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

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

Publié le par Frédérique Fleck

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

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Recension par James Jope dans Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2010.05.26.

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Présentation de l'éditeur:

Lucian of Samosata, the prolific Greek-speaking satirist of the 2ndcentury AD, left us a wide range of works ranging from harsh invectiveagainst 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 andthe rich and powerful themselves all provide rich material for his witand humour. In this volume, the focus is not on the literary values ofLucian's works, but rather on what they show us about the intellectual,political, religious and everyday life of the Imperial period. Thearticles of this title address themes such as the importance of Latinin the Greek-speaking eastern Empire, rituals of death and mourning,attitudes towards the lands beyond the empire and the role of politicsin comedy and satire, both in Lucian's own time and in the 5th and 4thcenturies BC. While Lucian's own distinctive personality is impossibleto ignore, the picture that emerges is one of both the highintellectual life and everyday behaviour in this vibrant period in thehistory of the Mediterranean region.

Dr Adam Bartley received his PhD in Greek and Latin Literature at theUniversity of Sydney in 2001. He has conducted research theGeorg-August Universitat, in Gottingen, Germany and the UniversityCollege in Cork, Ireland. He is currently a Lecturer in the Departmentof 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