The MouseionLucian of SamosataThe Carousal, or the Lapiths
The Carousal, or the LapithsΣυμπόσιον ἢ Λαπίθαι
By Lucian of Samosata. Symposium · English title from the library's translation
- Kind of writing
- Dialogue
- Dialect
- Attic/Koine
- Written
- 2nd c. AD
- Length
- 5,540 words analysed
- Vocabulary
- 70% common words
- In the library
- 1 Greek text, 2 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. 4. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.