Télécharger le livre :  Trips to the Moon
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The endeavour of small Greek historians to add interest to their work by magnifying the exploits of their countrymen and piling wonder upon wonder, Lucian first condemned in his "Instructions for Writing History," and then caricatured in his "True History," wherein is...

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Télécharger le livre :  The Cynic Philosophers
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'Poverty does not consist in the want of money,' I answered, 'nor is begging to be deplored. Poverty consists in the desire to have everything, and through violent means if necessary'From their founding in the fifth century BC and for over 800 years, the Cynic...

Editeur : Penguin
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Télécharger le livre :  Selected Dialogues
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'you'll find another man to harvest, Glycerion: let this one go' The Greek satirist Lucian was a brilliantly entertaining writer who invented the comic dialogue as a vehicle for satiric comment. His influence was immense, not only in the Greek world, but on later...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
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Télécharger le livre :  Chattering Courtesans and Other Sardonic Sketches
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Described by a later Greek historian as "a man seriously committed to raising a laugh", Lucian exulted in the exposure of absurdity and the puncturing of pretension, and was capable of finding a comic angle on almost any subject. In this selection we see him conversing...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2004-06-24

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