Where is Lucian from?
Lucian Title page of a 1619 Latin translation of Lucian’s complete works Born c. 125 AD Samosata, Roman Syria (Now Turkey) Died After 180 AD probably Egypt, Roman Empire Occupation Novelist, satirist, rhetorician What does Lucian say? Lucian yells. “Cleanse in fury!” “It ends here!” “Ashes and dust!” Who are the lucians? The Lucians are…