Lucian of Samosata

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Lucian of Samosata was a 2nd-century Syrian-Greek satirist and rhetorician known for his witty dialogues that mocked philosophy, religion, and contemporary society.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Lucian 11
Lucian of Samosata canonical 10
writings of Lucian 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Syrian-Greek person
ancient Greek writer
author
essayist
rhetorician
satirist
associatedWith Attic Greek style
Sophistic rhetoric
birthDate c. 120
birthPlace Commagene
Roman Syria
Samosata
citizenship Roman Empire
criticized Cynic philosophers
linked to: Cynic school

Stoic philosophers
charlatan prophets
religious superstition
culturalIdentity Greek
deathDate after 180
c. 180–192
education trained in rhetoric
era 2nd century
Roman Empire
ethnicOrigin Syrian
genre dialogue
fiction
philosophical dialogue
rhetoric
satire
influenced Erasmus
linked to: Desiderius Erasmus

Jonathan Swift
Rabelais
linked to: François Rabelais

Thomas More
Voltaire
early science fiction writers
knownFor early science fiction elements
mocking contemporary society
mocking philosophy
mocking religion
witty dialogues
language Ancient Greek
movement Second Sophistic
name Lucian of Samosata
notableWork A True Story
Alexander the False Prophet
Dialogues of the Courtesans
Dialogues of the Dead
Dialogues of the Gods
How to Write History
On the Death of Peregrinus
The Dream, or the Cock
The Fisherman
The Lover of Lies
The Passing of Peregrinus
The Sale of Lives
The Syrian Goddess
True History
occupation author
lawyer
orator
rhetorician
satirist
philosophicalView skeptical of dogmatic philosophy
religiousView skeptical of traditional religion
travel Asia Minor
Gaul
Greece
Italy

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Moriae Encomium influencedBy Lucian of Samosata
Lucien relatedName Lucian
linked to: Lucian of Samosata
Lucien hasVariant Lucian
linked to: Lucian of Samosata
Lucia relatedName Lucian
linked to: Lucian of Samosata
Luciana relatedName Lucian
linked to: Lucian of Samosata
Momus appearsIn writings of Lucian
linked to: Lucian of Samosata
Lucian Mureșan givenName Lucian
linked to: Lucian of Samosata
Phalaris mentionedIn writings of Lucian
linked to: Lucian of Samosata
Lucius hasCognate Lucian
linked to: Lucian of Samosata
Metamorphoses by Lucius of Patrae relatedWork Onos (pseudo-Lucian)
linked to: Lucian of Samosata
Aristides of Miletus citedBy Lucian
linked to: Lucian of Samosata
Luciano relatedName Lucian
linked to: Lucian of Samosata
Menippus influenced Lucian
linked to: Lucian of Samosata
Hermotimus of Clazomenae citedBy Lucian of Samosata
Samosata notableResident Lucian of Samosata
Lucian of Samosata name Lucian of Samosata
Apelles praisedBy Lucian
linked to: Lucian of Samosata
Lucianus hasVariant Lucian
linked to: Lucian of Samosata
Second Sophistic notableFigure Lucian of Samosata
Stratonice of Syria describedIn Lucian's writings
linked to: Lucian of Samosata
Temple of Aphrodite at Knidos mentionedBy Lucian of Samosata
subject linked to: temple of Aphrodite
Derceto notableSource Lucian of Samosata
Hierapolis Bambyce mentionedBy Lucian of Samosata
Greek literature hasKeyAuthor Lucian of Samosata
Mabbug mentionedBy Lucian of Samosata