Icaromenippus or The Sky-man

by Lucian of Samosata

Imitating Icarus, Menippus makes himself a pair of wings and flies up to the gods where he learns that Zeus has decided to destroy all philosophers as useless.

Genres: Fiction, Classics

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Lucian of Samosata was a Greek-educated Syrian rhetorician, and satirist who wrote in the Greek language. He is noted for his witty and scoffing nature.

Reviews

[Elisabetta Buonavolontà · Rating 5 out of 5]

Non esiste un mondo in cui io non ami uno scritto di Luciano.

[Caleb Egolf · Rating 4 out of 5]

Scathing criticism of philosophy

[ruslan prisakaru · Rating 3 out of 5]

fun read. Irwin Edman was right when he said that Lucian "had no pity for man's delusions, errors, and aspirations; to that Christian virtue he was a stranger."

[Mira · Rating 3 out of 5]

"So I realized what sort of sized basis for their pride remains to our rich men. The widest-acred of them all, methought, was the proud cultivator of an Epicurean atom. "

[Débora · Rating 3 out of 5]

En fin, eliminó a todos los filósofos hahaha

[Ⰰⱃⰿⰰⱀⰴ Ⱆⰾⰴⰵⱃⰻⰽⱁ Ⱅⰵⱄⰾⰰ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Matica hrvatska
Zagreb, 2002.
Ovo djelce je konstruirano dijalogom, kao gotovo sva Lukijanova djela.
Menip opisuje svom frendu kako je navodeći se po Ikaru poletio do nebesa i došao među bogove.
Dakle, cjelokupna radnja je prepričavanje.
Tipična lukijanovska satira, bogovi se prikazuju kao obični ljudi, gonjeni niskoenergetskim frekvencijama luzerstva, putem toga se prenosi kinički podtekst.
¡Hasta luego mis murcielagos!

[Forked Radish · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious and scathing, and so apropos of the current times!

[Ana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Surprisingly interesting dialogue about what Olympus was like