The MouseionLucian of SamosataA True Story
A True StoryἈληθῶν Διηγημάτων
By Lucian of Samosata. Verae historiae · English title from the library's translation
- Kind of writing
- Narrative
- Dialect
- Attic/Koine
- Written
- 2nd c. AD
- Length
- 12,780 words analysed
- Vocabulary
- 69% common words
- In the library
- 1 Greek text, 3 English translations
The texts
Each is the collection's own file, read unchanged from the Perseus Digital Library or Open Greek and Latin. The description is theirs too.
- Greek textLucian, Vol. 1. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1913.
- English translationLucian, Vol. 1. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1913.
- English translationThe Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 2. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.
- English translationSelections from Lucian. Smith, Emily James, translator. New York; Harper Brothers, 1892.