For the first time since the original publication date, Wieland's translations of Lucian's satires are now being published in vols. 22-24 of this edition, complete with historical-critical commentary. Wieland's translations of Lucian, the Greek narrator and satirist, are still counted as the best German translations of this almost 1,900 year old work.

For the first time since the original publication date, Wieland's translations of Lucian's satires are now being published in vols. 22-24 of this edition, complete with historical-critical commentary. Wieland's translations of Lucian, the Greek narrator and satirist, are still counted as the best German translations of this almost 1,900 year old work.