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Title
Culture and Society in Lucian / C. P. Jones.
Author
Jones, C. P., author.
Edition
Reprint 2014
ISBN
9780674181328
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]
Copyright
©1986
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (195 p.)
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10.4159/harvard.9780674181328 doi
Call Number
PA4236
Dewey Decimal Classification
887/.01
Summary
The works of the second-century satirist Lucian--of which about seventy survive--have had a marked influence on western literature since the Renaissance. Translated by Erasmus, and called "inimitable" by Gibbon, Lucian is the first to tell the famous story of the Sorcerer's Apprentice. His subjects range from the hypocrisy of philosophers to fantastic voyages in space. He is often thought the true father of science fiction and, at the same time, is one of the most important witnesses to early Christianity. C. P Jones examines Lucian's work, setting this brilliant writer in the social and intellectual context of an age that proved pivotal in Greco-Roman history. Lucian's art has been widely considered bookish, concerned with people and customs he and his readers knew only from literature. Jones argues that on the contrary his attacks on such targets as mercenary Stoics and the snake-god Glycon were aimed with mischievous precision. The result is a fresh portrait of Lucian and a vivid picture of a society whose outward assurance masked uncertainty and the onset of profound change.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Preface
Contents
Abbreviations
1. Introduction: The Modern Lucian
2. Lucian in Society
3. Philosophy and Philosophers
4. Gods and Oracles
5. Credulity and Fiction
6. The Writing of History
7. The Court of Lucius Verus
8. Rome
9. Demonax and Sostratos
10. Concealed Victims
11. Peregrinus of Parion
12. Alexander of Abonuteichos
13. Culture and Society
APPENDIX A: Crepereius Calpurnianus
APPENDIX Β: Chronology
APPENDIX C: Disputed Works
Bibliography
Index
Preface
Contents
Abbreviations
1. Introduction: The Modern Lucian
2. Lucian in Society
3. Philosophy and Philosophers
4. Gods and Oracles
5. Credulity and Fiction
6. The Writing of History
7. The Court of Lucius Verus
8. Rome
9. Demonax and Sostratos
10. Concealed Victims
11. Peregrinus of Parion
12. Alexander of Abonuteichos
13. Culture and Society
APPENDIX A: Crepereius Calpurnianus
APPENDIX Β: Chronology
APPENDIX C: Disputed Works
Bibliography
Index