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Lucian: Alexander Or The False Prophet

Thonemann, Peter
Innbundet / 2021 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198868248
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
434 gr
Høyde
223 mm
Bredde
145 mm
Dybde
24 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
252

Forfatter
Thonemann, Peter

Om bidragsyterne

Peter Thonemann teaches Greek and Roman history at Wadham College, Oxford. His books include The Birth of Classical Europe (2010, with Simon Price), The Maeander Valley (2011, winner of the Runciman Prize 2012), The Hellenistic Age (Oxford, 2016) and An Ancient Dream Manual (Oxford, 2020). He writes regularly on all aspects of the ancient world for The Times Literary Supplement and The Wall Street Journal.

Lucian: Alexander Or The False Prophet

Thonemann, Peter
Innbundet / 2021 / Engelsk
Thonemann, Peter
Innbundet / 2021 / Engelsk
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his [Thonemann's] commentary is a pleasure and instructive to read because of his full command of the epigraphical and numismatic sources combined with a judicious judgement.

Jan N. Bremmer, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

a ... fluent and inventive translation

Malcolm Heath, Greece & Rome

Without doubt, Thonemann's book is a substantial commentary on Lucian's Alexander or The False Prophet, and a valuable study of the religious history of the second century AD Greco-Roman World.

Orestis Karavas, Arctos

Lucian's Alexander Or The False Prophet is a satiric biography of the religious entrepreneur and career fraudster Alexander of Abonouteichos. It recounts how, during the reign of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), Alexander succeeded in setting up a fraudulent new oracular cult of the snake-god Glykon in his home-town of Abonouteichos in Paphlagonia. In the Alexander, Lucian sets out to debunk the oracle as a scam, its founder as a debauched crook, and its clients as gullible idiots. The Alexander is an extraordinary and unclassifiable work: part biography, part invective, part Epicurean critique of divination. It casts a uniquely vivid light on social mores and religious beliefs in the Antonine age, and was a major influence on Erasmus, Ben Jonson, and Henry Fielding. The present volume is the first full-length treatment of the Alexander in English, and includes an extended historical and literary introduction, a new English translation, and a detailed commentary on the text. The volume also includes a translation of the surviving fragments of Oinomaos of Gadara's The Exposure of Sorcerers, a contemporary Cynic attack on oracular divination. All Greek is translated throughout.
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Peter Thonemann provides the first full-length treatment of Lucian's Alexander in English, including a historical and literary introduction and a detailed commentary on the text. The volume also includes a translation of the surviving fragments of Oinomaos of Gadara's The Exposure of Sorcerers.
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Introduction Note on the Text Translation Commentary Appendix 1: Oinomaos of Gadara, The Exposure of Sorcerers Appendix 2: Lucian's Works
his [Thonemann's] commentary is a pleasure and instructive to read because of his full command of the epigraphical and numismatic sources combined with a judicious judgement.
The first full-length treatment of Lucian's Alexander in English Includes extensive notes and an in-depth introduction to the social and religious context of the work Includes a translation of the surviving fragments of Oinomaos of Gadara's The Exposure of Sorcerers, a contemporary Cynic attack on oracular divination
Les mer
Peter Thonemann teaches Greek and Roman history at Wadham College, Oxford. His books include The Birth of Classical Europe (2010, with Simon Price), The Maeander Valley (2011, winner of the Runciman Prize 2012), The Hellenistic Age (Oxford, 2016) and An Ancient Dream Manual (Oxford, 2020). He writes regularly on all aspects of the ancient world for The Times Literary Supplement and The Wall Street Journal.
Les mer
The first full-length treatment of Lucian's Alexander in English Includes extensive notes and an in-depth introduction to the social and religious context of the work Includes a translation of the surviving fragments of Oinomaos of Gadara's The Exposure of Sorcerers, a contemporary Cynic attack on oracular divination
Les mer

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his [Thonemann's] commentary is a pleasure and instructive to read because of his full command of the epigraphical and numismatic sources combined with a judicious judgement.

Jan N. Bremmer, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

a ... fluent and inventive translation

Malcolm Heath, Greece & Rome

Without doubt, Thonemann's book is a substantial commentary on Lucian's Alexander or The False Prophet, and a valuable study of the religious history of the second century AD Greco-Roman World.

Orestis Karavas, Arctos

Lucian's Alexander Or The False Prophet is a satiric biography of the religious entrepreneur and career fraudster Alexander of Abonouteichos. It recounts how, during the reign of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), Alexander succeeded in setting up a fraudulent new oracular cult of the snake-god Glykon in his home-town of Abonouteichos in Paphlagonia. In the Alexander, Lucian sets out to debunk the oracle as a scam, its founder as a debauched crook, and its clients as gullible idiots. The Alexander is an extraordinary and unclassifiable work: part biography, part invective, part Epicurean critique of divination. It casts a uniquely vivid light on social mores and religious beliefs in the Antonine age, and was a major influence on Erasmus, Ben Jonson, and Henry Fielding. The present volume is the first full-length treatment of the Alexander in English, and includes an extended historical and literary introduction, a new English translation, and a detailed commentary on the text. The volume also includes a translation of the surviving fragments of Oinomaos of Gadara's The Exposure of Sorcerers, a contemporary Cynic attack on oracular divination. All Greek is translated throughout.
Les mer
Peter Thonemann provides the first full-length treatment of Lucian's Alexander in English, including a historical and literary introduction and a detailed commentary on the text. The volume also includes a translation of the surviving fragments of Oinomaos of Gadara's The Exposure of Sorcerers.
Les mer
Introduction Note on the Text Translation Commentary Appendix 1: Oinomaos of Gadara, The Exposure of Sorcerers Appendix 2: Lucian's Works
his [Thonemann's] commentary is a pleasure and instructive to read because of his full command of the epigraphical and numismatic sources combined with a judicious judgement.
The first full-length treatment of Lucian's Alexander in English Includes extensive notes and an in-depth introduction to the social and religious context of the work Includes a translation of the surviving fragments of Oinomaos of Gadara's The Exposure of Sorcerers, a contemporary Cynic attack on oracular divination
Les mer
Peter Thonemann teaches Greek and Roman history at Wadham College, Oxford. His books include The Birth of Classical Europe (2010, with Simon Price), The Maeander Valley (2011, winner of the Runciman Prize 2012), The Hellenistic Age (Oxford, 2016) and An Ancient Dream Manual (Oxford, 2020). He writes regularly on all aspects of the ancient world for The Times Literary Supplement and The Wall Street Journal.
Les mer
The first full-length treatment of Lucian's Alexander in English Includes extensive notes and an in-depth introduction to the social and religious context of the work Includes a translation of the surviving fragments of Oinomaos of Gadara's The Exposure of Sorcerers, a contemporary Cynic attack on oracular divination
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198868248
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
434 gr
Høyde
223 mm
Bredde
145 mm
Dybde
24 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
252

Forfatter
Thonemann, Peter

Om bidragsyterne

Peter Thonemann teaches Greek and Roman history at Wadham College, Oxford. His books include The Birth of Classical Europe (2010, with Simon Price), The Maeander Valley (2011, winner of the Runciman Prize 2012), The Hellenistic Age (Oxford, 2016) and An Ancient Dream Manual (Oxford, 2020). He writes regularly on all aspects of the ancient world for The Times Literary Supplement and The Wall Street Journal.

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