The complete online text of Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 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 (in ancient Syria) was one of the most original and engaging figures of postclassical Greek culture. Like other Greek writers in the Roman Empire, he is difficult to classify generically or ideologically. A Hellenized Syrian, Lucian, a...

Brenda Walker, Stelian Apostotescu, trs. Iasi / Oxford / Portland, Oregon. Center for Romanian Studies / UNESCO. 2001. 624 pages, ill. $30. ISBN 973-9432-23-9 ACTIVE BETWEEN 1910 AND 1960, especially during the effervescent Romanian literary interbellum period, Lucian Blaga produced twelve volumes of...

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...