Lucian's Dialogues Volume 1: The Dialogues of the Gods

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Satire, Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity), Dramatic Readings

Authors: Lucian of Samosata In Year : 1913

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Lucian's Dialogues Volume 1: The Dialogues of the Gods

Preface
Dialogue I: Prometheus obtains his release from Zeus by a prophecy
Dialogue II: Zeus threatens to put Eros in fetters
Dialogue III: Zeus orders Hermes to slay Argus, and to conduct Io to Egypt
Dialogue IV: Zeus instructs Ganymedes as to the nature of his duties in heaven
Dialogue V: Hera upbraids Zeus with his love for Ganymedes
Dialogue VI: Ixion makes love to Hera
Dialogue VII: Hephæstus recounts to Apollo the actions of the infant prodigy, Hermes
Dialogue VIII: Hephæstus assists at the parturition of Zeus and the birth of Athena
Dialogue IX: Hermes refuses Poseidon admission to Zeus, and assigns as the reason the lying-in of the king of gods and men with Bacchus
Dialogue X: Hermes conveys to Helios the order of Zeus
Dialogue XI: Aphrodite charges Selene with her love for Endymion, and, at the same time, laments the tyranny of her son, Eros, over herself
Dialogue XII: Aphrodite upbraids Eros for his mischievous conduct in the past, and cautions him for the future
Dialogue XIII: Asklepius and Herakles quarrel on a question of precedence in heaven
Dialogue XIV: Apollo recounts to hermes the manner of the death of Hyakinthus, and his grief for the same
Dialogue XV: Hermes and Apollo envy the deformed Hephæstus the possession of his beautiful wives
Dialogue XVI: Hera and Leto dispute about the merits of their respective children
Dialogue XVII: Hermes narrates to Apollo the adultery of Ares and Aphrodite, and the revenge of Hephæstus
Dialogue XVIII: Hera denounces, and Zeus defends, the character of Bacchus
Dialogue XIX: Eros explains to his mother why he does not assail Athena, the Musæ, and Artemis
Dialogue XX: The Judgment of Paris
Dialogue XXI: Ares ridicules the threat of Zeus, and the chain let down from heaven
Dialogue XXII: Pan urges his claims to be the son of Hermes, who is unwilling to admit his paternity
Dialogue XXIII: Apollo remarks to Bacchus on the heterogeneousness of Aphrodite's children; while Bacchus exposes the character of Priapus
Dialogue XXIV: Hermes complains to his mother of the multiplicity of his employments
Dialogue XXV: Helios, accused by Zeus of rash conduct in giving up his chariot to his son, obtains a conditional pardon
Dialogue XXVI: Apollo asks Hermes to point out to him, of the twin dioscuri which is Kastor and which Polydeukes; and takes the opportunity of criticising their divine pretensions

The Dialogues of the Gods are 26 miniature dialogues mocking the Homeric conception of the Greek gods written in Attic Greek by Syrian author Lucian of Samosata. Almost 1900 years old, these dialogues still retain a lot of their original humor and wit.

The cast list for dialogues with 3 or more readers is given below:

Dialogue 8:
Zeus: Owen Cook
Hephæstus: KevinS
Stage directions: Foon

Dialogue 9:
Poseidon: ToddHW
Hermes: Owen Cook
Stage directions: Foon

Dialogue 13:
Zeus: ToddHW
Asklepius: Foon
Herakles: KevinS

Dialogue 20:
Zeus: alanmapstone
Hermes: Owen Cook
Hera: Foon
Athena: Sonia
Aphrodite: Sandra Schmit
Paris: Aaron White
Stage directions: ToddHW

Editor: Campbell Schelp
(Summary by Foon)