Lucianus

Nesselrath, Heinz-Günther (Göttingen); Markschies, Christoph (Berlin); Leppin, Hartmut (Hannover)

Lucianus

(4,158 words)

(Λουκιανός; Loukianós).

[German version]

[1] L. of Samosata Greek rhetorical-satirical writer, 2nd cent. AD

Important Greek rhetorical-satirical writer of the Roman Imperial period.

Nesselrath, Heinz-Günther (Göttingen)

[German version]

A. Life and career

L. was born between AD 115 and 125 [4. 8] in Samosata on the Euphrates, on the eastern edge of Roman …

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Nesselrath, Heinz-Günther (Göttingen), Markschies, Christoph (Berlin) and Leppin, Hartmut (Hannover), “Lucianus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 07 March 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e711680>

First published online: 2006

First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510

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Lucianus(4,158 words)

[1] L. of Samosata Greek rhetorical-satirical writer, 2nd cent. AD

A. Life and career

Cite this page

Lucianus
(4,158 words)