Lucian

Lucian of Samosata was a Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridiculed superstition, religious practices, and... Wikipedia

  • Born:  c. 125 AD, Samosata, Roman Syria
  • Died:  After 180 AD, probably Egypt, Roman Empire
  • Occupation:  Novelist, satirist, rhetorician
  • Notable works:  A True History, Dialogues of the Dead, Lover of Lies, Dialogues of the Gods, Dialogues of the Courtesans, Alexander the False Prophet, Philosophies for Sale, The Carousal, or The Lapiths
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo