Lucian of Samosata · c. AD 125-after 180

Menippus

Name: Menippus
Author: Lucian of Samosata

Μένιππος ἢ Νεκυομαντεία

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Menippus, also called the Necyomancy or consultation of the dead, is a dialogue in which the Cynic Menippus meets a friend after a journey to the underworld. He tells of his descent with the magus Mithrobarzanes, of the pageant of human life as the dead see it, and of the answer of Tiresias. The Greek is divided into 22 sections.

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Text: Greek original with English translation, 2 passages, about 3700 words in English.
Translator: H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler (1905)
Edition: A. M. Harmon (ed.), Lucian, vol. IV, Loeb Classical Library, London: William Heinemann; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1925 (Greek text as digitised by Perseus)
Cite as: Lucian of Samosata, Menippus 1 (by section)

Contents · 2 passages

1–10Menippus returns from Hades; the philosophers; Mithrobarzanes1750 words
11–22Menippus in Hades; the judgement; Tiresias; the return1917 words

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English translation by H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler (1905). Original text: A. M. Harmon (ed.), Lucian, vol. IV, Loeb Classical Library, London: William Heinemann; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1925 (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.

Menippus

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