WRITER

Lucian

120 - 200

Lucian

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 1,289,302 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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Notable Works

Dialogi

1530

Vera historia

1887

Dialogues

1534

Luciani Samosatensis opera

1619

Vitarum Auctio, Piscator

Technology & Engineering

Enthält: Vitarum auctio ; Piscator.

1992

The Renaissance, Studies in Art and Poetry

Renaissance Arts, Ut pictura poesis (Aesthetics), Renaissance

Walter Pater’s Studies in the History of the Renaissance was one of the most talked about books in nineteenth-century Britain, and it remains a work of unusual importance to anyone interested in art history or English literature. Pater’s luxurious and finely wrought style inspired generations of writers, and his unique blend of scholarship, philosophy, and personal bias made his view of the quintessential ‘spirit of the renaissance’ a key subject for subsequent aesthetic debate.

1873

Greek Studies A Series Of Essays

Greek Art, Greek Mythology, Greek drama

1895

Marius

Christianity and other religions, Fiction, Roman

1885

Imaginary portraits

Politics and government, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei, Fiction, historical, general

1887

Appréciations

English literature, History and criticism, Literary style

1889

Plato and Platonism

Ancient Philosophy, Plato, Philosophy, ancient

Plato’s ideas have had an enduring and important impact on philosophy, science, and all people, from the ancient kings to modern day man and to all people in between. He passionately touches on the topics of love, virtue, politics, the soul, and ethics in his dialogues. Plato and Platonism demystifies the complex roots of Hellenic philosophy by explaining the impact Plato had on the world when he opened the Academy, a university that nurtured mathematicians, scientists, and great thinkers like Aristotle.Plato was born in Athens around the year 428 BC, the son of wealthy and influential parents. When Socrates, whose ideas heavily influenced Plato, was condemned to death, Plato left Athens and traveled widely, especially to Italy and Sicily. He studied with students of Pythagoras and spent some years advising the ruling family of Syracuse. Around 387, he returned to Athens, where he founded his Academy and taught mathematics and philosophy. He remained at the Academy until his death in 347.

1893

Marius the Epicurean

1891

Dialogues

Translations into English, Translations into Latin, Greek Satire

1534

Lucian Freud

Etching, Paine Webber Inc, Catalogs

1963

Dialogi

Ancient Philosophy, Dialogues, Greek, Greek Dialogues

1530