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

Lucian of Samosata (c. 125 - c. 180)
Translated by Howard Williams (1837 - 1931)

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)

Genre(s): Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity), Dramatic Readings, Satire

Language: English

Group: Dialogues of Lucian of Samosata

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Preface	Foon	00:33:21
Play 01	Dialogue I: Prometheus obtains his release from Zeus by a prophecy	Owen Cook Aaron White	00:03:13
Play 02	Dialogue II: Zeus threatens to put Eros in fetters	Tomas Peter Scotty Smith	00:03:13
Play 03	Dialogue III: Zeus orders Hermes to slay Argus, and to conduct Io to Egypt	Scotty Smith Stefan Von Blon	00:02:04
Play 04	Dialogue IV: Zeus instructs Ganymedes as to the nature of his duties in heaven	Owen Cook Scotty Smith	00:07:07
Play 05	Dialogue V: Hera upbraids Zeus with his love for Ganymedes	Scotty Smith Foon	00:06:09
Play 06	Dialogue VI: Ixion makes love to Hera	Scotty Smith Foon	00:06:27
Play 07	Dialogue VII: Hephæstus recounts to Apollo the actions of the infant prodigy, Hermes	Owen Cook TJ Burns	00:04:12
Play 08	Dialogue VIII: Hephæstus assists at the parturition of Zeus and the birth of Athena	Group	00:03:38
Play 09	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	Group	00:03:53
Play 10	Dialogue X: Hermes conveys to Helios the order of Zeus	Stefan Von Blon Elsie Selwyn	00:03:43
Play 11	Dialogue XI: Aphrodite charges Selene with her love for Endymion, and, at the same time, laments the tyranny of her son, Eros, over herself	cathar maiden Leanne Yau	00:02:47
Play 12	Dialogue XII: Aphrodite upbraids Eros for his mischievous conduct in the past, and cautions him for the future	cathar maiden Tomas Peter	00:03:26
Play 13	Dialogue XIII: Asklepius and Herakles quarrel on a question of precedence in heaven	Group	00:03:40
Play 14	Dialogue XIV: Apollo recounts to hermes the manner of the death of Hyakinthus, and his grief for the same	Stefan Von Blon Aaron White	00:03:29
Play 15	Dialogue XV: Hermes and Apollo envy the deformed Hephæstus the possession of his beautiful wives	Stefan Von Blon Aaron White	00:04:20
Play 16	Dialogue XVI: Hera and Leto dispute about the merits of their respective children	Sonia Foon	00:04:17
Play 17	Dialogue XVII: Hermes narrates to Apollo the adultery of Ares and Aphrodite, and the revenge of Hephæstus	Stefan Von Blon Aaron White	00:04:19
Play 18	Dialogue XVIII: Hera denounces, and Zeus defends, the character of Bacchus	Foon KevinS	00:03:37
Play 19	Dialogue XIX: Eros explains to his mother why he does not assail Athena, the Musæ, and Artemis	cathar maiden Tomas Peter	00:03:37
Play 20	Dialogue XX: The Judgment of Paris	Group	00:23:15
Play 21	Dialogue XXI: Ares ridicules the threat of Zeus, and the chain let down from heaven	Owen Cook Foon	00:02:59
Play 22	Dialogue XXII: Pan urges his claims to be the son of Hermes, who is unwilling to admit his paternity	Stefan Von Blon Aaron White	00:06:15
Play 23	Dialogue XXIII: Apollo remarks to Bacchus on the heterogeneousness of Aphrodite's children; while Bacchus exposes the character of Priapus	ToddHW TJ Burns	00:03:41
Play 24	Dialogue XXIV: Hermes complains to his mother of the multiplicity of his employments	Leanne Yau Stefan Von Blon	00:04:51
Play 25	Dialogue XXV: Helios, accused by Zeus of rash conduct in giving up his chariot to his son, obtains a conditional pardon	Owen Cook Elsie Selwyn	00:04:17
Play 26	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	Owen Cook Aaron White	00:03:32

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