The Works of Lucian of Samosata
By: Lucian of Samosata
4.22
Format: 434 pages, Paperback
Lucian of Samosata is celebrated for lively and original satires, which demonstrate his cynical wit…
Want to Read $ 4.95"Once when he [Demonax, a supposed Cynic sage] came upon two uncouth philosophers inquiring and wrangling with one another--one of them putting absurd questions, the other answering perfectly irrelevantly--he said "Don't you think, my friends, that one of these guys is milking a he-goat and the other putting a sieve underneath it?"-Lucian of Samosata, The Works of Lucian of Samosata
"Once when he [Demonax, a supposed Cynic sage] came upon two uncouth philosophers inquiring and wrangling with one another--one of them putting absurd questions, the other answering perfectly irrelevantly--he said "Don't you think, my friends, that one of these guys is milking a he-goat and the other putting a sieve underneath it?"-Lucian of Samosata, The Works of Lucian of Samosata
"Once when he [Demonax, a supposed Cynic sage] came upon two uncouth philosophers inquiring and wrangling with one another--one of them putting absurd questions, the other answering perfectly irrelevantly--he said "Don't you think, my friends, that one of these guys is milking a he-goat and the other putting a sieve underneath it?"-Lucian of Samosata, The Works of Lucian of Samosata
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11. The Works of Lucian of Samosata
By: Lucian of Samosata
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Format: 434 pages, Paperback
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