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Also Known As	Lucianos • Lucianus
Born	120 • Samsat • Turkey
Died	c.180 • Athens • Greece
Notable Works	“Banquet” • “Dialogues of the Dead” • “Fisher” • “How to Write History” • “Teacher of Orators” • “The Auction of Lives” • “Timon” • “Tragic Zeus” • “True History” • “Word-Flaunter” • “Zeus Confuted”

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