Lucian of Samosata

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Syrian-Greek person ancient Greek writer author essayist rhetorician satirist

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

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lucian	9
writings of Lucian	2
Onos (pseudo-Lucian)	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Syrian-Greek person ⓘ ancient Greek writer ⓘ author ⓘ essayist ⓘ rhetorician ⓘ satirist ⓘ
associatedWith	Attic Greek style ⓘ Sophistic rhetoric ⓘ
birthDate	c. 120 ⓘ
birthPlace	Commagene NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ Samosata NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship	Roman Empire ⓘ
criticized	Cynic philosophers NERFINISHED ⓘ Stoic philosophers ⓘ charlatan prophets ⓘ religious superstition ⓘ
culturalIdentity	Greek ⓘ
deathDate	after 180 ⓘ c. 180–192 ⓘ
education	trained in rhetoric ⓘ
era	2nd century ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Syrian ⓘ
genre	dialogue ⓘ fiction ⓘ philosophical dialogue ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ satire ⓘ
influenced	Erasmus NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonathan Swift NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabelais NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas More NERFINISHED ⓘ Voltaire NERFINISHED ⓘ early science fiction writers ⓘ
knownFor	early science fiction elements ⓘ mocking contemporary society ⓘ mocking philosophy ⓘ mocking religion ⓘ witty dialogues ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
movement	Second Sophistic NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Lucian of Samosata NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	A True Story NERFINISHED ⓘ Alexander the False Prophet NERFINISHED ⓘ Dialogues of the Courtesans NERFINISHED ⓘ Dialogues of the Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ Dialogues of the Gods NERFINISHED ⓘ How to Write History NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Death of Peregrinus NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dream, or the Cock NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fisherman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lover of Lies NERFINISHED ⓘ The Passing of Peregrinus NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sale of Lives NERFINISHED ⓘ The Syrian Goddess NERFINISHED ⓘ True History NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ lawyer ⓘ orator ⓘ rhetorician ⓘ satirist ⓘ
philosophicalView	skeptical of dogmatic philosophy ⓘ
religiousView	skeptical of traditional religion ⓘ
travel	Asia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Gaul NERFINISHED ⓘ Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Momus → appearsIn → Lucian of Samosata ⓘ

this entity surface form: writings of Lucian

Aristides of Miletus → citedBy → Lucian of Samosata ⓘ