Lucian (ca. AD 120-190), apprentice sculptor then traveling rhetorician, settled in Athens and developed an original brand of satire. Notable for the Attic purity and elegance of his Greek and for literary versatility, he is famous chiefly for the lively, cynical wit of the dialogues in which he satirizes human folly, superstition, and hypocrisy.
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Lucian (ca. AD 120-190), apprentice sculptor then traveling rhetorician, settled in Athens and developed an original brand of satire. Notable for the Attic purity and elegance of his Greek and for literary versatility, he is famous chiefly for the lively, cynical wit of the dialogues in which he satirizes human folly, superstition, and hypocrisy.
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Near fine in Very good+ jacket. Gilt stamped green cloth boards in dust jacket, small octavo, not illustrated. Book has hint of wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ has mild shelfwear, sticker to rear panel. Greek text on verso, English translation on recto.