Lucian: A Selection - Brossura

Lucian

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ISBN 10: 0521603048 ISBN 13: 9780521603041

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

Lucian of Samosata is one of the most brilliant and wide-ranging writers from antiquity, and yet few commentaries are available for those who wish to read Lucian in Greek. This edition presents a selection of rhetorical and satirical works in the original Greek illustrating his range, wit and literary sophistication. Texts include both more and less well-known texts such as The Dream, The Fly, Timon, A Literary Prometheus, Sigma versus Tau and Dialogues of the Sea-Gods. The Introduction discusses his place in the Second Sophistic and his relationship to Cynic philosophy, and each section of commentary is preceded by a literary appraisal. The commentary is aimed primarily at advanced undergraduates and graduate students.

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Although Lucian is one of the most brilliant and wide-ranging writers from antiquity, there are few commentaries for those who wish to read him in his original Greek. This edition includes both more and less well-known works, with full commentaries on each text preceded by literary appraisals.

L'autore

Neil Hopkinson is Director of Studies and College Lecturer in Classics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He is the author of three previous commentaries in the Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics series, including A Hellenistic Anthology (1988) and Ovid: Metamorphoses Book XIII (2000).

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521603048
• ISBN 13: 9780521603041
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 250
• Redattore: Hopkinson Neil