Studies in Lucian's Comic Fiction
Author: Graham Anderson
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2018-06-22
Total Pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9004327606
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Studies in Lucian's Comic Fiction
Author: Graham Anderson
Publisher: Brill Archive
Published: 1976-01-01
Total Pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9789004047600
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Author: ]. R. Morgan
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-11-19
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 1317799364
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First published in 1994. Greek fiction has never been more popular. New approaches to ancient literature, and new courses in literature in translation, have made the ancient novel a fertile field for scholar and student alike. This volume extends the boundaries of the subject beyond the 'canon' of the romances properly called and examines Greek fictional writing in the widest possible context, including texts that are not normally treated as novels, such as various kinds of sacred or quasi-historical texts. The editors hope to open up the definition of Greek fiction to further debate and to create cross-currents between scholars working in diverse fields.
Lucian's Science Fiction Novel True Histories: Interpretation and Commentary
Author: Georgiadou
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2018-07-17
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9004351507
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is the first substantial commentary on Lucian's Verae Historiae ("True Histories"), a fantastic journey narrative considered the earliest surviving example of Science Fiction in the Western tradition. The Introduction situates the work in the context of Lucian's oeuvre, especially his preoccupation with distinguishing truth from fiction and exposing the lies of philosophers. In their commentary, the editors trace the sources and the meaning of the numerous intertextual allusions and parodies of philosophers, poets, historians and paradoxographers. The Verae Historiae emerges from this scrutiny as a remarkably complex text with some very "modern" concerns: it problematizes the act of reading, allegorical interpretation, authorial reliability, and the validity of cultural norms and literary genres.
Philosophical Presences in the Ancient Novel
Author: J. R. Morgan
Publisher: Barkhuis
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9077922377
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This collection of essays, the result of a 2006 conference at the University of Wales in Lampeter, look at the influence of philosophical texts on the ancient novel. In both Greek and Latin novels substantial traces of philosophical ideas can be found; these essays discuss the levels on which they were intended to operate, and how they were meant to resonate with their audiences. Specific authors discussed include Xenophon of Ephesus, Achilles Tatius, Longus, Apuleius and Lucian, while the philosophical influences include Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics.
Lucian and His Roman Voices
Author: Eleni Bozia
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-10-03
Total Pages: 235
ISBN-13: 1317633822
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Lucian and His Roman Voices examines cultural exchanges, political propaganda, and religious conflicts in the Early Roman Empire through the eyes of Lucian, his contemporary Roman authors, and Christian Apologists. Offering a multi-faceted analysis of the Lucianic corpus, this book explores how Lucian, a Syrian who wrote in Greek and who became a Roman citizen, was affected by the socio-political climate of his time, reacted to it, and how he ‘corresponded’ with the Roman intelligentsia. In the process, this unique volume raises questions such as: What did the title ‘Roman citizen’ mean to native Romans and to others? How were language and literature politicized, and how did they become a means of social propaganda? This study reveals Lucian’s recondite historical and authorial personas and the ways in which his literary activity portrayed second-century reality from the perspectives of the Romans, Greeks, pagans, Christians, and citizens of the Roman Empire
A Lucian for our Times
Author: Adam Bartley
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2009-10-02
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1443816094
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Lucian of Samosata, the prolific Greek-speaking satirist of the 2nd century AD, left us a wide range of works ranging from harsh invective against cult-leaders and philosophers to playful pastiche of Herodotus' Histories. Art and artists, teachers of rhetoric, inconsistent myths, parasites in rich households, authors seeking imperial patronage and the rich and powerful themselves all provide rich material for his wit and humour. In this volume the focus is not on the literary values of Lucian's works, but rather on what they show us about the intellectual, political, religious and everyday life of the Imperial period. The articles address themes such as the importance of Latin in the Greek-speaking eastern Empire, rituals of death and mourning, attitudes towards the lands beyond the empire and the role of politics in comedy and satire, both in Lucian's own time and in the 5th and 4th centuries BC. While Lucian's own distinctive personality is impossible to ignore, the picture that emerges is one of both the high intellectual life and everyday behaviour in this vibrant period in the history of the Mediterranean region.
Lucian and the Latins
Author: David Marsh
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780472108466
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The Cambridge History of Classical Literature: Volume 1, Greek Literature
Author: P. E. Easterling
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1985-05-09
Total Pages: 960
ISBN-13: 9780521210423
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The Cambridge History of Classical Literature: Volume 1, Greek Literature, Part 4, The Hellenistic Period and the Empire
Author: P. E. Easterling
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1989-05-04
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780521359849
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The emphasis of this volume is on Greek literature produced in the period between the foundation of Alexandria late in the fourth century B.C. and the end of the 'high empire' in the third century A.D. Here we see a shift away from the city states of the Greek mainland to the new centres of culture and power, first Alexandria under the Ptolemies and then imperial Rome, Greek literature, being traditionally cosmopolitan, adapted to these changes with remarkable success, and through the efficiency of the Hellenistic educational system Greek literary culture became the essential mark of an educated person in the Graeco-Roman world.
