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Lucian, Volume V (Loeb Classical Library No. 302) PDF

564 Pages·1962·13.83 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. tW. H. D. ROUSE, litt.d. L. A.POST,L.H.D. E. H. WARMINGTON, m.a., f.e.hist.soc. LUCIAN V •^ LUCIAN WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY HARMON A. M. OK YALE UNIVERSITY IN EIGHT VOLUMES V LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS MOMLXII n f ^1 /. ! Firstprinted1936 Reprinted1955,1962 PrintedinGreatBritain CONTENTS PAGE LIST OF LTTCIAN'S WORKS vii PREFATOEY NOTE xi .... THE PASSING OF PEBEORiNUS (Peregrinus) 1 THE RUNAWAYS {FugiUvt) 53 TOXARis, OR FRIENDSHIP (ToxaHsvdamiciHa) . . . 101 THE DANCE {Saltalio) 209 • LEXiPHANES (Lexiphanes) 291 THE EUNUCH (Eunuchiis) 329 ASTROLOGY {Astrologio) 347 THE MISTAKEN CRITIC {Pseudologista) 371 THE PARLIAMENT OF THE GODS {Deorutticoncilhim) . 417 THE TYRANNICIDE (Tyrannicidj,) 443 DISOWNED (Abdicatvs) 475 INDEX 527

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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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