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Lucianea et Pseudo-Lucianea : studies on pseudepigrapha of Lucian and works by Lucian sometimes considered spurious
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Lucian of Samosata has been regarded as one of the main representatives of
2nd century Greek literature and of the Second Sophistic movement in a
broad sense, despite being quite a singular individual among his contemporaries.
Unlike the intellectuals of his time, including sophists and writers in
general, he has enjoyed uninterrupted attention from the Middle Ages to the
present day, passing through the Renaissance and Humanism. Many of his
works have been translated, reworked, or imitated repeatedly in numerous
languages. Lucian’s creativity, innovation, satire, humor, and universal interpretation
of all aspects surrounding human beings have made him a continuous
source of themes, characters and situations, and, at the same time,
the preservation of his writings has deeply contributed to our knowledge of the
most important traits of Greek intellectual life and literature. Understandably,
a significant number of studies have been devoted to the Syrian writer,
either examining his thought and works from a strictly literary perspective or
seeking a better understanding of the broader revival of Classical Greek culture
in the 2nd century.
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MESTRE, Francesca, GÓMEZ, Pilar and TOLSA, Cristian. Lucianea et Pseudo-Lucianea : studies on pseudepigrapha of Lucian and works by Lucian sometimes considered spurious. ISBN 978-84-1050-155-3. [consulted: 14 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/221364