Lucian: Three Menippean Fantasies

By Joel C. Relihan and Lucian of Samosata

"New translations of three of Lucian's texts from antiquity are assembled here to support a brief discussion of the origins, nature, and history of a literary genre: Menippean satire. This volume is a contribution to Menippean studies, translations of the only works surviving from antiquity in which Menippus appears as a character. The three pieces as presented here in a biographical sequence tell a brief but coherent story about Menippus and the constraints imposed upon him by Lucian; introductory essays and the brief interpretive Afterword offer cautionary considerations concerning the usefulness of attaching Menippus's name to Menippean movements. A bibliography is also included"--

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1647920000
• ISBN13: 9781647920005
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.3" x 5.3"