KnowraLucian of SamosataLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Lucian of Samosata, each with the reason it gives.All 8Related 8CynicismRelated: His dialogue “The Runaways” offers a comic, critical portrait of Cynic life.Menippean satireRelated: His comic dialogues extend the mode’s critique of ideas and public authority.Second SophisticRelated: His satire exposes the ambitions and conventions of professional speakers, even as it uses their literary culture.DiscobolusRelated: His ekphrasis of a discus thrower provides a celebrated ancient account often connected with the statue type.Gargantua and PantagruelRelated: Lucian’s mockery and voyage narratives offer classical precedents for Rabelaisian satire.Apollonius of TyanaRelated: His attack on Alexander helps distinguish Apollonius’s literary image from comic accusations of fraud.A True StoryRelated: He narrates the voyages and frames the work’s attack on authors who lie.In Praise of FollyRelated: Erasmus and Thomas More translated Lucian, whose satirical voice informs the essay's playfulness.