Lucian of Samosata
Λουκιανόςc. AD 125-after 180
Lucian of Samosata on the Euphrates, born about AD 125, was a Syrian who became a travelling lecturer in Greek and one of the great satirists of antiquity. His dialogues and lectures treat the gods, heroes and philosophers of Greek tradition with open mockery, and because he retells so many myths in order to ridicule them they are a rich, if irreverent, source for the stories the poets told, from the loves of Zeus to the judgement of Paris and the underworld of the Greek imagination.
Works
- Dialogues of the GodsΘεῶν διάλογοι4 passages · H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler 1905
- The Judgement of the GoddessesΘεῶν κρίσις2 passages · H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler 1905
- Dialogues of the Sea-GodsἘνάλιοι διάλογοι3 passages · H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler 1905
- Dialogues of the DeadΝεκρικοὶ διάλογοι8 passages · H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler 1905
- TimonΤίμων ἢ Μισάνθρωπος4 passages · H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler 1905
- MenippusΜένιππος ἢ Νεκυομαντεία2 passages · H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler 1905
- PrometheusΠρομηθεὺς ἢ Καύκασος2 passages · H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler 1905
- A Literary PrometheusΠρομηθεὺς εἶ ἐν λόγοις1 passage · H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler 1905
- The Downward JourneyΚατάπλους ἢ Τύραννος3 passages · H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler 1905
- On the DanceΠερὶ ὀρχήσεως5 passages · H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler 1905
- The Parliament of the GodsΘεῶν ἐκκλησία2 passages · H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler 1905
- DionysusΔιόνυσος1 passage · H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler 1905
- SlanderΠερὶ τοῦ μὴ ῥᾳδίως πιστεύειν διαβολῇ2 passages · H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler 1905
- The ParasiteΠερὶ παρασίτου ἢ ὅτι τέχνη ἡ παρασιτική5 passages · H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler 1905
- The Ignorant Book-CollectorΠρὸς τὸν ἀπαίδευτον καὶ πολλὰ βιβλία ὠνούμενον3 passages · H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler 1905
