Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS v
3. CONTENTS vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter I. The Rhetoric of Laughter 9
6. Chapter II. Agonistic Humors: Lucian and Plato 65
7. Chapter III. Aging Deities: Lucian's Olympus 125
8. Chapter IV. Sudden Glory: The Revenge of Epicurus 179
9. Conclusion: Potter or Prometheus? 211
10. Abbreviations 218
11. Notes 219
12. Selected Bibliography 271
13. Index 275