Lucian

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.