Lucien et la tragédie

This study investigates the attitude of Lucian of Samosata towards the Greek tragedy. It presents for the first time a comparison between the Lucianic oeuvre and the Greek tragedy according to three points of view: i) the tragic language, ii) the tragic themes (philosophy, religion, morals, mythology), and iii) the literary forms (an analysis of the parodic Podagra). It also deals with the later history of the Greek tragedy, starting from the 4^th century B.C. up to the Imperial times. Using the Lucianic corpus as a witness and a document of its time concerning the tragedy, we aim to gain a better knowledge of Lucian as a writer, of the history of the tragic genre through the antiquity and of the feeling which one had in the imperial times about the Greek civilization and the Greek language.

Orestis Karavas is Visiting Lecturer at the University of the Peloponnese, Greece.

"For a researcher who wants to study intertextuality in Lucian or the history of tragedy in the Imperial Age, Lucien et la tragédie forms a good starting point."
Wannes Gyselinck in: L'Antiquité Classique 77/2008

"Voilà donc un livre qu'on pourra consulter avec profit et qui constitue une contribution appréciable à la connaissance de l'ɶuvre de Lucien."
Alain Billault in: Revue des Etudes Anciennes 1/2008

"Karavas' research is philologically sound and carefully presented."
D.H.J. Larmour in: Classical Review 2/2007

"La obra de Karavas constituye un estudio sólido y excelentemente documentado, presentado además de forma clara y muy bien organizado."
Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal in: Cuadernos de Filología Clásica 16/2006

"On l'aura compris: si le livre d'Orestis Karavas éclaire un aspect mal connu et pourtant essentiel de la création littéraire de Lucien, il met aussi à la disposition des spécialistes de la tragédie classique une mine de renseignements d'ordre technique, culturel ou sociologique sur sa réception à l'époque impériale, et ce n'est pas la moindre de ses qualités."
Valérie Fromentin in: Revue des Etudes Grecques 2/2006

"A useful reference volume and a stimulating presentation of Lucian as a reader of Attic tragedy."
Johanna Hanink in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2005