Lucian, True History

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Lucian, True History

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Lucian of Samosata's True History is a fantastical tale of voyage and imagination. No editor, translator, or reader knows quite how to describe it or fit it comfortably into a familiar genre of Greek literature: 'satires' and 'dialogues' only partially describe the genre or genres he wrote in. Of all the ancient Greco-Roman writers, Lucian is without doubt one of the most inventive and witty. The Greek text in this edition of the True History is accompanied by a facing page English translation, making it an accessible and informative resource aimed at students and teachers of Greek.

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Útgefandi
Oxford University Press Academic UK
ISBN
9780192665423
Print ISBN
9780198789659
Format
Page Fidelity (PDF)
Útgáfa
0
Höfundar
Diskin Clay
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2021-07-29
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
100
Prent takmörkun
2
Afritunar takmörkun
2

Kaflar

  • Lucian True History: Introduction, Text, Translation, and Commentary
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Lucian’s True History
  • 1.1. Introducing Lucian’s True History
  • 1.2. Lucian’s life
  • 1.3. Lucian’s “I”
  • 1.4. Lucian’s afterlife
  • 2. The anatomy of fiction
  • 2.1. Lies and deception: a problem with fiction
  • 2.2. The anatomy of a true fiction: history and myth/history or myth?
  • 2.3. Fiction vindicated: the usefulness of lies
  • 3. Mimesis
  • 3.1. The familiar and the foreign: Lucian’s creative backdrop
  • 3.2. Attic and Atticism: language as status
  • 3.3. Lucian at play: Lucian’s odyssey or stuck in literary la-la-land
  • 3.3.1. The Moon
  • 3.3.2. The Island of the Blest
  • Reader’s Guide
  • (1) Abbreviations, etc.
  • (2) Greek Measurements
  • (3) Select Bibliography
  • A Note on the Text
  • Text Of True History: with translation by Diskin Clay
  • Book 1
  • Introduction: Lucian’s Apology
  • How Our Intrepid Author And His Companions Sailed Out Into The Unknown Atlantic Seeking What Lies Be
  • Our Author Relates His Adventures On Vineland Or The Island Of The Vine-maidens
  • A Still More Incredible Adventure: Our Author, His Companions And Ship Are Carried Up To The Moon
  • Lucian And His Companions Land On The Moon And Are Brought Before King Endymion
  • Star Wars: The Great Battle Of The Moon And Sun
  • The Peace Treaty Imposed On The Selenitai By The Victorious Heliotai
  • The Selenitai Described
  • Our Author And His Companions Leave The Moon And Descend Back Down Onto The Sea
  • The Author Describes How His Return To Earth And The Sea Was No Salvation But A Catastrophe In The B
  • The Great Battle In The Belly Of The Whale Described
  • The Sea Battle Of The Giants
  • Book 2
  • The Author Relates How He And His Companions Managed To Escape From The Belly Of The Whale
  • How Lucian And His Companions Are Frozen Fast In A Great Sea Of Ice
  • On Past The Island Of Cork
  • The Author And His Company Come To The Island Of The Blest
  • Hell Island
  • The City Of Dreams
  • On Calypso’s Island
  • Further Adventures At Sea
  • An Adventure Among The Bull-heads
  • Our Author Encounters New And Wonderous Forms Of Seafaring, As Well As A Few More Odyssean Adventure
  • The Return To Earth And The Antipodal World
  • Commentary
  • Book 1
  • The Episodes of True History Book 1
  • 1.1–4 The opening
  • 1.5–9 The voyage to the Western Island
  • 1.9–12 Lucian arrives on the Moon and describes Endymion’s preparations for war with the Sun and
  • 1.13–17 The defeat of the Selenitai in the war between Endymion and Phaethon
  • 1.18–20 The capture of Lucian and his crew and a treaty of peace
  • 1.21–6 The Selenitai described
  • 1.28–9 Descent down to the Ocean, arrival at the island of Lychnopolis, and the trip past Cloudcuc
  • 1.30–42 In the belly of the whale (continued in VH 2.1–2)
  • Book 2
  • The Episodes of True History Book 2
  • 2.1–2 Escape from the belly of the whale
  • 2.3 The sacred island of Galatea
  • 2.4 The men with feet of cork on the island of Phello
  • 2.4–19 Arrival at the Island of the Blest and the banquet on the Elysian Fields
  • 2.20 The interview with Homer
  • 2.21 Pythagoras of Samos
  • 2.22 The games of the dead
  • 2.23–4 The impious escape and attack the Island of the Blest
  • 2.25–7 The flight of Helen revisted
  • 2.27–8 The decree of exile against Lucian and his companions
  • 2.30–2 The Island of the Impious
  • 2.32–5 The Island of Dreams
  • 2.35–6 The island of Ogygia
  • 2.37–9 The assaults on Lucian and his crew
  • 2.40 A halcyon day
  • 2.41–6 New marvels
  • 2.47 An account of further adventures promised
  • Index