Description
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Lucian’s life and works
* Features the complete extant works of Lucian, in both English translation and the original Greek
* Concise introductions to the famous satires
* Includes translations by H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler (Oxford University Press) and by A. M. Harmon (Loeb Classical Library)
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Includes many rare translations of Pseudo-Lucian works, available in no other collection
* Lucian’s ‘Epigrams’, translated by W. R. Paton in the Loeb Classical Library ‘Greek Anthology’ editions
* Features two bonus biographies – discover Lucian’s ancient world
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
CONTENTS:
The Translations
PHALARIS 1 — Φάλαρις Α
PHALARIS 2 — Φάλαρις Β
HIPPIAS — Ἱππίας ἢ Βαλανεῖον
DIONYSUS — Διόνυσος
HERACLES — Ἡρακλῆς
AMBER; OR, THE SWANS — Περὶ τοῦ Ἡλέκτρου ἢ Κύκνων
THE FLY — Μυίας Ἐγκώμιον
NIGRINUS — Νιγρίνου Φιλοσοφία
DEMONAX — Δημώνακτος Βίος
CONCERNING A HALL — Περὶ τοῦ Οἴκου
MY NATIVE LAND — Πατρίδος Ἐγκώμιον
OCTOGENERIANS — Μακρόβιοι
A TRUE STORY — Ἀληθῶν Διηγημάτων
SLANDER — Περὶ τοῦ μὴ ῥᾳδίως πιστεύειν Διαβολῇ
THE CONSONANTS AT LAW — Δίκη Συμφώνων
THE CAROUSAL SYMPOSIUM OR THE LAPITHS — Συμπόσιον ἢ Λαπίθαι
SOLOECISTA — Ψευδοσοφιστής ἢ Σολοικιστής
THE DOWNWARD JOURNEY OR THE TYRANT — Κατάπλους ἢ Τύραννος
ZEUS CATECHIZED (ZEUS CROSS-EXAMINED) — Ζεὺς ἐλεγχόμενος
ZEUS RANTS — Ζεὺς Τραγῳδός
THE COCK — Ὄνειρος ἢ Ἀλεκτρυών
PROMETHEUS — Προμηθεύς
ICAROMENIPPUS OR THE SKY-MAN — Ἰκαρομένιππος ἢ Ὑπερνέφελος
TIMON OR THE MISANTHROPE — Τίμων
CHARON OR THE INSPECTORS — Χάρων ἢ Ἐπισκοποῦντες
SALE OF CREEDS — Βίων Πρᾶσις
THE FISHERMAN — Ἀναβιοῦντες ἢ Ἁλιεύς
THE DOUBLE INDICTMENT — Δὶς κατηγορούμενος
ON SACRIFICES — Περὶ Θυσιῶν
REMARKS ADDRESSED TO AN ILLITERATE BOOK-FANCIER — Πρὸς τὸν ἀπαίδευτον καὶ πολλὰ βιβλία ὠνούμενον
THE DREAM OR LUCIAN’S CAREER — Περὶ τοῦ Ἐνυπνίου ἤτοι Βίος Λουκιανοῦ
THE PARASITE: PARASITIC AN ART — Περὶ τοῦ Παρασίτου ὅτι Τέχνη ἡ Παρασιτική
THE LOVER OF LIES — Φιλοψευδής ἢ Ἀπιστῶν
THE JUDGEMENT OF THE GODDESSES — Θεῶν Κρίσις
ON SALARIED POSTS IN GREAT HOUSES — Περὶ τῶν ἐν Μισθῷ συνόντων
ANACHARSIS — Ἀνάχαρσις ἢ Περὶ Γυμνασίων
MENIPPUS — Μένιππος ἢ Νεκυομαντεία
LUCIUS; OR, THE ASS — Λούκιος ἢ Ὄνος
ON FUNERALS (ON MOURNING) — Περὶ Πένθους
A PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING — Ῥητόρων Διδάσκαλος
ALEXANDER THE FALSE PROPHET — Ἀλέξανδρος ἢ Ψευδόμαντις
ESSAYS IN PORTRAITURE — Εἰκόνες
ESSAYS IN PORTRAITURE DEFENDED — Ὑπὲρ τῶν Εἰκόνων
THE SYRIAN GODDESS — Περὶ τῆς Συρίης Θεοῦ
OF PANTOMIME — Περὶ Ὀρχήσεως
LEXIPHANES — Λεξιφάνης
THE EUNUCH — Εὐνοῦχος
ASTROLOGY — Περὶ τῆς Ἀστρολογίας
AMORES — Ἔρωτες
THE MISTAKEN CRITIC — Ψευδολογιστής
THE PARLIAMENT OF THE GODS — Θεῶν Ἐκκλησία
THE TYRANNICIDE — Τυραννοκτόνος
DISOWNED — Ἀποκηρυττόμενος
THE PASSING OF PEREGRINUS — Περὶ τῆς Περεγρίνου Τελευτῆς
THE RUNAWAYS — Δραπέται
TOXARIS — Τόξαρις ἢ Φιλία
DEMOSTHENES — Δημοσθένους Ἐγκώμιον
HOW TO WRITE HISTORY — Πῶς δεῖ Ἱστορίαν συγγράφειν
THE DIPSADS — Περὶ τῶν Διψάδων
SATURNALIA — Τὰ πρὸς Κρόνον
HERODOTUS OR AETION — Ἡρόδοτος ἢ Ἀετίων
ZEUXIS OR ANTIOCHUS — Ζεύξις ἢ Ἀντίοχος
A SLIP OF THE TONGUE IN GREETING — Ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἐν τῇ Προσαγορεύσει Πταίσματος
APOLOGY FOR THE “SALARIED POSTS IN GREAT HOUSES” — Ἀπολογία
HARMONIDES — Ἁρμονίδης
A CONVERSATION WITH HESIOD — Διάλογος πρὸς Ἡσίοδον
THE SCYTHIAN OR THE CONSUL — Σκύθης ἢ Πρόξενος
PODAGRA; OR, GOUT — Ποδάγρα
HERMOTIMUS — Ἑρμότιμος ἢ Περὶ Αἱρέσεων
A LITERARY PROMETHEUS — Πρὸς τὸν εἰπόντα Προμηθεὺς εἶ ἐν λόγοις
HALCYON — Ἀλκυὼν ἢ Περὶ Μεταμορφώσεων
THE SHIP; OR, THE WISHES — Πλοἶον ἢ Εὐχαί
OCYPUS; OR, SWIFT-OF-FOOT — Ὠκύπους
CYNICUS (THE CYNIC) — Κυνικός
DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD — Νεκρικοὶ Διάλογοι
DIALOGUES OF THE SEA-GODS — Ἐνάλιοι Διάλογοι
DIALOGUES OF THE GODS — Θεῶν Διάλογοι
DIALOGUES OF THE COURTESANS — Ἑταιρικοὶ Διάλογοι
The Spurious Works
LETTERS — Ἐπιστολαί
PHILOPATRIS; OR, THE PATRIOT — Φιλόπατρις ἢ Διδασκόμενος
CHARIDEMUS — Χαρίδημος ἢ Περὶ Κάλλους
NERO — Νέρων
EPIGRAMS — Ἐπιγράμματα
The Greek Texts
LIST OF GREEK TEXTS
The Biographies
INTRODUCTION TO LUCIAN by H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler
INTRODUCTION TO LUCIAN by A. M. Harmon
