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Lucian, Volume IV (Loeb Classical Library No. 162) PDF

448 Pages·1961·11.02 MB·Greek
by  Lucian
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THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY FOUNDED BY JAMES LOEB, LL.D. EDITED BY fT. E. PAGE, C.H., LITT.D. tE. CAPPS, PH.D., LL.D. fW. H. D. ROUSE, litt.d. L. A. POST, L.H.D. E. H. WARMINGTON, m.a., f.b.hist.soc. LUCIAN IV LUCIAN WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY HARMON A. M. or YALE CNIVKKSITT IN EIGHT VOLUMES IV LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS MCMLXI Firstprinted1925 Reprinted1953,1961 PrintedinGreatBritain CONTENTS FAOB NOTE vi LIST OF LUCIAN's WORKS VU ANACHABSIS, OB ATHLETICS 1 .... MBNIPPUS, OE THE DESCENT INTO HADES 71 ON FtJNERALS {DtLuctu) Ill APROFESSOROFPUBLICSPEAKING(RhetoTumprueceptor) 133 ALEXANDER THE FALSE PROPHET 173 ESSAYS IN PORTRAITURE (Imagines) 255 ESSAYS ISPOBTRAITUBE DEFENDED (Pro Imoginibus) 297 . THE OODDBS8E OF SUBRYE (DeSyriaDea) . . . 337 INDEX 413 ; NOTE In the constitution of this volume there are two departures from the order inwhich Lucian'swritings are presented in the Codex Vaticanus 90. The Asinus, which there follows the Menippus, has been left out of this volume and relegated to the last and Pro Imaginibus, which in the MS. is separated by six pieces from Imagines, has been brought forward and placed directly after it. vi

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Lucian (ca. 120–190 CE), the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful travelling lecturer, before settling in Athens and developing his original brand of satire. Late in life he fell on hard times and
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