Lucian of Samosata

Where to begin

The works here with a translation and the most familiar vocabulary: the fewest rare words to look up. That is vocabulary only; grammar, dialect and ideas may still be demanding.

• HermotimusἙρμότιμος ἢ Περὶ ΑἱρέσεωνDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish78% common words207 KBAbout
• De parasito sive artem esse parasiticamΠερὶ τοῦ Παρασίτου ὅτι Τέχνη ἡ ΠαρασιτικήDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish77% common words115 KBAbout
• Juppiter ConfutatusΖεὺς ἐλεγχόμενοςDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish76% common words40 KBAbout

What Lucian of Samosata wrote

• PhalarisΦάλαριςOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish73% common words45 KBAbout
• HippiasἹππίας ἢ ΒαλανεῖονOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish18 KBAbout
• BacchusΠρολαλιά. ΔιόνυσοςOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish18 KBAbout
• HerculesΠρολαλιά. ἩρακλῆςOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish15 KBAbout
• ElectrumΠερὶ τοῦ Ἡλέκτρου ἢ ΚύκνωνOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish12 KBAbout
• Muscae EncomiumΜυίας ἘγκώμιονOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish21 KBAbout
• NigrinusΝιγρίνου ΦιλοσοφίαPhilosophic Dialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish71% common words65 KBAbout
• DemonaxΔημώνακτος ΒίοςBiography · 2nd c. ADEnglish73% common words54 KBAbout
• De DomoΠερὶ τοῦ ΟἴκουOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish70% common words50 KBAbout
• Patriae encomiumΠατρίδος ἘγκώμιονOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish17 KBAbout
• MacrobiiΜακρόβιοιParadoxography · 2nd c. ADEnglish67% common words37 KBAbout
• Verae historiaeἈληθῶν ΔιηγημάτωνNarrative · 2nd c. ADEnglish69% common words164 KBAbout
• Calumniae non temere credundumΠερὶ τοῦ μὴ ῥᾳδίως πιστεύειν ΔιαβολῇOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish70% common words51 KBAbout
• Judicium vocaliumΔίκη ΣυμφώνωνOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish22 KBAbout
• SymposiumΣυμπόσιον ἢ ΛαπίθαιDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish70% common words77 KBAbout
• CataplusΚατάπλους ἢ ΤύραννοςDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish70% common words71 KBAbout
• Juppiter ConfutatusΖεὺς ἐλεγχόμενοςDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish76% common words40 KBAbout
• Juppiter TragoedusΖεὺς ΤραγῳδόςDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish72% common words107 KBAbout
• GallusὌνειρος ἢ ἈλεκτρυώνDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish69% common words91 KBAbout
• PrometheusΠρομηθεύςDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish75% common words46 KBAbout
• IcaromenippusἸκαρομένιππος ἢ ὙπερνέφελοςDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish70% common words83 KBAbout
• TimonΤίμωνDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish67% common words98 KBAbout
• ContemplantesΧάρων ἢ ἘπισκοποῦντεςDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish72% common words68 KBAbout
• Vitarum auctioΒίων ΠρᾶσιςDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish73% common words69 KBAbout
• PiscatorἈναβιοῦντες ἢ ἉλιεύςDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish72% common words109 KBAbout
• Bis accusatus sive tribunaliaΔὶς κατηγορούμενοςDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish71% common words90 KBAbout
• De SacrificiisΠερὶ ΘυσιῶνOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish31 KBAbout
• Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementemΠρὸς τὸν ἀπαίδευτον καὶ πολλὰ βιβλία ὠνούμενονOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish71% common words58 KBAbout
• Somnium sive vita LucianiΠερὶ τοῦ Ἐνυπνίου ἤτοι Βίος ΛουκιανοῦOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish30 KBAbout
• De parasito sive artem esse parasiticamΠερὶ τοῦ Παρασίτου ὅτι Τέχνη ἡ ΠαρασιτικήDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish77% common words115 KBAbout
• Philopseudes sive incredulusΦιλοψευδὴς ἢ ἈπιστῶνDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish70% common words97 KBAbout
