(August 21, 2015 at 2:20 am)Nestor Wrote: Lucian V in Loeb's Classical Library... amazing collection of some very witty satires... includes The Passing of Peregrinus, notable for containing one of the earliest secular perspectives on the Christian church (it was written around 165-166 CE), and perhaps my favorite, the hilarious Eunuch, which I highly recommend you read here: http://www.well.com/~aquarius/lucian-eunuch.htmThe passing of peregrinus is actually quite funny.but I won't spoil it here.
(It's pretty short)
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.