TY - BOOK AU - Branham,R.Bracht TI - Unruly Eloquence: Lucian and the Comedy of Traditions T2 - Revealing Antiquity , SN - 9780674734104 AV - PA4236 U1 - 887/.01 PY - 2013///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - Comic, The, in literature KW - Griechische Literatur KW - Het komische KW - Humour dans la littérature grecque KW - Klassieke oudheid KW - Satire, Greek KW - Satires KW - Sophists (Greek philosophy) in literature KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical KW - Lucian, of Samosata -- Criticism and interpretation KW - Satire, Greek -- History and criticism KW - HISTORY / Ancient / Greece KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; CONTENTS --; Introduction --; Chapter I. The Rhetoric of Laughter --; Chapter II. Agonistic Humors: Lucian and Plato --; Chapter III. Aging Deities: Lucian's Olympus --; Chapter IV. Sudden Glory: The Revenge of Epicurus --; Conclusion: Potter or Prometheus? --; Abbreviations --; Notes --; Selected Bibliography --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - Branham expounds with sophistication and subtlety the essential ingredients of Lucian's satirical humor. He makes frequent reference to its importance for comic theory and literary history UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674734111 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674734111 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674734111/original ER -