Ἰκαρομένιππος ἢ Ὑπερνέφελος

Name: Icaromenippus or The Sky-man
Author: Lucian

aka Icaromenippus

Icaromenippus or The Sky-man

Author

Lucian

Language

Koine Greek

Year

c. 150

Country

Roman Empire

Genre

Novella / Light Novel / Graphic Novel

ancient world

graeco-roman

Imitating Icarus, Menippus makes himself a pair of wings and flies up to the gods where he learns that Zeus has decided to destroy all philosophers as useless.

Translations

Vol. II: The Downward Journey or The Tyrant. Zeus Catechized. Zeus Rants. The Dream or The Cock. Prometheus. Icaromenippus or The Sky-man. Timon or The Misanthrope. Charon or The Inspectors. Philosophies for Sale

tr. A. M. Harmon · Harvard University Press · United States · 1915

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Satirical Sketches

tr. Paul Turner · Penguin · United Kingdom · 1961

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