Lucian of Samosata · c. AD 125-after 180

Dionysus

Name: Dionysus
Author: Lucian of Samosata

Διόνυσος

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Dionysus is a short prolalia, or introductory lecture, delivered before a longer reading. It uses the story of the Indian expedition of Dionysus as a parable for the way a new kind of writing is received. It has eight sections in the Greek.

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Text: Greek original with English translation, 1 passage, about 1300 words in English.
Translator: H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler (1905)
Edition: A. M. Harmon (ed.), Lucian, vol. I, Loeb Classical Library, London: William Heinemann; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1913 (Greek text as digitised by Perseus)
Cite as: Lucian of Samosata, Dionysus 1 (by section)

1–8Dionysus in India1260 words

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English translation by H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler (1905). Original text: A. M. Harmon (ed.), Lucian, vol. I, Loeb Classical Library, London: William Heinemann; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1913 (Greek text as digitised by Perseus).

Greek text and translation from the Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Perseus Digital Library, Greek text); translation public domain. Introductions, summaries and notes © GreekMythology.com.

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