ALCIPHRON  , See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek rhetorician, was probably a contemporary of See also:

• LUCIAN (d. 312)
• LUCIAN [Aowaavos] (c. A.D. 120-180)

Lucian (2nd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century A.D.) . He was the author of a collection of fictitious letters, of which 124 (118 See also:

• COMPLETE

complete and 6 fragments) have been published; they are written in the purest See also:

• ATTIC (i.e. "in the Attic style ")

Attic See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect and are considered See also:

• MODELS

models of See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . The See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene is throughout at See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens; the imaginary writers are See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

• PEOPLE

people, fishermen, parasites and courtesans, who See also:

• EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express their sentiments and opinions on See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar subjects in elegant See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language . The " courtesan " letters are especially valuable, the See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information contained in them being chiefly derived from the writers of the New See also:

• COMEDY

Comedy, especially See also:

• MENANDER
• MENANDER (342–291 B.C.)
• MENANDER (MILINDA)

Menander . EDITI0Ns.-Editio princeps (44 letters), 1499; See also:

• BERGLER, STEPHAN

Bergler (1715); Seiler (1856); Hercher (1873); Schepers (1905) . See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation by See also:

• MONRO, DAVID BINNING (1836-1905)

Monro and Beloe (1791) .