Lucian - A Selection

Informationen zum Autor Neil Hopkinson is Director of Studies and College Lecturer in Classics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He is the author of three previous commentaries in the Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics series, including A Hellenistic Anthology (1988) and Ovid: Metamorphoses Book XIII (2000). Klappentext Only edition for classroom use of a selection of works by Lucian, a highly entertaining writer of straightforward Greek. Zusammenfassung Although Lucian is one of the most brilliant and wide-ranging writers from antiquity! there are few commentaries for those who wish to read him in his original Greek. This edition includes both more and less well-known works! with full commentaries on each text preceded by literary appraisals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; The Dream; 'You're a Literary Promethius'; The Ignorant Book-collector; Praise of the Fly; Sigma vs Tau; Timon; Dialogues of the Sea-Gods; Commentary.

Product details

• Authors: Lucian, Lucian of Samosata
• Assisted by: Neil Hopkinson (Editor), Hopkinson Neil (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2008
• EAN: 9780521842006
• ISBN: 978-0-521-84200-6
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Clas; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Prose: non-fiction, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Biography and non-fiction prose, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval