Lucien Et La Trag?die

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 4th 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.

Review:

For a researcher who wants to study intertextuality in Lucian or the history of tragedy in the Imperial Age, Lucien et la tragedie forms a good starting point. Wannes Gyselinck in: L'Antiquite Classique 77/2008 Voila donc un livre qu'on pourra consulter avec profit et qui constitue une contribution appreciable a la connaissance de l'?uvre 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 solido y excelentemente documentado, presentado ademas de forma clara y muy bien organizado. Ana Isabel Jimenez San Cristobal in: Cuadernos de Filologia Clasica 16/2006 On l'aura compris: si le livre d'Orestis Karavas eclaire un aspect mal connu et pourtant essentiel de la creation litteraire de Lucien, il met aussi a la disposition des specialistes de la tragedie classique une mine de renseignements d'ordre technique, culturel ou sociologique sur sa reception a l'epoque imperiale, et ce n'est pas la moindre de ses qualites. Valerie 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