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Lucian

120 - 200

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Lucian of Samosata (Λουκιανὸς ὁ Σαμοσατεύς, c. 125 – after 180) 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 belief in the paranormal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucian has received more than 1,315,432 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Lucian is the 161st most popular writer (up from 163rd in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 76th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Turkish Writer.

Lucian of Samosata was a Greek satirist and rhetorician who lived in the 2nd century AD. He is most famous for his satirical work, "The True History," which is a parody of the Greek historian, Herodotus.

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  • 1.3M

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  • 77.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 69

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lucian ranks 161 out of 7,302. Before him are Novalis, Fernando Pessoa, Karen Blixen, John the Evangelist, Terry Pratchett, and Georges Simenon. After him are Heinrich Böll, Menander, Cyrano de Bergerac, Nicolas Flamel, Ivan Turgenev, and H. G. Wells.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 120, Lucian ranks 1. After him are Pope Soter, Gaius, Tatian, and Parthamaspates of Parthia. Among people deceased in 200, Lucian ranks 1. After him are Juvenal, Sun Ce, Longus, Justin, Emperor Chūai, Aretaeus of Cappadocia, Lucius Artorius Castus, Vologases III of Parthia, Artemidorus, Soranus of Ephesus, and Babrius.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Lucian ranks 70 out of 1,347. Before him are Leucippus (-500), Saint Blaise (300), Osman III (1699), Anaximenes of Miletus (-585), Şehzade Mehmed (1522), and Mustafa III (1717). After him are Hipparchus (-190), Herostratus (-301), Orhan Pamuk (1952), Aristotle Onassis (1906), Murad V (1840), and Honorius (384).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Lucian ranks 2. Before him are Hesiod (-800). After him are Orhan Pamuk (1952), Constantine VII (905), Anacreon (-570), Anna Komnene (1083), Dionysius of Halicarnassus (-60), Yunus Emre (1240), Ammianus Marcellinus (330), Giorgos Seferis (1900), Aratus (-315), and Theodore the Studite (759).

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