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Lucian: Selected Dialogues (Oxford World's Classics) by Lucian is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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'you'll find another man to harvest, Glycerion: let this one go' The Greek satirist Lucian was a brilliantly entertaining writer who invented the comic dialogue as a vehicle for satiric comment. His influence was immense, not only in the Greek world, but on later European writers such as Rabelais and Swift. His dialogues puncture the pretensions of pompous philosophers and describe the daily lives of Greek courtesans; they are peopled by politicians, historians and ordinary citizens, as well as
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- Author
- Lucian
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780199258673
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Collections, Literary Fiction, Essays
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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