Lucian of Samosata

Overview

Works:	1,749 works in 4,054 publications in 35 languages and 46,769 library holdings
Genres:	Satire, Greek Dialogues, Greek Incunabula Greek prose literature
Classifications:	pa4230, 888

Publication Timeline

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Publications about Lucian

Publications by Lucian

Most widely held works about Lucian

Lucian, satirist and artist by Francis Greenleaf Allinson ( Book )
The bridge of criticism; dialogues among Lucian, Erasmus, and Voltaire on the Enlightenment --on history and hope, imagination and reason, constraint and freedom--and on its meaning for our time by Peter Gay ( Book )
Chaucer and Menippean satire by F. Anne Payne ( Book )
Ben Jonson and the Lucianic tradition by Douglas Duncan ( Book )
Culture and society in Lucian by C. P Jones ( Book )

The written word, and other essays ; lectures delivered before the Centre College of Kentucky by Hardin Craig ( Book )
Lucian and his influence in Europe by Christopher Robinson ( Book )
Unruly eloquence : Lucian and the comedy of traditions by Robert Bracht Branham ( Book )
Studies in Lucian by Barry Baldwin ( Book )
Lucian and the Latins : humor and humanism in the early Renaissance by David Marsh ( Book )
Lucian : theme and variation in the second sophistic by Graham Anderson ( Book )
Studies in Lucian's comic fiction by Graham Anderson ( Book )
Flaubert's "roman philosophique" and the Voltairian heritage by Helen G Zagona ( Book )
Lucian by W. Lucas Collins ( Book )
Lukian von Samosata und das Neue Testament; religionsgeschichtliche und paränetische Parallelen. Ein Beitrag zum Corpus Hellenisticum Novi Testamenti by Hans Dieter Betz ( Book )
Lucien écrivain, imitation et création by Jacques Bompaire ( Book )
Lucien de Samosate et le lucianisme en France au XVIe siècle : athéisme et polémique by Christiane Lauvergnat-Gagnière ( Book )
Lucian and his influence in Europe by Christopher Robinson ( Book )
Prolegomena to a new text of Lucian's Vitarum Auctio and Piscator by Joel B Itzkowitz ( Book )
Lucian of Samosata in the Two Hesperias : an essay in literary and cultural translation by Michael O Zappala ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Lucian

Marcus Aurelius and his times: the transition from paganism to Christianity, comprising Marcus Aurelius: Meditations; Lucian: Hermotimus, Icaromenippus; Justin Martyr: Dialogue with Trypho, First apology; Walter Pater: Marius the Epicurean (selections) ( Book )
1 edition published in 1945 in English and held by 1,668 libraries worldwide
The transition from Paganism to Christianity, comprising Marcus Aurelius: Meditations; Lucian: Hermotimus ~ Icaromenippus; Justin Martyr: Dialogue with Trypho ~ First apology; Walter Pater: Marius the Epicurean (Selections).

Lucian by Lucian ( Book )
377 editions published between 1470 and 2009 in 18 languages and held by 1,582 libraries worldwide
Translated into French prose by Jacques de Rozières and dedicated to Marguerite de France, duchess of Savoy, daughter of François I.

Selected satires of Lucian by Lucian ( Book )
12 editions published between 1962 and 2008 in English and held by 747 libraries worldwide

The works of Lucian of Samosata, complete with exceptions specified in the preface by Lucian ( Book )
22 editions published between 1905 and 2009 in English and held by 741 libraries worldwide

True history, and Lucius, or The ass by Lucian ( Book )
115 editions published between 1476 and 2003 in 13 languages and held by 649 libraries worldwide

The Syrian goddess = (De dea Syria) ; attributed to Lucian by Lucian ( Book )
24 editions published between 1539 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 446 libraries worldwide

Satirical sketches by Lucian ( Book )
15 editions published between 1961 and 1990 in English and held by 433 libraries worldwide

Selected works by Lucian ( Book )
9 editions published between 1860 and 1965 in English and held by 416 libraries worldwide

Luciani Opera by Lucian ( Book )
14 editions published between 1900 and 1987 in 4 languages and held by 331 libraries worldwide

Lucian, Plato and Greek morals by John Jay Chapman ( Book )
9 editions published in 1931 in English and held by 330 libraries worldwide

Luciani Samosatensis opera by Lucian ( Book )
95 editions published between 1538 and 1985 in 5 languages and held by 317 libraries worldwide

Pleasant dialogues and dramma's by Thomas Heywood ( Book )
7 editions published between 1637 and 1995 in English and held by 259 libraries worldwide

The select dialogues of Lucian to which is added, a new literal translation in Latin, with notes in English by Lucian ( Book )
257 editions published between 1496 and 2005 in 10 languages and held by 259 libraries worldwide

The works of Lucian by Lucian ( Book )
50 editions published between 1710 and 2005 in English and held by 225 libraries worldwide

