Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-356) and index.

Introduction -- Lucian, Classical Paideia, the Fathers and Byzantium -- The Hermeneutical Path and the Images of Lucian in Italy -- Lucian, Hellenism and Pro-Reform Literature -- Lucian, Hellenism and the Reform (Part II) -- Byzantium, Hellenism and Lucian in Fifteenth-Century Spain -- Hellenism and Lucian in Sixteenth-Century Spain -- The Lucian of the Quattrocento and Cinquecento in Spain -- Images of Lucian in Golden Age Spain: The Moral Philosopher -- Lucian as Moral Philosopher: The Second Period (1560-1600) -- Lucian as Moral Philosopher: The Third Period (1600-1680) -- Lucian as Atheist -- Lucian, Fantastic Literature and Subjectivism -- Lucian and Golden Age Historiography -- Lucian as Authority on Style - Conclusion.