The complete online text of Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 by Lucian.

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 philosophical doctrines. Most of what we know about Lucian comes...

Lucian of Samosata(C. 115–C. 200) Lucian of Samosata, the philosophical satirist and satirist of philosophy, was born at Samosata (Samsat) on the Euphrates and was educated there. He then studied rhetoric in Asia Minor, after which he was a...

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 and outer space. He also wrote a number of works critical of impostors,...

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 University of Budapest from 1945 to 1956. Lukács...

Lucian of Samosata (Greek: Λουκιανός ο Σαμοσατεύς, Latin: Lucianus; c. A.D. 125 – after A.D. 180) was an Assyrian rhetorician,[1] and satirist who wrote in the Greek language. He is noted for his witty and scoffing nature. Few...

Lucian Freud MUSEUM OF MODERN ART/MARLBOROUGH GRAPHICS Among Lucian Freud's earliest works, from the 1940s, are etchings that, while intimate, feel charged with a rough emotional urgency. The atmosphere recurs in etchings from the 1980s and later, as well as in his...

The international acclaim recently accorded Lucian Freud's painting is a fascinating phenomenon. Freud is part of no movement or school; he has no influential followers (though several second-rate imitators); he is a private man, not given to mainstream interviews, profiles, or screen appearances....

Evangelist Billy Graham was released from a hospital Thursday, nearly two weeks after he was admitted for intestinal bleeding, officials said.Doctors identified the source of Graham's bleeding during a colonoscopy last week, said Merrill Gregory, a spokeswoman for Mission Health & Hospitals in Asheville. Physicians...

Prominent evangelist Billy Graham has been released from a North Carolina hospital nearly two weeks after he was admitted for intestinal bleeding, officials said.Doctors identified and treated the source of Graham's bleeding during a colonoscopy last week, said Merrill Gregory, a hospital spokeswoman."We have been...

In the following excerpt, Robinson discusses Lucian's use of such literary forms as parody, pastiche, and satire, as well as his handling of invective, burlesque, and irony.

In the following excerpt, Branham discusses the seriocomic nature of Lucian's works.

In the first section of the following excerpt, Anderson discusses the sources and structure of Lucian 's True History and Toxaris. In the second section, he discusses the themes, techniques, and authorship of Lucius, or The Ass.