Preliminary Material -- Theme and Variation: Lucian's Models and Methods -- Fantastic Description -- Storytelling -- Characterisation -- Rome -- Drama I: Timon and the Miniatures -- Drama II: Four Characteristic Situations -- Learning and Mock-Learning -- Arrangement of Themes I: Some Recurrent Patterns -- Arrangement of Themes II: Typical Problems -- Conclusion -- Cross-references and Lucian's Chronology -- The Piscator Scheme: Some Tentative Origins -- Select Bibliography -- Index of Passages of Lucian cited -- Index of Proper Names -- Index of Principal Motifs.
Preliminary Material -- Theme and Variation: Lucian's Models and Methods -- Fantastic Description -- Storytelling -- Characterisation -- Rome -- Drama I: Timon and the Miniatures -- Drama II: Four Characteristic Situations -- Learning and Mock-Learning -- Arrangement of Themes I: Some Recurrent P...