Lucian, Plato and Greek Morals

First published in 1931, this fascinating book provides a study of famous Greek satirist and rhetorician, Lucian of Samosata, as well as an analysis of the Classical Greek philosopher Plato’s Symposium in the light of Lucian’s criticism.

An essay in popular form, whose aim is really to call attention to the Flower and Harmon translations and thereby, ultimately, to Lucian himself.

“LUCIAN is a mine ...