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Dialogues of the Gods

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Language
  
Greek

Publication date
  
2nd century CE

Genre
  
Satire

Publisher
  
Various

Author
  
Lucian

Country
  
Roman Syria

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Dialogues of the Gods (Ancient Greek: Θεῶν Διάλογοι) are 25 miniature dialogues mocking the Homeric conception of the Greek gods written in Attic Greek by Syrian author Lucian of Samosata.
The 25 Dialogues titles are:

  1. Prometheus and Zeus,
  2. Eros and Zeus,
  3. Zeus and Hermes,
  4. Ganymede and Zeus,
  5. Juno and Zeus(1),
  6. Juno and Zeus(2),
  7. Adranus and Apollo,
  8. Adranus and Zeus,
  9. Neptune and Hermes,
  10. Mercuy and (the) Sun,
  11. Venus and Selene,
  12. Venus and Zeus,
  13. Zeus, Asclepius and Heracles,
  14. Hermes and Apollo(1),[1]
  15. Hermes and Apollo(2),
  16. Hera and Leto,
  17. Apollo and Hermes,
  18. Hera and Zeus,
  19. Aphrodite and Zeus,
  20. Ares and Hermes,
  21. Autolycus and Hermes,
  22. Apollo and Bacchus,
  23. Hermes and Maia,
  24. Zeus and Helios,
  25. Apollo and Hermes.
A. The judgement of the goddesses: Zeus, Hermes, Juno, Minerva, Aphrodite and Paris

The work was translated into Latin c. 1518 by Livio Guidolotto (also called Guidalotto or Guidalotti), the apostolic assistant of Pope Leo X.

References

Dialogues of the Gods Wikipedia