Lucian

Novelist, Author

0125 – 0180

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Who was Lucian?

Lucian of Samosata was a rhetorician and satirist who wrote in the Greek language. He is noted for his witty and scoffing nature. Although he wrote solely in Greek, mainly Attic Greek, he was ethnically Assyrian. Lucian claimed to be a native speaker of a "barbarian tongue" which was most likely Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic.

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Born
0125
Samosata
Also known as
  • Lucian of Samosata
  • of Samosata Lucian
Profession
Died
0180
Athens

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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