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Selected satires of Lucian

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Wit And Humor
Greek Dialogues
Greek Satire
W. W. Norton & Company 10 views
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0393004430, 9780393004434
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Lionel Casson

"Lionel Casson is Professor Emeritus of Classics, New York University, and the author of Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World as well as many other books on ancient maritime history and ancient travel." -jacket blurb from Libraries in the Ancient World, 2001 (see also Wikipedia)

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When he was thirty-five or forty, Lucian, by then a well-known public lecturer, paid a visit to his home town-the local boy who had made good...

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A collection of writings by the 2nd century satirist who ridiculed tyrants, philosophers, and even the gods, in his mock dialogues and prose narratives.

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