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Lucian of Samosata

c. 125–after 180 · Satirist

A Syrian from the Euphrates who learned Greek as a foreign language, made a career as a travelling lecturer and then turned to comic dialogues: gods, philosophers, frauds and the dead, all mocked with a light hand. His True Story sends its travellers to the moon.

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Phalaris · Φάλαρις
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
Hippias, or the Bath · Ἱππίας ἢ Βαλανεῖον
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
Dionysus · Προλαλιά. Διόνυσος
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
Heracles · Προλαλιά. Ἡρακλῆς
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
Amber, or The Swans · Περὶ τοῦ Ἡλέκτρου ἢ Κύκνων
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
The Fly · Μυίας Ἐγκώμιον
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
Nigrinus · Νιγρίνου Φιλοσοφία
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishHenry Watson Fowler
Demonax · Δημώνακτος Βίος
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishHenry Watson Fowler
The Hall · Περὶ τοῦ Οἴκου
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
My Native Land · Πατρίδος Ἐγκώμιον
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishHenry Watson Fowler
Octogenarians · Μακρόβιοι
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
A True Story · Ἀληθῶν Διηγημάτων
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
Slander · Περὶ τοῦ μὴ ῥᾳδίως πιστεύειν Διαβολῇ
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
The Consonants at Law · Δίκη Συμφώνων
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishHenry Watson Fowler
The Carousal, or The Lapiths · Συμπόσιον ἢ Λαπίθαι
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishHenry Watson Fowler
The Downward Journey, or The Tyrant · Κατάπλους ἢ Τύραννος
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
Zeus Catechized · Ζεὺς ἐλεγχόμενος
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishHenry Watson Fowler
Zeus Rants · Ζεὺς Τραγῳδός
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
The Dream, or The Cock · Ὄνειρος ἢ Ἀλεκτρυών
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
Prometheus · Προμηθεύς
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
Icaromenippus, or The Sky-Man · Ἰκαρομένιππος ἢ Ὑπερνέφελος
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishHenry Watson Fowler
Timon, or The Misanthrope · Τίμων
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishHenry Watson Fowler
Charon, or The Inspectors · Χάρων ἢ Ἐπισκοποῦντες
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
Philosophies for Sale · Βίων Πρᾶσις
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
The Dead Come to Life, or The Fisherman · Ἀναβιοῦντες ἢ Ἁλιεύς
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
The Double Indictment · Δὶς κατηγορούμενος
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
On Sacrifices · Περὶ Θυσιῶν
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
The Ignorant Book-Collector · Πρὸς τὸν ἀπαίδευτον καὶ πολλὰ βιβλία ὠνούμενον
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
The Dream, or Lucian’s Career · Περὶ τοῦ Ἐνυπνίου ἤτοι Βίος Λουκιανοῦ
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
The Parasite · Περὶ τοῦ Παρασίτου ὅτι Τέχνη ἡ Παρασιτική
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
The Lover of Lies, or The Doubter · Φιλοψευδὴς ἢ Ἀπιστῶν
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
The Judgement of the Goddesses · Θεῶν Κρίσις
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
On Salaried Posts in Great Houses · Περὶ τῶν ἐν Μισθῷ συνόντων
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishHenry Watson Fowler
Anacharsis, or Athletics · Ἀνάχαρσις ἢ Περὶ Γυμνασίων
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
Menippus, or The Descent into Hades · Μένιππος ἢ Νεκυομαντεία
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
On Funerals · Περὶ Πένθους
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
A Professor of Public Speaking · Ῥητόρων Διδάσκαλος
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
Alexander the False Prophet · Ἀλέξανδρος ἢ Ψευδόμαντις
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
Essays in Portraiture · Εἰκόνες
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
Essays in Portraiture Defended · Ὑπὲρ τῶν Εἰκόνων
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
The Syrian Goddess · Περὶ τῆς Συρίης Θεοῦ
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
The Passing of Peregrinus · Περὶ τῆς Περεγρίνου Τελευτῆς
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
The Runaways · Δραπέται
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
Toxaris, or Friendship · Τόξαρις ἢ Φιλία
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
The Dance · Περὶ Ὀρχήσεως
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
Lexiphanes · Λεξιφάνης
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
The Eunuch · Εὐνοῦχος
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
Astrology · Περὶ τῆς Ἀστρολογίας
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
The Mistaken Critic · Ψευδολογιστής
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
The Parliament of the Gods · Θεῶν Ἐκκλησία
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
The Tyrannicide · Τυραννοκτόνος
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
Disowned · Ἀποκηρυττόμενος
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishAustin Morris Harmon
How to Write History · Πῶς δεῖ ἱστορίαν συγγράφειν
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishKenneth Kilburn
The Dipsads · Περὶ τῶν διψάδων
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishKenneth Kilburn
Saturnalia · Τὰ πρὸς Κρόνον
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishKenneth Kilburn
Herodotus, or Aetion · Ἡρόδοτος ἢ Ἀετίων
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishKenneth Kilburn
Zeuxis, or Antiochus · Ζεῦξις ἢ Ἀντίοχος
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishKenneth Kilburn
A Slip of the Tongue in Greeting · Ὑπέρ τοῦ ἐν τῇ προσαγορεύσει πταισμάτως
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishKenneth Kilburn
Apology for the “Salaried Posts” · Ἀπολογία
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishKenneth Kilburn
Harmonides · Ἀπολογία
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishKenneth Kilburn
A Conversation with Hesiod · Διάλογος πρὸς Ἡσίοδον
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishKenneth Kilburn
The Scythian, or The Consul · Σκύθης ἢ πρόξενος
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishKenneth Kilburn
Hermotimus, or Concerning the Sects · Σκύθης ἢ πρόξενος
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishKenneth Kilburn
To One Who Said “You’re a Prometheus in Words” · Πρὸς τὸν εἰπόντα, Προμηθεὺς εἴ εἶ ἐν λόγοις
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishKenneth Kilburn
The Ship, or The Wishes · Πλοῖον ἢΕυχαί
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishKenneth Kilburn
Dialogues of the Dead · Νεκρικοὶ διάλογοι
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishMatthew Donald Macleod
Dialogues of the Sea-Gods · Ἐνάλιοι διάλογοι
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishMatthew Donald Macleod
Dialogues of the Gods · Θεῶν διάλογοι
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishMatthew Donald Macleod
Dialogues of the Courtesans · Ἑταιρικοὶ διάλογοι
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishMatthew Donald Macleod
The Sham Sophist, or The Solecist · Ψευδοσοφιστής ἢ Σολοικιστής
Lucian
- Ancient Greek + EnglishHenry Watson Fowler

Seventy works, from A True Story and the Dialogues of the Dead to Alexander the False Prophet and How to Write History, in Greek beside English.

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