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Antiquity’s Satirist Supreme Lucian (Ca Ad 120–190) The From Samosata On Euphrates Started As An Apprentice Sculptor Turned To Rhetoric And Visited Italy Gaul A Successful Traveling Lecturer Before Settling In Athens Developing His Original Brand Of Satire Late Life He Fell Hard Times Accepted Official Post Egypt Although Notable For Attic Purity Elegance Greek Literary Versatility Is Chiefly Famed Lively Cynical Wit Humorous Dialogues Which Satirizes Human Folly Superstition Hypocrisy Aim Was Amuse Rather Than Instruct Among Best Works Are True Story (The Tallest Tall Tales About Voyage Moon) Gods (A \ Reductio Absurdum\ Traditional Mythology) Dead (On Vanity Wishes) Philosophies Sale (Great Philosophers Past Auctioned Off Slaves) Fisherman Degeneracy Modern Philosophers) Carousal Or Symposium (Philosophers Misbehave At Party) Timon Problems Being Rich) Twice Accused (Lucian\ S Defense Career) (If By Lucian) Ass Amusing Adventures Man Who Into Ass) Loeb Classical Library Edition Eight Volumes Σελίδες: 544 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0101 Διαστάσεις: 10 8X10 8Cm