Lucian (of Samosata), Greek Satirist(125-180)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: Lucian (of Samosata)
• Birth: 125, Samosata, Turkey
• Death: (after) 180, Athens, Greece
• Language: Greek
• Who he was: Assyrian-born Greek rhetorician and satirist who wrote comic dialogues, rhetorical essays and prose fiction, including A True Story
• Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 2); Bloom

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