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Dialogues, Greek --- Satire, Greek --- Lucian, - of Samosata

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Unlike most of Lucian’s satirical dialogues, Hermotimus pursues a rather serious theoretical question: which are the fundaments of true philosophy? The introduction to this study of Lucian’s longest dialogue contextualises the work within the multifaceted phenomenon of the Second Sophistic, the Italian translation makes the Greek text accessible to a wider public, and the commentary examines the wide range of literary and philosophical contents.

Lucianus Samosatensis Satiricus --- Lucian, --- Lucianus Samosatenus --- Lukian --- Lucianus --- Lucien --- Lucien de Samosate --- Lucianus van Samosata --- Loekianos, --- Loukianos, --- Lucià, --- Luciano, --- Lucianus Samosatensis --- Lucien, --- Lukian, --- Lúkiános, --- Lūkiyān al-Sumaysāṭī --- Lūqiyān al-Samīsāṭī --- Lūqyānūs al-Samīsāṭī --- Samosata, Lucian of --- Λουκιανóς, --- לוציאן --- לוציאן, --- لوقيان السميساطي --- لوقيانوس --- Lucian --- Ancient Skepticism. --- Lucian of Samosata. --- Lukian. --- Philosophical Satire. --- Philosophische Satire. --- Platon /Rezeption. --- Platonic Reception. --- Skeptizismus /Antike. --- LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Hermotimos (Lucian, of Samosata) --- Hermotimos, oder, Lohnt es sich, Philosophie zu studieren? (Lucian, of Samosata)

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Within Lucian's works, Timon is referable to the writer's maturity and it is considered to be one of the best and most typical dialogues written by the author from Samosata. This study traces the story of the fascinating and enigmatical character of the Athenian Timon, a archetype of a misanthrop, in his literary development up to his crucial meeting with Lucian of Samosata. The work offers, for the first time, an analytical commentary on Lucian's Timon. The reader will find in the book an introduction, which is divided in four different sections: the first contains some general notes on the Second Sophistic and Lucian; the second restores the literary development of the misanthrope Timon from his origins in the Attic comedy to the II century a.D.; the third part offers an analysis of the relationship between Lucian's Timon and the literary tradition, and, afterwards, an investigation into the dialogue's fortune from the II century to the XX century; the last section gives short but exhaustive details about the literary style and the language used in the work. To facilitate the consultation, the analytical commentary is again divided into sections - each one with a short individual introduction - and follows the Greek text and the translation.

Dialogues, Greek --- Dialogues grecs --- Translations into Italian --- Traductions italiennes --- Lucian, --- Dialogues, Greek -- Translations into Italian. --- Lucian, of Samosata. Timon. --- Greek dialogues --- Loekianos, --- Loukianos, --- Lucià, --- Luciano, --- Lucianus Samosatensis --- Lucien, --- Lukian, --- Lúkiános, --- Lūkiyān al-Sumaysāṭī --- Lūqiyān al-Samīsāṭī --- Lūqyānūs al-Samīsāṭī --- Samosata, Lucian of --- Λουκιανóς, --- לוציאן --- לוציאן, --- لوقيان السميساطي --- لوقيانوس --- Greek literature --- Timon, --- Lucianus Samosatenus --- Lukian --- Lucianus --- Lucien --- Lucien de Samosate --- Lucianus van Samosata --- Lucianus Samosatensis Satiricus. --- Lucian --- Dialogues. --- Lucian. --- Second Sophistic. --- Timon.