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Chattering Courtesans and Other Sardonic Sketches

By Lucian & Keith Sidwell

Release : 2004-06-24

Genre : Fiction & Literature, Books, Essays, Drama

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Described by a later Greek historian as "a man seriously committed to raising a laugh", Lucian exulted in the exposure of absurdity and the puncturing of pretension, and was capable of finding a comic angle on almost any subject. In this selection we see him conversing with his literary enemies, railing against hypocrisy and the vanity of human wealth and power, and taking a wry look at the power of lust and the unsatisfactory nature of deviant sexual practices.

Chattering Courtesans and Other Sardonic Sketches

By Lucian & Keith Sidwell

Release : 2004-06-24

Genre : Fiction & Literature, Books, Essays, Drama

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
Described by a later Greek historian as "a man seriously committed to raising a laugh", Lucian exulted in the exposure of absurdity and the puncturing of pretension, and was capable of finding a comic angle on almost any subject. In this selection we see him conversing with his literary enemies, railing against hypocrisy and the vanity of human wealth and power, and taking a wry look at the power of lust and the unsatisfactory nature of deviant sexual practices.

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