A. Bartley (dir.), A Lucian for our times

Adam Bartley (dir.), A Lucian for our times. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009. xii, 208 p.

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Présentation de l'éditeur:

Lucian of Samosata, the prolific Greek-speaking satirist of the 2nd century AD, left us a wide range of works ranging from harsh invective against cult-leaders and philosophers to playful pastiche of Herodotus' Histories. Art and artists, teachers of rhetoric, inconsistent myths, parasites in rich households, authors seeking imperial patronage and the rich and powerful themselves all provide rich material for his wit and humour. In this volume, the focus is not on the literary values of Lucian's works, but rather on what they show us about the intellectual, political, religious and everyday life of the Imperial period. The articles of this title address themes such as the importance of Latin in the Greek-speaking eastern Empire, rituals of death and mourning, attitudes towards the lands beyond the empire and the role of politics in comedy and satire, both in Lucian's own time and in the 5th and 4th centuries BC. While Lucian's own distinctive personality is impossible to ignore, the picture that emerges is one of both the high intellectual life and everyday behaviour in this vibrant period in the history of the Mediterranean region.

Dr Adam Bartley received his PhD in Greek and Latin Literature at the University of Sydney in 2001. He has conducted research the Georg-August Universitat, in Gottingen, Germany and the University College in Cork, Ireland. He is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Classical and Archaeological Studies at the University of Kent.

Table des matières:

Foreword...................................................................................................vii

Introduction................................................................................................ix

Part I: Lucian and his Literary Contemporaries

Chapter One.................................................................................................3
‘It's how you tell them': Some Aspects of Lucian's Anecdotes
Graham Anderson

Chapter Two..............................................................................................11
Monumental Fallacy: The Teleology of Origins in Lucian's Verae Historiae
Karen Ní-Mheallaigh

Chapter Three............................................................................................29
Lucian and the Limits of Fiction in Ancient Historiography
Robert Porod

Chapter Four..............................................................................................47
Narrative Island-Hopping: Contextualising Lucian's Treatment  of Space in the Verae Historiae
Hannah Mossman

Part II: Philosophy, Religion, History and Lucian

Chapter Five..............................................................................................65
Ritual Lament in Lucian
Stephen Evans

Chapter Six................................................................................................79
Lucian's True Story and the Ethics of Empire
Steven D. Smith

Chapter Seven............................................................................................93
Power and the Abuse of Power in the Works of Lucian
Francesca Mestre and Pilar Gómez

Chapter Eight...........................................................................................109
The Dead Philosophers' Society: New Thoughts on Lucian's Piscator  and Eupolis' Demes
Keith Sidwell

Part III: Lucian and Contemporary Roman Society

Chapter Nine............................................................................................121
A Tale of Two Cities – Lucian on Athens and Rome
Heinz-Günther Nesselrath

Chapter Ten.............................................................................................137
«NHΦE KAI MEMNHΣO AΠIΣTEIN» (Hermot. 47): La Religiosite De Lucien
Orestis Karavas

Chapter Eleven........................................................................................145
Lucien et la langue latine
Isabelle Gassino

Chapter Twelve.......................................................................................157
Form over Substance? Deconstructing Ecphrasis in Lucian's Zeuxis  and Eikones
Maria Pretzler

Chapter Thirten........................................................................................173
Lucian's Contemporary Dialects
Adam Bartley

Bibliography............................................................................................185
Contributors.............................................................................................201
Index........................................................................................................205