Lucian of Samosata (125 - 180). Writer. Born in the city of Samosat (Syria), in the family of a craftsman. He moved to Greece, studied the Greek language, traveled to different cities and read his works to the general public, was a teacher of rhetoric in Athens, and at the end of his life served as a judicial official in Egypt. He wrote many works, of which 84 works of different genres have survived (rhetoric, dialogues, satire, parodies, stories, philosophical treatises, etc.).