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Lucian

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Lu·cian  (lshn) fl. second century a.d.
Greek satirist. His two major works, Dialogues of the Gods and Dialogues of the Dead, ridicule Greek philosophy and mythology.

Lucian [ˈluːsɪən]
n
(Biographies / Lucian (2nd century ad-2nd century ad) M, Greek, WRITING: writer) 2nd century ad, Greek writer, noted esp for his satirical Dialogues of the Gods and Dialogues of the Dead


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The contemplative atheist is rare: a Diagoras, a Bion, a Lucian perhaps, and some others; and yet they seem to be more than they are; for that all that impugn a received religion, or superstition, are by the adverse part branded with the name of atheists.
Come, thou that hast inspired thy Aristophanes, thy Lucian, thy Cervantes, thy Rabelais, thy Moliere, thy Shakespear, thy Swift, thy Marivaux, fill my pages with humour; till mankind learn the good-nature to laugh only at the follies of others, and the humility to grieve at their own.
described by Lucian, Locke and other observers, but without much
 
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