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Selected Satires of Lucian by Lucianus, Samosatensis.; Lionel Casson is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
What is Selected Satires of Lucian about?
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 His genial mockery, aimed at man's omnipresent feelings, has never gone out of date.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 can just as appropriately be administered to their c
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Lucianus, Samosatensis.; Lionel Casson
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781351491587
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Literary Fiction, Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25