Reading The Downward Journey or The Tyrant | Alexandria
Read The Downward Journey or The Tyrant by Lucian. Exposing hypocrisy through satire, Lucian's characters descend to hell only to find that death strips away status - kings and beggars share the same dark fate. His radical equality challenges modern obsessions with power and wealth. Surprisingly, this ancient mockery of tyrants reveals more about human nature than lofty philosophical treatises.