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In their opposition against the Homoian party supported by Emperor Constantius II, the Homoiousians claimed the legacy of Lucian and adopted the definition of 341 as their creed. [ 4 ] Other attempts to reconstruct Lucian's theology have started out with Paul of Samosata , whose rejection of the allegorizing tendencies of the Alexandrian School ...
Lucian of Samosata [a] (Λουκιανὸς ὁ Σαμοσατεύς, c. 125 – after 180) was a Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridiculed superstition, religious practices, and belief in the paranormal.
Lucius probably derives from Latin word lux (gen. lucis), meaning "light" (<PIE *leuk-, "brightness"), related to the Latin verb lucere ("to shine") and cognate to the name Lucas. Another proposed etymology is derivation from Etruscan Lauchum (or Lauchme ) meaning " king ", which was more directly transferred into Latin as Lucumo .
Lucian. Opera.Amsterdam: Jacobus Wetstein, 1743. A list of works by Lucian (c. AD 125 – after AD 180), who wrote in Ancient Greek.. The order of the works is that of the Oxford Classical Texts edition.
A True Story (Ancient Greek: Ἀληθῆ διηγήματα, Alēthē diēgēmata; Latin: Vera Historia or Latin: Verae Historiae), also translated as True History, is a long novella or short novel [1] written in the second century AD by the Syrian author Lucian of Samosata. [2]
It is the French form of Luciano or Latin Lucianus, patronymic of Lucius. [citation needed] People. Given name.
Saint Lucian of Beauvais (French: Lucien, Latin: Lucianus, died c. 290 AD) is a Christian martyr of the Catholic Church, called the "Apostle of Beauvais."[1] He was killed in the 3rd century during the Diocletian persecution, although later traditions make him a martyr of the 1st century instead.
Toxaris or Friendship (Greek: Τόξαρις ἢ Φιλία) is a dialogue-style work by the Ancient Syrian [1] novelist Lucian. [2] The text is thought to have been written around 163 AD in Asia.