(Reading for Context) I read a translation of Lucian’s A Feast of Lapithae, his spoof version of the famous Attic Greek text The Symposium by Plato. Lucian must have been well-read in the written Greek tradition, and shows both his knowledge and capacity for critique of such works. He composed this parody of The Symposium… Continue reading Lucian’s “A Feast of Lapithae” – Ellie