• Dearum judiciumΘεῶν ΚρίσιςDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish75% common words35 KBAbout
• De mercedeΠερὶ τῶν ἐν Μισθῷ συνόντωνOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish71% common words103 KBAbout
• AnacharsisἈνάχαρσις ἢ Περὶ ΓυμνασίωνDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish73% common words95 KBAbout
• NecyomantiaΜένιππος ἢ ΝεκυομαντείαDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish69% common words52 KBAbout
• De luctuΠερὶ ΠένθουςOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish29 KBAbout
• Rhetorum praeceptorῬητόρων ΔιδάσκαλοςRhetoric · 2nd c. ADEnglish72% common words53 KBAbout
• AlexanderἈλέξανδρος ἢ ΨευδόμαντιςOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish69% common words109 KBAbout
• ImaginesΕἰκόνεςDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish72% common words53 KBAbout
• Pro imaginibusὙπὲρ τῶν ΕἰκόνωνDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish75% common words56 KBAbout
• De Syria deaΠερὶ τῆς Συρίης ΘεοῦHistory · 2nd c. ADEnglish72% common words90 KBAbout
• De Morte PeregriniΠερὶ τῆς Περεγρίνου ΤελευτῆςOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish70% common words70 KBAbout
• FugitiviΔραπέταιDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish72% common words58 KBAbout
• Toxaris vel amicitiaΤόξαρις ἢ ΦιλίαDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish73% common words153 KBAbout
• De saltationeΠερὶ ὈρχήσεωςDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish69% common words118 KBAbout
• LexiphanesΛεξιφάνηςDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish67% common words50 KBAbout
• EunuchusΕὐνοῦχοςDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish25 KBAbout
• De astrologiaΠερὶ τῆς ἈστρολογίαςAstronomy/Astrology · 2nd c. ADEnglish35 KBAbout
• PseudologistaΨευδολογιστήςOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish74% common words60 KBAbout
• Deorum conciliumΘεῶν ἘκκλησίαDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish33 KBAbout
• TyrannicidaΤυραννοκτόνοςOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish75% common words48 KBAbout
• AbdicatusἈποκηρυττόμενοςOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish76% common words75 KBAbout
• Quomodo historia conscribenda sitΠῶς δεῖ Ἱστορίαν συγγράφεινHistory · 2nd c. ADEnglish72% common words107 KBAbout
• DipsadesΠερὶ τῶν ΔιψάδωνOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish16 KBAbout
• SaturnaliaΤὰ πρὸς ΚρόνονDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish72% common words75 KBAbout
• HerodotusἩρόδοτος ἢ ἈετίωνOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish16 KBAbout
• ZeuxisΖεύξις ἢ ἈντίοχοςOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish25 KBAbout
• Pro lapsu inter salutandumὙπὲρ τοῦ ἐν τῇ Προσαγορεύσει ΠταίσματοςOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish26 KBAbout
• ApologiaἈπολογίαOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish73% common words32 KBAbout
• HarmonidesἉρμονίδηςOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish16 KBAbout
• HesiodΔιάλογος πρὸς ἩσίοδονDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish17 KBAbout
• ScythaΣκύθης ἢ ΠρόξενοςOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish27 KBAbout
• HermotimusἙρμότιμος ἢ Περὶ ΑἱρέσεωνDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish78% common words207 KBAbout
• Prometheus es in verbisΠρὸς τὸν εἰπόντα Προμηθεὺς εἶ ἐν λόγοιςOratory · 2nd c. ADEnglish17 KBAbout
• NavigiumΠλοῖον ἢ ΕὐχαίDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish70% common words84 KBAbout
• Dialogi mortuorumΝεκρικοὶ ΔιάλογοιDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish72% common words199 KBAbout
• Dialogi MariniἘνάλιοι ΔιάλογοιDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish70% common words72 KBAbout
• Dialogi deorumΘεῶν ΔιάλογοιDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish72% common words128 KBAbout
• Dialogi meretriciiἙταιρικοὶ ΔιάλογοιDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish71% common words129 KBAbout
• SoleocistaΨευδοσοφιστής ἢ ΣολοικιστήςDialogue · 2nd c. ADEnglish34 KBAbout
• PodagraΠοδάγραLyric poetry · 2nd c. ADGreek only54 KBAbout

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