Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.36.5, pp. 3406-3450
 
Lucian of Samosata: Four Philosophical Lives (Nigrinus, Demonax, Peregrinus, Alexander Pseudomantis)
by Diskin Clay, Durham, North Carolina

Contents

I. Lucian and the Philosophers

3406

II. Doing Philosophy

3411

III. The Mime of Philosophy

3414

IV. Philosophical Paragons

3420

1. Nigrinus

3420

2. Demonax

3425

3. Sostratus

3429

V. Lucian and the Exposure of Fraud

3430

1. Peregrinus

3430

2. Alexander of Abonouteichos

3438

3. Lucian's Doubles

3445

VI. Bibliography

3448
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