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Lucian In Eight Volumes 8
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Author : Lucian (of Samosata.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Lucian In Eight Volumes 8 written by Lucian (of Samosata.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Bilingual books categories.
LUCIAN (c. 120-190 A.D.) the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful travelling lecturer, before settling in Athens and developing his original brand of satire. Late in life he fell on hard times and accepted an official post in Egypt. Although notable for the Attic purity and elegance of his Greek and his literary versatility, Lucian is chiefly famed for the dialogues in which he satirises human folly, superstition and hypocrisy. His aim was to amuse rather than to instruct. Among his best works are A True Story (the tallest of tall stories about a voyage to the moon), Dialogues of the Gods (a 'reductio ad absurdum' of traditional mythology), Dialogues of the Dead (on the vanity of human wishes), Philosophies for Sale (great philosophers of the past are auctioned off as slaves), The Fisherman (the degeneracy of modern philosophers), The Carousal (philosophers misbehave at a party), Timon (the problems of being rich), Twice accused (Lucian's defence of his literary career) and (if by Lucian) The ass (the amusing adventures of a man who turned into an ass).
Lucian Volume I
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Author : Llucià
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Lucian Volume I written by Llucià and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Fiction categories.
Satire blends with comic art in Lucian's tales, fantasies, and dialogues. With ebullient wit he mocks teachers of literature, the various philosophical schools, popular religions, historians and writers, the Olympian gods, and the foibles of mortals. In The Dream he jocularly recounts his own career. Native of Samosata on the Euphrates, Lucian traveled widely in the Roman Empire as far as Gaul. His 80 extant works (published here in 8 volumes) offer insight on the intellectual world of the second century CE along with mischievous and sophisticated entertainment. From Lucian comes a comic view of the Greek symposium, in his piece titled Carousal in Harmon's translation. The great satirist crowds into his dinner party Stoics, Epicureans, Peripatetics, and Cynics--but there is as much high-spirited clowning as philosophy to be relished here. This first of the eight-volume edition of Lucian contains fourteen other pieces, including one of the earliest examples of science fiction, A True Story, the tallest of tall stories about a voyage to the moon.
The Loeb Classical Library
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Author : G. P. Goold
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1912
The Loeb Classical Library written by G. P. Goold and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1912 with Greek literature categories.
Medical Analogy In Latin Satire
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Author : S. Kivistö
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2009-09-16
Medical Analogy In Latin Satire written by S. Kivistö and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-16 with Medical categories.
Offering fresh readings of numerous Neo-Latin texts, Medical Analogy in Latin Satire provides an introduction to medical issues in the tradition of Latin satire. The book explores what functions physical diseases and peculiarities had in early modern satires and how satire was considered as a form of healing instruction.
Jesus And Other Men
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Author : Susanna Asikainen
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-01-03
Jesus And Other Men written by Susanna Asikainen and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-03 with Religion categories.
In Jesus and Other Men, Susanna Asikainen explores the masculinities of Jesus and other male characters and the ideal femininities in the Synoptic Gospels.
Dialogues Of The Gods
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Author : Baudelaire Jones
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-11
Dialogues Of The Gods written by Baudelaire Jones and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11 with Fiction categories.
By the time of Lucian, popular religion had ceased to hold much influence over the hearts of the cultured classes. Philosophy was the new God, but there were efforts in some circles to divert men's minds from the philosophical sects and restore a sort of unorthodox faith in the old religion. Against this artificial revival of mythological faith, Lucian pitted the influence of his tremendous satirical powers. In the "Dialogues of the Gods," he pulls the curtain aside-exposing the Gods as they engage in private disputes, domestic brawls, and love affairs, with their jealousies and scandals, their paltry strifes and petty motives. The lesson is simple: Can one worship beings with such weaknesses, such foibles, and such scandalous and immoral lives? This new translation by Baudelaire Jones breathes fresh life into ancient deities such as Zeus, Hera, Hermes, Aphrodite, Poseidon, and Athena, revealing complex, contradictory, sex-obsessed creatures that modern mortals can surely relate to.
Roman Receptions Of Sappho
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Author : Thea S. Thorsen
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-12-13
Roman Receptions Of Sappho written by Thea S. Thorsen and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-13 with History categories.
Sappho, a towering figure in Western culture, is an exemplary case in the history of classical receptions. There are three prominent reasons for this. Firstly, Sappho is associated with some of the earliest poetry in the classical tradition, which makes her reception history one of the longest we know of. Furthermore, Sappho's poetry promotes ideologically challenging concepts such as female authority and homoeroticism, which have prompted very conspicuous interpretative strategies to deal with issues of gender and sexuality, revealing the values of the societies that have received her works through time. Finally, Sappho's legacy has been very well explored from the perspective of reception studies: important investigations have been made into responses both to her as poet-figure and to her poetry from her earliest reception through to our own time. However, one of the few eras in Sappho's longstanding reception history that has not been systematically explored before this volume is the Roman period. The omission is a paradox. Receptions of Sappho can be traced in more than eighteen Roman poets, among them many of the most central authors in the history of Latin literature. Surely, few other Greek poets can rival the impact of Sappho at Rome. This important fact calls out for a systematic approach to Sappho's Roman reception, which is the aim of Roman Receptions of Sappho that focuses on the poetry of the central period of Roman literary history, from the time of Lucretius to that of Martial.
A Biblical Case For Women Pastors Elders And Deacons
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Author : Seth M. Knorr
language : en
Publisher: Eleutheros Publishing
Release Date : 2023-04-01
A Biblical Case For Women Pastors Elders And Deacons written by Seth M. Knorr and has been published by Eleutheros Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-01 with Religion categories.
An argument for Women Pastors, Elders, and Deacons based solely on the Bible and backed by historical evidence. After discovering a textual variant in early Greek manuscripts, which were supported by early Greek scripture quotations from the early church fathers, the author realized this variant reading provides the important context which reverses how many are currently understanding Paul’s apparent prohibition of women teaching in the pastoral epistles. The discovery of this variant completely changed the authors thinking and prompted a thorough study of the topic. Setting cultural arguments aside and relying solely on the text of Scripture, this book answers the critical question: Do these passages prevent women from being pastors, elders, and/or deacons? After an in-depth study, the author concluded that there is zero biblical evidence based on the original text of Scripture to support prohibiting women from holding leadership positions of pastor, elder, or deacon in the church.
The Elements Of Representation In Hobbes
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Author : Mónica Brito Vieira
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2009-12-14
The Elements Of Representation In Hobbes written by Mónica Brito Vieira and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-14 with History categories.
This book offers a powerful, comprehensive and compelling rereading of Hobbes's theory of representation, by reinstating it in a wider pattern of Hobbes’s theorizing about human thought and action in relation to images, roles and fictions of various types.
Metamorphosis
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Author : Alison Keith
language : en
Publisher: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
Release Date : 2007
Metamorphosis written by Alison Keith and has been published by Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Literary Criticism categories.