Lucian And His Roman Voices

Author : Eleni Bozia
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317633815

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Lucian and His Roman Voices by Eleni Bozia Pdf

Lucian and His Roman Voices examines cultural exchanges, political propaganda, and religious conflicts in the Early Roman Empire through the eyes of Lucian, his contemporary Roman authors, and Christian Apologists. Offering a multi-faceted analysis of the Lucianic corpus, this book explores how Lucian, a Syrian who wrote in Greek and who became a Roman citizen, was affected by the socio-political climate of his time, reacted to it, and how he ‘corresponded’ with the Roman intelligentsia. In the process, this unique volume raises questions such as: What did the title ‘Roman citizen’ mean to native Romans and to others? How were language and literature politicized, and how did they become a means of social propaganda? This study reveals Lucian’s recondite historical and authorial personas and the ways in which his literary activity portrayed second-century reality from the perspectives of the Romans, Greeks, pagans, Christians, and citizens of the Roman Empire

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004442566

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Satire in the Middle Byzantine Period by Anonim Pdf

This volume explores various forms, functions and meanings of satirical texts written in the Middle Byzantine period.

Author : Anna Peterson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190697105

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Laughter on the Fringes by Anna Peterson Pdf

This book examines the impact that Athenian Old Comedy had on Greek writers of the imperial era. It is generally acknowledged that imperial-era Greeks responded to Athenian Old Comedy in one of two ways: either as a treasure trove of Atticisms or as a genre defined by and repudiated for its aggressive humor. Worthy of further consideration, however, is the degree to which both approaches, and particularly the latter one that relegated Old Comedy to the fringes of the literary canon, led authors to engage with the ironic and self-reflexive humor of Aristophanes, Eupolis and Cratinus. Authors ranging from serious moralizers (Plutarch and Aelius Aristides) to comic writers in their own right (Lucian, Alciphron) to other figures not often associated with Old Comedy (Libanius) adopted aspects of the genre to negotiate power struggles, facilitate literary and sophistic rivalries, and as a model for autobiographical writing. To varying degrees, these writers wove recognizable features of the genre (e.g. the parabasis, its agonistic language, the stage biographies of the individual poets) into their writings. The image of Old Comedy that emerges from this time is that of a genre in transition. It was, on the one hand, with the exception of Aristophanes' extant plays, on the verge of being almost completely lost; on the other hand, its reputation and several of its most characteristic elements were being renegotiated and reinvented.

Author : Daniel Jolowicz,Jaś Elsner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108484909

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Articulating Resistance under the Roman Empire by Daniel Jolowicz,Jaś Elsner Pdf

Explores the diverse forms of elite resistance to and in the Roman Empire, often in subtle and silent ways.

Author : Inger NI Kuin
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780472220977

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Lucian’s Laughing Gods by Inger NI Kuin Pdf

No comic author from the ancient world features the gods as often as Lucian of Samosata, yet the meaning of his works remain contested. He is either seen as undermining the gods and criticizing religion through his humor, or as not engaging with religion at all, featuring the gods as literary characters. His humor was traditionally viewed as a symptom of decreased religiosity, but that model of religious decline in the second century CE has been invalidated by ancient historians. Understanding these works now requires understanding what it means to imagine as laughing and laughable gods who are worshipped in everyday cult. In Lucian's Laughing Gods, author Inger N. I. Kuin argues that in ancient Greek thought, comedic depictions of divinities were not necessarily desacralizing. In religion, laughter was accommodated to such an extent as to actually be constituent of some ritual practices, and the gods were imagined either to reciprocate or push back against human laughter—they were never deflated by it. Lucian uses the gods as comic characters, but in doing so, he does not automatically negate their power. Instead, with his depiction of the gods and of how they relate to humans—frivolous, insecure, callous—Lucian challenges the dominant theologies of his day as he refuses to interpret the gods as ethical models. This book contextualizes Lucian’s comedic performances in the intellectual life of the second century CE Roman East broadly, including philosophy, early Christian thought, and popular culture (dance, fables, standard jokes, etc.). His texts are analyzed as providing a window onto non-elite attitudes and experiences, and methodologies from religious studies and the sociology of religion are used to conceptualize Lucian’s engagement with the religiosity of his contemporaries.

Author : Lucian
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1498197981

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Lucian's True History (1894) by Lucian Pdf

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1894 Edition.

Author : Lucian
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1647987148

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Lucian's True Story by Lucian Pdf

Lucian was a particularly wry satirist, though writing in the 2nd Century, his parody of Homer and Herodotus remains eminently readable and enjoyable. Taking sharp aim at mythology and outlandish religious texts, Lucian spins an intentionally ludicrous yarn which includes visits to rivers of milk and islands of cheese. The book is also remarkable for being the first known work to include scenes taking place in outer space.

Author : Edward Gibbon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Byzantine Empire
ISBN : UCSC:32106005766701

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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Pdf

Author : Christopher Robinson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Europe, Western
ISBN : UCAL:B3181526

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Lucian and His Influence in Europe by Christopher Robinson Pdf

Author : Edward Gibbon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1346 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11308523

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History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Pdf

Author : Lucian,Austin Morris Harmon,K Kilburn
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1359027815

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Lucian by Lucian,Austin Morris Harmon,K Kilburn Pdf

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Author : Lucian (of Samosata.)
Publisher : Midland Books
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036693377

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True History and Lucius Or the Ass by Lucian (of Samosata.) Pdf

Author : Jennifer Hall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039254375

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Lucian's Satire by Jennifer Hall Pdf

Author : Lucian (of Samosata.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Sculpture, Egyptian
ISBN : UVA:X000414569

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Lucian's Dialogues by Lucian (of Samosata.) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 798 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IOWA:31858055206217

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The Dublin University Magazine by Anonim Pdf