Lucian's Dialogues Volume 1: The Dialogues of the Gods

by Lucian of Samosata

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Classics (greek & latin antiquity)
Languages:
English
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The Dialogues of the Gods are 26 miniature dialogues mocking the Homeric conception of the Greek gods written in Attic Greek by Syrian author Lucian of Samosata. Almost 1900 years old, these dialogues still retain a lot of their original humor and wit. The cast list for dialogues with 3 or more readers is given below: Dialogue 8: Zeus:Owen Cook [https://librivox.org/reader/10957] Hephæstus: KevinS [https://librivox.org/reader/13278] Stage directions: Foon [https://librivox.org/reader/12500] Dialogue 9: Poseidon:ToddHW [https://librivox.org/reader/6754] Hermes: Owen Cook [https://librivox.org/reader/10957] Stage directions: Foon [https://librivox.org/reader/12500] Dialogue 13: Zeus:ToddHW [https://librivox.org/reader/6754] Asklepius: Foon [https://librivox.org/reader/12500] Herakles: KevinS [https://librivox.org/reader/13278] Dialogue 20: Zeus:alanmapstone [https://librivox.org/reader/7170] Hermes: Owen Cook [https://librivox.org/reader/10957] Hera: Foon [https://librivox.org/reader/12500] Athena: Sonia [https://librivox.org/reader/10179] Aphrodite: Sandra Schmit [https://librivox.org/reader/10087] Paris: Aaron White [https://librivox.org/reader/12874] Stage directions: ToddHW [https://librivox.org/reader/6754] Editor:Campbell Schelp [https://librivox.org/reader/13072] (Summary by Foon)

Chapters

Preface

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Dialogue I: Prometheus obtains his release from Zeus by a prophecy

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Dialogue II: Zeus threatens to put Eros in fetters

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Dialogue III: Zeus orders Hermes to slay Argus, and to conduct Io to Egypt

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Dialogue IV: Zeus instructs Ganymedes as to the nature of his duties in heaven

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Dialogue V: Hera upbraids Zeus with his love for Ganymedes

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Dialogue VI: Ixion makes love to Hera

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Dialogue VII: Hephæstus recounts to Apollo the actions of the infant prodigy, Hermes

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Dialogue VIII: Hephæstus assists at the parturition of Zeus and the birth of Athena

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Dialogue IX: Hermes refuses Poseidon admission to Zeus, and assigns as the reason the lying-in of the king of gods and men with Bacchus

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Dialogue X: Hermes conveys to Helios the order of Zeus

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Dialogue XI: Aphrodite charges Selene with her love for Endymion, and, at the same time, laments the tyranny of her son, Eros, over herself

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Dialogue XII: Aphrodite upbraids Eros for his mischievous conduct in the past, and cautions him for the future

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Dialogue XIII: Asklepius and Herakles quarrel on a question of precedence in heaven

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Dialogue XIV: Apollo recounts to hermes the manner of the death of Hyakinthus, and his grief for the same

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Dialogue XV: Hermes and Apollo envy the deformed Hephæstus the possession of his beautiful wives

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Dialogue XVI: Hera and Leto dispute about the merits of their respective children

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Dialogue XVII: Hermes narrates to Apollo the adultery of Ares and Aphrodite, and the revenge of Hephæstus

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Dialogue XVIII: Hera denounces, and Zeus defends, the character of Bacchus

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Dialogue XIX: Eros explains to his mother why he does not assail Athena, the Musæ, and Artemis

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Dialogue XX: The Judgment of Paris

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Dialogue XXI: Ares ridicules the threat of Zeus, and the chain let down from heaven

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Dialogue XXII: Pan urges his claims to be the son of Hermes, who is unwilling to admit his paternity

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Dialogue XXIII: Apollo remarks to Bacchus on the heterogeneousness of Aphrodite's children; while Bacchus exposes the character of Priapus

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Dialogue XXIV: Hermes complains to his mother of the multiplicity of his employments

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Dialogue XXV: Helios, accused by Zeus of rash conduct in giving up his chariot to his son, obtains a conditional pardon

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Dialogue XXVI: Apollo asks Hermes to point out to him, of the twin dioscuri which is Kastor and which Polydeukes; and takes the opportunity of criticising their divine pretensions

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