Lucian's Dialogues Volume 3: The Dialogues of the Dead

Chapters

1. 1 Dialogue I. Diogenes commissions Polydeukes, about to return to the upper world, to inform Menippus of the actual condition of things in the land of shades, and to deliver admonitory messages to…ToddHW, Alan Mapstone 5:37
2. 2 Dialogue II. Eroesus, Midas, and Sardanapalus complain to Pluto of Menippus that he derides them for their lamentations over the loss of the power, wealth, and luxury which belonged to them on Earth…TriciaG, Alan Mapstone, David Purdy, Adrian Stephens, Lynette Caulkins 4:06
3. 3 Dialogue III. Menippus ridicules the Oracles of Trophonius and Amphilochus.Alan Mapstone, Adrian Stephens, Jake Malizia 3:02
4. 4 Dialogue IV. Hermes demands from Charon arrears of payment due to him for his services on the styx. Charon excuses himself on the plea of bad times; no great war or famine, as it happened, ravaging…Algy Pug, ToddHW 3:52
5. 5 Dialogue V. Pluto directs Hermes to bring him the fortune and legacy-hunters and flatterers of a certain rich man, and to suffer the latter to outlive his fawning satellites.ToddHW, Alan Mapstone 4:30
6. 6 Dialogue VI. Terpsion, a legacy-hunter, accuses Pluto and the Fates in that, although only thrity years of age, they had caused hime to predecease the object of his theder regards, the millionaire…Alan Mapstone, Lynette Caulkins 6:51
7. 7 Dialogue VII. Zenophantes and Kallidemides, two parasites, bewail one to the other their fates, in having been in the midst of their scheming unexpectedly mismissed to Hades. Killidemides, in…Alan Mapstone, Anna Maria 3:23
8. 8 Dialogue VIII. Knemon, a legacy-hunter, laments to his neighbour Damnippus, that, whereas he had publicly, in his will, bequeathed all his wealth to the millionaire Hermolaus, in the expectation that…Alan Mapstone, David Purdy 2:50
9. 9 Dialogue IX. Polystratus, a centenarian plutocrat, upon arriving in hades, narrates to his friend Simylus how, by reason of his great wealth, he had enjoyed the adulation of the world and an…TriciaG, Alan Mapstone 6:00
10. 10 Dialogue X. An alarming number of ghosts crowd to the styx. Charon, fearing fro his boat, directs Hermes to see that they were entirely stripped of their various insignia of power, rank, wealth, and…TriciaG, Availle, Algy Pug, ToddHW, Alan Mapstone, Larry Wilson, David Purdy, Adrian Stephens, Lynette Caulkins, Anna Maria, Alex Steele 15:19
11. 11 Dialogue XI. Krates and Diogenes, meeting in Hades, indulge their satire on the subject of the fates of two millionaire merchants (cousins) who had been constantly plotting, in the usual manner, each…ToddHW, Alan Mapstone 5:50
12. 12 Dialogue XII. Alexander of Macedon and Hannibal, quarrelling for precedence, submit the arbitrament of their cause to Minos. Each recounts his exploits. Scipio, the conqueror of Carthage, intervenes…Larry Wilson, David Purdy, Mike Manolakes, Jake Malizia 10:15
13. 13 Dialogue XIII. Diogenes jeers at Alexander of Macedon for his late pretensions to divinity, at the same time satirizing the servile attitude of the conquered Greek states towards him. He proceeds to…ToddHW, Mike Manolakes 6:39
14. 14 Dialogue XIV. Philip, King of Macedon, ridicules his son Alexander's absurd arrogance in claiming to the the son of Ammon, and calls in question the greatness of his military achievements. Alexander…Mike Manolakes, Alex Steele 6:49
15. 15 Dialogue XV. Antilochus, the son of Nestor (one of the Greek heroes who fell during the siege of Ilium), remonstrates whith his friend Achilleus for having given utterance to the words put into his…Alan Mapstone, David Purdy 5:18
16. 16 Dialogue XVI. Diogenes, the cynic, expresses his astonishment to Herakles at seeing the son of Zeus in Hades, like the rest. That hero pretends that his actual self is in Heaven, while it is his…ToddHW, Alan Mapstone 6:45
17. 17 Dialogue XVII. Menippus derides the fable and fate of Tantalus.ToddHW, Adrian Stephens 3:24
18. 18 Dialogue XVIII. Menippus desires Hermes to point out to him the beautiful women and handsome men celebrated by the poets. Hermes showes him the ghosts of the most famous of them, and, in particular…ToddHW, Adrian Stephens 3:04
19. 19 Dialogue XIX. Protesilaus, one of the victims of the Trojan War, seeks to avenge himself by an assult on Helene - Aeakus, gatekeeper and one of the high court of justice in Hades, reminds him that it…ToddHW, Alan Mapstone, Tchaikovsky, Alex Steele 4:04
20. 20 Dialogue XX. Aeakus, at the especial request of Menippus, introduces him to the ghosts of the most celebrated potentates of antiquity, when the cynic avails himself of this opportunity for ridicule…ToddHW, Alan Mapstone, David Purdy, Adrian Stephens, Tchaikovsky 7:54
21. 21 Dialogue XXI. Menippus inquires of Kerberus, the canine guardian of the enterance to Hades, as to the demenour of Sokrates upon his first arrival there.ToddHW, Adrian Stephens 2:46
22. 22 Dialogue XXII. Charon demands from Menippus his accustomed fee. Upon the absolute refusal of the cynic to pay, a lively altercation ensues.Algy Pug, ToddHW, Adrian Stephens 3:38
23. 23 Dialogue XXIII. Protesilaus, an Achaean hero, who had fallen before Ilium, supplicates Pluto to permit him to return to life, for a day, to visit his wife Laodameia, and adduces as precedents the…Alan Mapstone, Nichalia Schwartz, Alex Steele 4:58
24. 24 Dialogue XXIV. Diogenes demands of Mausolus, the Karian Satrap, the reason of his arrogance and pride, and ridicules the vanity of his grandeur and power on Earth, and, in particular, the uselessness…ToddHW, Alan Mapstone 5:09
25. 25 Dialogue XXV. Nireus and Thersites, disputing which of them was the more distinguished by good looks, appeeal to Menippus. Menippus, disregarding the authority of Homer, pronounces the ι΄σοκα΄λλος as…Alan Mapstone, David Purdy, Adrian Stephens 3:27
26. 26 Dialogue XXVI. Cheiron imparts to Menippus his reason for preferring Hades to Heaven and immortality.ToddHW, Adrian Stephens 3:29
27. 27 Dialogue XXVII. The philosophers Diogenes, Antisthenes, and Krates resolve to make for the entrance to Orcus, to observe the quality of conduct of the new arrivals. On the way they entertain…ToddHW, Alan Mapstone, David Purdy, Anna Maria 11:17
28. 28 Dialogues XXVIII. Menippus ridicules the story of the prophet Teiresias as found in the poets and theologiests, and, in particular, his metamorphosis into a woman.ToddHW, Adrian Stephens 4:42
29. 29 Dialogue XXIX. Agamemnon inquires of (Telamonian) Aias the reason of his late cool reception of Odysseus, when he came down to learn the future from Teiresias. Aias justifies his hostile feeling by…ToddHW, Alan Mapstone 3:42
30. 30 Dialogue XXX. Sostratus, for his crimes, about to be consigned by Minos to the tortures of Tartarus, protests against the injustice of his sentence; since, upon the admissions of his judge himself…Larry Wilson, David Purdy 4:48