Selected Satires of Lucian

by Lionel Casson and Lucian .

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The unsurpassed satirist of the ancient era was a young Syrian named Lucian, who, writing in Greek in the second century a.d., combined wit, irony, fearless candor, and exuberant comic fantasy to create the triumphantly irreverent dialogues and stories contained in this book. His genial mockery, aimed at man's omnipresent feelings, has never gone out of date. The jabs he gave the hypocrites; grandstanders, fakers and boobs of the ancient world...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1138532371

ISBN13:9781138532373

Release Date:September 2017

Publisher:Routledge

Length:400 Pages

Weight:1.55 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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