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| #5153750 in Books | 2008-08-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.02 x.90 x5.98l,1.46 | File type: PDF | 400 pages||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| the antidote of laughter|By drollere|i've purchased several recent editions of lucian, and this seems to me the best selection in the best (least mannered) translation. we get the "true story", precursor to all modern science fiction; "alexander the false prophet," a magnificent secular takedown of religious gullibility, and a wealth of sarcasms directed at fatuous fashions, au||| “This book is primarily intended for the man in the street. In a brief general introduction Casson gives a crisp account of Lucian’s life, views, and influence on posterity. He helps non-specialists by short introduction to each work and by a ge
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 His genial mockery, aimed at man's omnipresent feelings, has never gone out of date.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 appropriatel...
You easily download any file type for your device.Selected Satires of Lucian | Lionel Casson. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
