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Excerpt from Alciphron Literally and Completely Translated From the Greek, With Introduction and Notes Lucian in style; but the spirit in which he treats his subjects is very different, and far more refined. In the great majority of cases the names in the headings of the letters, which seem very clumsy in an English dress, are fictitious, and are purposely coined to express some characteristic of the persons between whom they are supposed to pass. In the volume of Lucian in this series some account has been given of the courtesans of Athens. It will here be interesting to describe briefly another curious class of personages, the parasites - a word which has had a remarkable history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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