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| Name: |
Lucian | | Birth Date: |
c. 120 | | Death Date: |
c. 200 | | Place of Birth: |
Samosata, Syria | | Place of Death: |
Egypt | | Nationality: |
Greek | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
writer |
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Biography of Lucian
502 words, approx. 1.7 pages
 The Greek satirical writer Lucian (ca. 120 A.D.-ca. 200 A.D.) is noted for his mastery of Greek prose and satirical dialogue. He was an unrelenting but delightful critic of mythological and philosophical doctrines. Most of what we know about Lucian comes...


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Lucian of Samosata (C. 115–C. 200) Summary
1,038 words, approx. 4 pages Lucian of Samosata(C. 115–C. 200) Lucian of Samosata, the philosophical satirist and satirist of philosophy, was born at Samosata (Samsat) on the Euphrates and was educated there. He then studied rhetoric in Asia Minor, after which he was a...
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Lucian of Samosata Summary
56 words, approx. 1 pages 120-c. 180 Syrian-born Roman satirist who wrote the earliest stories about voyages to other planets. In both his Icaromenippus and True History, Lucian depicted trips to the Moon and outer space. He also wrote a number of works critical of impostors,...
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Lukács, Georg (1885–1971) Summary
1,995 words, approx. 7 pages LukÁcs, Georg(1885–1971) Georg (György) Lukács, the Hungarian Marxist philosopher and literary critic, was professor of aesthetics and the philosophy of culture at the University of Budapest from 1945 to 1956. Lukács...
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Lucian Information
946 words, approx. 3 pages
 Lucian of Samosata (Greek: Λουκιανός ο Σαμοσατεύς, Latin: Lucianus; c. A.D. 125 – after A.D. 180) was an Assyrian rhetorician,[1] and satirist who wrote in the Greek language. He is noted for his witty and scoffing nature. Few...




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Lucian Freud
03/01/2008: 725 words, approx. 2 pages Lucian Freud MUSEUM OF MODERN ART/MARLBOROUGH GRAPHICS Among Lucian Freud's earliest works, from the 1940s, are etchings that, while intimate, feel charged with a rough emotional urgency. The atmosphere recurs in etchings from the 1980s and later, as well as in his...
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 Artforum International
Lucian Freud.
06/22/1997: 729 words, approx. 2 pages The international acclaim recently accorded Lucian Freud's painting is a fascinating phenomenon. Freud is part of no movement or school; he has no influential followers (though several second-rate imitators); he is a private man, not given to mainstream interviews, profiles, or screen appearances....
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Graham leaves hospital after 2 weeks
8/30/2007: 319 words, approx. 1 pages Evangelist Billy Graham was released from a hospital Thursday, nearly two weeks after he was admitted for intestinal bleeding, officials said.Doctors identified the source of Graham's bleeding during a colonoscopy last week, said Merrill Gregory, a spokeswoman for Mission Health & Hospitals in Asheville. Physicians...
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Rev. Billy Graham leaves hospital after 2-week stay for intestinal bleeding
8/31/2007: 372 words, approx. 1 pages Prominent evangelist Billy Graham has been released from a North Carolina hospital nearly two weeks after he was admitted for intestinal bleeding, officials said.Doctors identified and treated the source of Graham's bleeding during a colonoscopy last week, said Merrill Gregory, a hospital spokeswoman."We have been...



Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Christopher Robinson
10,965 words, approx. 37 pages
 In the following excerpt, Robinson discusses Lucian's use of such literary forms as parody, pastiche, and satire, as well as his handling of invective, burlesque, and irony.
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Critical Essay by Graham Anderson
7,142 words, approx. 24 pages
 In the first section of the following excerpt, Anderson discusses the sources and structure of Lucian 's True History and Toxaris. In the second section, he discusses the themes, techniques, and authorship of Lucius, or The Ass.


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