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The aim of this book is to make Lucian's A True Story accessible to
intermediate students of Ancient Greek. The running vocabulary and
commentary are meant to provide everything necessary to read each
page. Lucian's A True Story is a great text for intermediate
readers. Its breathless narrative does not involve many complex
sentences or constructions; there is some unusual vocabulary and a
few departures from Attic Greek, but for the most part it is a
straightforward narrative that is fun and interesting by one of
antiquity's cleverest authors. In A True Story, Lucian parodies
accounts of fanciful adventures and travel to incredible places by
authors such as Ctesias and Iambulus. The story's combination of
mockery and learning makes it an excellent example of the Greek
literature of the imperial period.
The aim of this book is to make Hippocrates' On Airs, Waters and
Places and the Hippocratic Oath accessible to intermediate students
of Ancient Greek. The running vocabulary and commentary are meant
to provide everything necessary to read each page. Hippocrates' On
Airs, Waters and Places is a great text for intermediate readers.
The simple sentence structure makes it easy to read, while its
subject matter, the impact of climate on disease and character, is
interesting for a number of reasons. The presentation falls roughly
into two halves, the first detailing various environmental factors
that contribute to specific diseases, the second more ethnographic
in its account of the differences between Asians and Europeans as a
function of their environment and customs.
The aim of this book is to make three of the Roman physician
Galen's shorter works (On my Own Books, On the Order of my Own
Books, and That the Best Physician is also a Philosopher)
accessible to intermediate students of Ancient Greek. The running
vocabulary and grammatical commentary are meant to provide
everything necessary to read each page. Although Galen can be a
little difficult at times, his language gets easier and more
predictable with practice, and these three works are a great
introduction to this fascinating figure. They are not strictly
speaking medical works, but reflections on his own work and thought
that throw extraordinary light on the relationship of the medical
profession in antiquity to wider currents of thought in the
brilliant period of Greek literature known as the "second
sophistic."
The aim of this book is to make Lucian's On the Syrian Goddess
accessible to intermediate students of Ancient Greek. The running
vocabulary and commentary are meant to provide everything necessary
to read each page. On the Syrian Goddess is a great text for
intermediate readers. The simple sentence structure and
straightforward presentation make it easy and enjoyable to read,
while its subject matter, the cult and sanctuary of Atargatis in
Hierapolis, is interesting at many levels. The author recounts
personal observations about the worship of this Near Eastern
goddess, whose cult included numerous exotic practices, such as
temple prostitution and self-castration. There is a version of the
Near Eastern flood story as well as unusual versions of myths
familiar from Greek mythology. In addition, the author has crafted
a careful imitation of the Ionic prose of Herodotus, a dialect that
existed only as a literary artifact at the time of the work's
composition.
The aim of this book is to make Lucian's The Ass accessible to
intermediate students of Ancient Greek. The running vocabulary and
commentary are meant to provide everything necessary to read each
page. The Ass is a great intermediate Greek text. The narrative is
fast-paced and funny, and the language is fairly simple and easy to
follow. Unlike its better-known Latin relative, Apuleius' Golden
Ass, Lucian's The Ass is an unpretentious satirical text that tells
a funny story in a casual and light-hearted manner. There is little
moralizing or didacticism in the story, and unlike the hero of
Apuleius's version of the story, there is no religious or
philosophical illumination at the end. The final episode is a funny
twist of events completely in tune with the tenor of the rest of
the novel. There is a hilarious love-making episode with lots of
double-entendre, and other episodes that portray the doings of
various low-life characters who are rarely present in ancient
literature at all. Thieves, religious charlatans, witches, millers,
servants, soldiers and bakers all find a place in this strange
story of chance and magic.
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