{"product_id":"lucian-selected-dialogues-oxford-worlds-classics","title":"Lucian: Selected Dialogues","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Greek satirist Lucian was a brilliantly entertaining writer who invented the comic dialogue as a vehicle for satiric comment. His influence was immense, not only on the Greek world, but on later European writers such as Rabelais and Swift.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis dialogues puncture the pretensions of pompous philosophers and describe the daily lives of Greek courtesans; they are peopled by politicians, historians, and ordinary citizens, as well as by gods and mythic figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis lively new translation is both accurately idiomatic and as entertaining as the original. It provides a cross section of Lucian's styles and satirical targets, from serious polemic to lighter squibs and character portrayals, and includes How to Write History and his most famous piece, A True History, a fabulous take of space travel and a monstrous whale which prefigures the fantasies of Jules Verne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe introduction highlights Lucian's importance both in his own and later times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lucian, C. D. N. Costa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46453628043433,"sku":"9780199555932","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9780199555932.jpg?v=1759623836","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/lucian-selected-dialogues-oxford-worlds-classics","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}