{"product_id":"lucian-volume-ii-the-downward-journey-zeus-refuted-the-tragic-zeus-the-rooster-prometheus-icaromenippus-timon-charon-sale-of-lives-9780674997714","title":"Lucian, Volume II: The Downward Journey. Zeus Refuted. the Tragic Zeus. the Rooster. Prometheus. Icaromenippus. Timon. Charon. Sale of Lives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntiquity's satirist supreme.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLucian of Samosata on the Euphrates (fl. AD 160-190) ranks among the most dazzlingly creative, virtuosic, and boldly original writers of antiquity. Although he more than once characterizes his writings, many of them intended for public performance, as a combination of dialogue and comedy, in truth the diversity of his extant works is startling, ranging from philosophic and moral dialogue to invective, from mythology to contemporary biography to high fantasy, from mock encomium to Herodotean ethnography, and from generic combinations to unclassifiable novelties, all infused with ebullient wit, elegant humor, and refined satire, and all delivered in sparkling style. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluded in the Loeb edition of Lucian are all of his approximately seventy-five authentic works together with those doubtfully attributed. Highlights of Volume II include \u003ci\u003eThe Downward Journey\u003c\/i\u003e, a voyage to the underworld; \u003ci\u003eTimon\u003c\/i\u003e, on the problems of being a rich misanthrope; and \u003ci\u003eSale of Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, in which great philosophers of the past are auctioned off as slaves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition, which replaces the original Loeb edition by A. M. Harmon (1915), offers text, translation, and annotation that are fully current with modern scholarship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lucian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.60h x 4.95w x 1.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674997714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThonemann, Peter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Peter Thonemann is Professor of Ancient History, Wadham College, University of Oxford.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Lucian \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47834194837661,"sku":"9780674997714","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_e0cad78d-c1cb-41cd-b065-350018016436.jpg?v=1776145968","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/lucian-volume-ii-the-downward-journey-zeus-refuted-the-tragic-zeus-the-rooster-prometheus-icaromenippus-timon-charon-sale-of-lives-9780674997714","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}