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Lucian

120 - 200

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Lucian of Samosata (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. Although his native language was probably Syriac, all of his extant works are written entirely in ancient Greek (mostly in the Attic Greek dialect popular during the Second Sophistic period). Everything that is known about Lucian's life comes from his own writings, which are often difficult to interpret because of his extensive use of sarcasm. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucian is the 239th most popular writer (down from 161st in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 74th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Turkish Writer.

Lucian of Samosata was a Greek satirist and rhetorician who lived in the 2nd century AD. He is most famous for his satirical work, "The True History," which is a parody of the Greek historian, Herodotus.

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Among writers, Lucian ranks 239 out of 7,302. Before him are Pedro Calderón de la Barca, J. D. Salinger, Paul Heyse, Shota Rustaveli, William Blake, and Truman Capote. After him are Friedrich Schlegel, Juvenal, Ferdowsi, Prosper Mérimée, Lou Andreas-Salomé, and W. H. Auden.

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Among people born in 120, Lucian ranks 2. Before him is Pope Soter. After him are Gaius, Tatian, and Parthamaspates of Parthia. Among people deceased in 200, Lucian ranks 1. After him are Juvenal, Sun Ce, Longus, Justin, Artemidorus, Emperor Chūai, Lucius Artorius Castus, Vologases III of Parthia, Aretaeus of Cappadocia, Soranus of Ephesus, and Babrius.

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Among people born in Türkiye, Lucian ranks 103 out of 1,347. Before him are Theodore II Laskaris (1221), Herostratus (-301), Mustafa III (1717), Philippikos Bardanes (700), Michael I Cerularius (1005), and Leo III the Isaurian (675). After him are John IV Laskaris (1250), Michael V Kalaphates (1015), Manuel I Komnenos (1118), Saint Pantaleon (275), Ephrem the Syrian (306), and Murad V (1840).

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Among writers born in Türkiye, Lucian ranks 6. Before him are Hesiod (-800), Ammianus Marcellinus (330), Orhan Pamuk (1952), Constantine VII (905), and Anacreon (-570). After him are Dionysius of Halicarnassus (-60), Anna Komnene (1083), Giorgos Seferis (1900), Zosimus (460), Novatian (220), and Yunus Emre (1240).

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