Diskin Clay
Author of Four Island Utopias (Focus Philosophical Library)
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The Cynics: The Cynic Movement in Antiquity and Its Legacy (Hellenistic Culture and Society) (1996) — Contributor — 86 copies
Philodemus and Poetry: Poetic Theory and Practice in Lucretius, Philodemus and Horace (1995) — Contributor — 8 copies
Arktouros : Hellenic studies presented to Bernard M. W. Knox on the occasion of his 65th birthday (1979) — Contributor — 3 copies
Presocratics and Plato: Festschrift at Delphi in Honor of Charles Kahn (2013) — Contributor — 3 copies
When Worlds Elide: Classics, Politics, Culture (Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches) (2010) — Contributor — 3 copies
The ancient novel and early Christian and Jewish narrative : fictional intersections (2013) — Contributor — 3 copies
Studies in Attic Epigraphy, History, and Topography: Presented to Eugene Vanderpool (Hesperia Supplement; 19) (1982) — Contributor — 2 copies
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1900 year old science fiction/fantasy novel. (No lie.) It's a trip. Literally they sail to the moon and go to war with the sun, and later they go to the land of the dead.
Parts of this inspired Apuleius' The Golden Ass, which is why I read it. I'm not thrilled about this edition, as it's aimed at ancient Greek scholars and I don't read Greek. But it's the edition I could get my hands on.
4 stars bc it's funny. The notes explain how Lucian is casting shade on, mostly philosophers and perhaps show more the moon men making babies with each other, without any women involved. Despite living on the embodiment of the goddess Selene. Um.
Anyway. That was wild and weird af. Hard to believe it's nearly 2000 years old, which mostly just makes me think abt how little humans have changed. Societies change but human behavior is so basic. show less
Parts of this inspired Apuleius' The Golden Ass, which is why I read it. I'm not thrilled about this edition, as it's aimed at ancient Greek scholars and I don't read Greek. But it's the edition I could get my hands on.
4 stars bc it's funny. The notes explain how Lucian is casting shade on, mostly philosophers and perhaps show more the moon men making babies with each other, without any women involved. Despite living on the embodiment of the goddess Selene. Um.
Anyway. That was wild and weird af. Hard to believe it's nearly 2000 years old, which mostly just makes me think abt how little humans have changed. Societies change but human behavior is so basic. show less
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