The MouseionLucian of SamosataThe Ignorant Book Collector
The Ignorant Book CollectorΠρὸς τὸν ἀπαίδευτον καὶ πολλὰ βιβλία ὠνούμενον
By Lucian of Samosata. Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem · English title from the library's translation
- Kind of writing
- Oratory
- Dialect
- Attic/Koine
- Written
- 2nd c. AD
- Length
- 4,334 words analysed
- Vocabulary
- 71% 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. 3. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1921.
- English translationLucian, Vol. 3. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1921.
- English translationThe Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 3. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.