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


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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)

Chapters

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Preface 33:21 Read by Foon
Dialogue I: Prometheus obtains his release from Zeus by a prophecy 3:13 Read by Owen Cook
Dialogue II: Zeus threatens to put Eros in fetters 3:13 Read by Tomas Peter
Dialogue III: Zeus orders Hermes to slay Argus, and to conduct Io to Egypt 2:04 Read by Scotty Smith
Dialogue IV: Zeus instructs Ganymedes as to the nature of his duties in heaven 7:07 Read by Owen Cook
Dialogue V: Hera upbraids Zeus with his love for Ganymedes 6:09 Read by Scotty Smith
Dialogue VI: Ixion makes love to Hera 6:27 Read by Scotty Smith
Dialogue VII: Hephæstus recounts to Apollo the actions of the infant prodigy, Hermes 4:12 Read by Owen Cook
Dialogue VIII: Hephæstus assists at the parturition of Zeus and the birth of Athena 3:38 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
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 3:53 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Dialogue X: Hermes conveys to Helios the order of Zeus 3:43 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Dialogue XI: Aphrodite charges Selene with her love for Endymion, and, at the same time, laments the tyranny of her son, Eros, over herself 2:47 Read by cathar maiden
Dialogue XII: Aphrodite upbraids Eros for his mischievous conduct in the past, and cautions him for the future 3:26 Read by cathar maiden
Dialogue XIII: Asklepius and Herakles quarrel on a question of precedence in heaven 3:40 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Dialogue XIV: Apollo recounts to hermes the manner of the death of Hyakinthus, and his grief for the same 3:29 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Dialogue XV: Hermes and Apollo envy the deformed Hephæstus the possession of his beautiful wives 4:20 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Dialogue XVI: Hera and Leto dispute about the merits of their respective children 4:17 Read by Sonia
Dialogue XVII: Hermes narrates to Apollo the adultery of Ares and Aphrodite, and the revenge of Hephæstus 4:19 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Dialogue XVIII: Hera denounces, and Zeus defends, the character of Bacchus 3:37 Read by Foon
Dialogue XIX: Eros explains to his mother why he does not assail Athena, the Musæ, and Artemis 3:37 Read by cathar maiden
Dialogue XX: The Judgment of Paris 23:15 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Dialogue XXI: Ares ridicules the threat of Zeus, and the chain let down from heaven 2:59 Read by Owen Cook
Dialogue XXII: Pan urges his claims to be the son of Hermes, who is unwilling to admit his paternity 6:15 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Dialogue XXIII: Apollo remarks to Bacchus on the heterogeneousness of Aphrodite's children; while Bacchus exposes the character of Priapus 3:41 Read by ToddHW
Dialogue XXIV: Hermes complains to his mother of the multiplicity of his employments 4:51 Read by Leanne Yau
Dialogue XXV: Helios, accused by Zeus of rash conduct in giving up his chariot to his son, obtains a conditional pardon 4:17 Read by Owen Cook
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 3:32 Read by Owen Cook