EBOOK Selected Dialogues

'you'll find another man to harvest, Glycerion: let this one go'The Greek satirist        Lucian was a brilliantly entertaining writer who invented the comic dialogue as a        vehicle for satiric comment. His influence was immense, not only in the Greek world,        but on later European writers such as Rabelais and Swift. His dialogues puncture the        pretensions of pompous philosophers and describe the daily lives of Greek        courtesans; they are peopled by politicians, historians and ordinary citizens, as        well as by gods and mythic figures. This selection provides across-section of        Lucian's styles and satirical targets, from serious polemic to lighter squibs and        character portrayals. It includes How to Write History and his most famous piece, A        True History, a fabulous tale of space travel and a monstrous whale which prefigures        the fantasies of Jules Verne.This lively new translation is both accurate and        idiomatic, and the introduction highlights Lucian's importance in his own and later        times.