674994768","title":"Lucian, Volume VIII: Soloecista. Lucius or the Ass. Amores. Halcyon. Demosthenes. Podagra. Ocypus. Cyniscus. Philopatris. Charidemus. Nero","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lucian | M. D. MacLeod\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Surveys - Ancient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntiquity's satirist supreme.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLucian (ca. AD 120-190), the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful traveling lecturer before settling in Athens and developing his original brand of satire. Late in life he fell on hard times and accepted an official post in Egypt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough notable for the Attic purity and elegance of his Greek and his literary versatility, Lucian is chiefly famed for the lively, cynical wit of the humorous dialogues in which he satirizes human folly, superstition, and hypocrisy. His aim was to amuse rather than to instruct. Among his best works are \u003ci\u003eA True Story\u003c\/i\u003e (the tallest of tall tales about a voyage to the moon), \u003ci\u003eDialogues of the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e (a \"reductio ad absurdum\" of traditional mythology), \u003ci\u003eDialogues of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e (on the vanity of human wishes), \u003ci\u003ePhilosophies for Sale\u003c\/i\u003e (great philosophers of the past are auctioned off as slaves), \u003ci\u003eThe Fisherman\u003c\/i\u003e (the degeneracy of modern philosophers), \u003ci\u003eThe Carousal\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eSymposium \u003c\/i\u003e(philosophers misbehave at a party), \u003ci\u003eTimon \u003c\/i\u003e(the problems of being rich), \u003ci\u003eTwice Accused\u003c\/i\u003e (Lucian's defense of his literary career) and (if by Lucian) \u003ci\u003eThe Ass\u003c\/i\u003e (the amusing adventures of a man who is turned into an ass). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Loeb Classical Library edition of Lucian is in eight volumes.","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47592459927703,"sku":"9780674994768","price":3135.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780674994768.webp?v=1774977810","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/lucian-volume-viii-soloecista-lucius-or-the-ass-amores-halcyon-demosthenes-podagra-ocypus-cyniscus-philopatris-charidemus-nero-9780674994768","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}