Lucian, Vol. 5 of 8 (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lucian, Vol. 5 of 8 Phalaris I and II - Hippias or the Bath - Dionysus - Heracles - Amber or The Swans - The Fly - Nigrinus - Demonax - The Hall - My Native Land - Octogenarians - A True Story I and II - Slander - The Consonants at Law The Carousal or The Lapiths. Volumb II The Downward Journey or The Tyrant - Zeus Catechized - Zeus Rants - The Dream or The Cock - Prometheus - Icaromenippus or The Sky-man - Timon or The Misanthrope - Charon or The Inspector - Philosophies for Sale. Volume III The Dead Come to Life or The Fisherman - The Double Indictment or Trials by Jury - On Sacrifices - The Ignorant Book Collector - The Dream or Lucian's Career - The Parasite - The Lover of Lies - The Judgement of the Goddesses - On Salaried Posts in Great Houses. Volume IV Anacharsis or Athletics - Menippus or The Descent into Hades - On Funerals - A Professor of Public Speaking - Alexander the False Prophet - Essays in Portraiture - Essays in Portraiture Defended - The Goddess of Surrye. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.