Selections from Lucian by Lucian ( Book )
42 editions published between 1823 and 1993 in 5 languages and held by 199 libraries worldwide

Mimes des courtisanes de Lucien by Lucian ( Book )
54 editions published between 1542 and 2000 in 5 languages and held by 194 libraries worldwide
This unexpurgated translation includes three chapters not included in the Fowler and Fowler translation, The Education of Corinna, The Lesbians, and The Philosopher. There are three gaps in the numbering of Fowler: V, VI and X, so these are probably the missing dialogues. At issue here is the obviously the subject matter of these pieces: the first has a mother 'turning out' her daughter, the other two depict female and male homosexual characters respectively. However, they are far from explicit. It is interesting to note that these were considered untranslatable in an academic edition in 1905, but could be published in a popular edition in 1928.

Vitarum auctio ; Piscator by Lucian ( Book )
17 editions published between 1538 and 2007 in 6 languages and held by 185 libraries worldwide
Lucian's play satirizes philosophers by having them sold in a mock slave auction.

Œuvres by Lucian ( Book )
43 editions published between 1496 and 1998 in 6 languages and held by 172 libraries worldwide

Lucianus by Lucian ( Book )
28 editions published between 1836 and 1966 in 5 languages and held by 151 libraries worldwide

Part of Lucian made English from the originall, in the yeare 1638 by Lucian ( Book )
6 editions published in 1663 in English and held by 116 libraries worldwide

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Audience level: 0.70 (from 0.55 for Marcus Aur ... to 0.86 for The select ...)

Related Identities

Erasmus, Desiderius d. 1536 Translator
Jacobitz, Karl Gottfried 1807-1875 Editor
Wieland, Christoph Martin 1733-1813 Translator
Harmon, A. M. (Austin Morris) Translator
Fritzschi, F. V. (Franz Volkmar) 1806-1887 Editor
More, Thomas Sir, Saint 1478-1535 Translator
Macleod, M. D. Editor
Hemsterhuis, Tiberius 1685-1766 Editor
Dugard, William 1606-1662 Editor
Murphy, Edward Translator

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Art appreciation‍ Atheism‍ Biography‍ Chaucer, Geoffrey,--d. 1400‍ Classicism‍ Criticism, interpretation, etc.‍ Cults‍ De consolatione philosophiae (Boethius)‍ Dialogues, Greek‍ Dialogues, Greek--Appreciation‍ Dialogues, Latin (Medieval and modern)‍ Early works‍ England‍ Enlightenment‍ Erasmus, Desiderius,--d. 1536‍ Ethics‍ Europe‍ European literature‍ European literature--Greek influences‍ France French literature--Greek influences‍ Greece Greece--Athens Greek literature‍ Greek wit and humor--Appreciation‍ History‍ Humanists‍ Humor‍ Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)‍ Intellectual life‍ Italy Latin literature, Medieval and modern--Greek influences‍ Literature‍ Lucian,--of Samosata‍ Middle East--Hierapolis (Syria : Extinct city)‍ Moral conditions‍ Philosophy‍ Philosophy, Ancient‍ Plato‍ Religion‍ Renaissance‍ Rome Satire, English‍ Satire, Greek‍ Satire, Greek--Appreciation‍ Satire--Classical influences‍ Translations‍ Translations‍ Voltaire,--1694-1778‍ Voyages, Imaginary‍

Alternative Names

Loekianos, van Samosata

Loukianos, ho Samosateus

Lucià, de Samòsata

Luciano, de Samosata

Luciano, di Samosata

Luciano, Samossateno

Lucianus Samosatensis

Lucien, de Samosate

Lukian, von Samosata

Lukian, z Samosat

Lukian, ze Samosaty

Lúkiános, ze Samosaty

Lūkiyān al-Sumaysāṭī

Lūqiyān al-Samīsāṭī

Lūqyānūs al-Samīsāṭī

Samosata, Lucian of

Λουκιανóς, ὁ Σαμοσατεύς

לוציאן

לוציאן, מסמוסטא

لوقيان السميساطي

لوقيانوس

لوقيانوس
לוציאן

Languages

English (1,111)
Latin (1,096)
German (512)
Greek, Ancient (472)
French (461)
Greek, Modern (194)
Italian (165)
Spanish (76)
Undetermined (67)
Multiple languages (48)
Dutch (16)
Danish (13)
Russian (12)
Hebrew (11)
Polish (10)
Portuguese (9)
Arabic (7)
Czech (7)
Chinese (6)
Japanese (5)
Turkish (5)
Irish (5)
French, Middle (4)
Miscellaneous languages (3)
Slovak (3)
Hungarian (2)
Romanian (2)
Latvian (2)
Catalan (2)
Ukrainian (1)
Afrikaans (1)
Turkmen (1)
Bulgarian (1)
Norwegian (1)
Finnish (1)

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The works of Lucian of Samosata, complete with exceptions specified in the preface

The Syrian goddess = (De dea Syria) ; attributed to Lucian