Lucian
Subtitle: Selected Dialogues (Oxford World's Classics)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: January 7, 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780199258673
First sentence: THIS little piece is a specimen of the paradoxical or humorous encomium, essentially a parody of serious speeches of praise, but practised as an exhibition of rhetorical skills.