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| Full text and commentary of Lucian’s //True History// | Full text and commentary of Lucian’s //True History// | ||
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| * **True History Decrypted: Full text and Commentary of Lucian’s**// | * **True History Decrypted: Full text and Commentary of Lucian’s**// | ||
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| * Chicago, Illinois, United States of America | * Chicago, Illinois, United States of America | ||
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| One of the translators of Lucian, Thomas Francklin, bemoaned in his introduction to //True History//, “We cannot but lament that the humour of many of the references has been lost to us; therefore, Lucian’s //True History// cannot be half as pleasurable as when it was first written, but there are enough remaining allusions which we understand to secure it from being unrelatable.” This work, //True History Decrypted//, | One of the translators of Lucian, Thomas Francklin, bemoaned in his introduction to //True History//, “We cannot but lament that the humour of many of the references has been lost to us; therefore, Lucian’s //True History// cannot be half as pleasurable as when it was first written, but there are enough remaining allusions which we understand to secure it from being unrelatable.” This work, //True History Decrypted//, | ||
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