Lucian Summary
Lucian

Lucian of Samosata 120-c. 180 Syrian-born Roman satirist who wrote the earliest stories about voyages to other planets. In both his Icaromenippus and True History, Lucian depicted trips to the Moon an... Read more

LukÁcs, Georg(1885–1971) Georg (György) Lukács, the Hungarian Marxist philosopher and literary critic, was professor of aesthetics and the philosophy of culture at the Univ... Read more

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The Greek satirical writer Lucian (ca. 120 A.D.-ca. 200 A.D.) is noted for his mastery of Greek prose and satirical dialogue. He was an unrelenting but delightful critic of mythological and philosophi... Read more

In the following excerpt from a work originally published in 1943, Haight discusses Lucian's style and use of parody in his True History. … Gildersleeve was probably right in calling ... Read more

In the following excerpt, Anderson discusses Lucian's tendency to reuse character descriptions, plot situations, and other material. Lucian manipulates his characters as easily as he contriv... Read more

In the following excerpt, Duncan discusses the playfully detached viewpoint Lucian adopts throughout his works. From the late fifteenth century until well into the nineteenth, Lucian held his place... Read more

In the following excerpt, Payne surveys Lucian's Menippean satires, focusing on their exuberant mockery of philosophy, religion, and life in general. Lucian's works provide a focal po... Read more