Selected Satires Of Lucian

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., 1968. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read… Read more about this item

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., 1968. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Chicago: Aldine Publishing Co., nd (1962). Blue cloth. Ex-library, light cover wear, else clean tight copy: VG/no dj. 8vo. Translated and edited by Lionel Casson

Norton & Company Limited, W. W. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New. A master of the vivid scene, Lucian used his pungent style to ridicule the tyrants, prophets, waning gods, and hypocrite philosophers of his own day and the centuries preceding him. His most typical genre is a parody of a Platonic dialogue, but he also excelled in straight narrative, as in the elaborate spoof "A True Story" and… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New. "Lucian's genial mockery," writes Lionel Casson, "aimed at man's omnipresent failings, is never out of date: the jabs he gave the hypocrites, grandstanders, fakers, and boobs of the ancient world can just as appropriately be administered to their counterparts of the modern."