Chattering Courtesans and Other Sardonic Sketches
- Format: Pocket
- Antall sider: 576
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- EAN: 9780140447026
- Utgivelsesår: 2004
- Bidragsyter: Lucian
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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.