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Literature & Authors 4 BC- 2 AD Flashcards

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when was Aristotle born

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384 BC

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where was Aristotle born

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Stagira

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Where did Aristotle spend his childhood

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The court of King Amyntas II of Macedonia

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Where did Aristotle study

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At Platos academy

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Who did Aristotle tutor

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Alexander the Great from 342-335. BC 7 years

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How long was Aristotle Alexander the Greats tutor

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Seven years

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What did Aristotle open in the Lycean Apollo precinct

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A school called Lyceum

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What did Aristotles school and system become known as

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Peripatetic

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Why was Aristotles school system called Peripatetic

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B/c of Aristotles habit of walking up and down while he was lecturing

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How many of Aristotles works survived

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50 works

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What kind of subjects did Aristotle cover

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Biology, physiology, politics, economics, grammar, rhetoric, literary criticism, meteorology, physics, metaphysics, ethics, theology

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What study originated from Aristotle

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The study of logic

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What were some of Aristotles works

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On Metaphysics, poetics

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When did Aristotle die

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322 BC he was 62

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When was Menander born

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343 BC

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What was Menander considered to be

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The Father of Greek New Comedy

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17
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Menander: Dyskolos

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The Grouch

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Menander: Aspis

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The Shield

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Menander: Georgos

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The Farmer

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Menander: Dis Exapaton

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The double deceiver

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Menander: Encheiridion

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The Handbook

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22
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Menander: Epitrepontes

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Men of Arbitration

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Menander: Heros

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The Hero

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Menander: Hypobolimaios

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The Changling

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Menander: Kitharistes

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The Harpists

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Menander: Kolax

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The Toady or the Flatterer

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Menander: Koneiazomenai

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The Drugged Women

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Menander: Methe

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Drunkenness

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29
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Menander: Misoumenos

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the man she hated

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30
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Menander: Naukleros

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The ships captain

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Menander: Orge

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Anger

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32
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Menander: Perikeiromene

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The girl who had her hair chopped

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33
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Menander: Plokion

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The necklace

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34
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Menander: Pseudherakles

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The Fake Heracles

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35
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Menander: samia

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Girl From Samos

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36
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Menander: Sikyonios

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Sicyonians

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37
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Menander: Synaristosai

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The Ladies who Lunch

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38
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Menander: Phasma

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The Phantom

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39
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Menander: Theophoroumene

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The Possessed Girl

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40
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Menander: Trophonios

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Trophonius

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When did Menander die

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291 BC he was 52

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When was Euclid born

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4th Century

43
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What was Euclid considered to be

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The father of Geometry

44
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Who did Euclid study under

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Plato

45
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What subjects was Euclid educated in

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Music, art, optics, and mathematics

46
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What were Euclids works

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Elements, books on Geometry, Optics, music. All lost

47
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Euclid: Elements

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Textbook for Geometry, still used

48
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When was Theocritus born

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3rd century BC

49
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When did Euclid die

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300 BC

50
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What did Theocritus develop

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Pastoral poetry/ poetry about shepherds life’s

51
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What did Theocritus create

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Bucolic poetry

Poetry about the countryside

52
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Where did Theocritus spend his time at

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Court of Ptolemy of Alexandria

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Who did Theocritus influence

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Virgil in his Eclogues

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What was Theocritus work

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Idylls

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Theocritus: Idylls

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Laments, love songs, and short dialogues between shepherds

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When was Polybius born

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201 BC

57
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Where was Polybius born

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In The city of Megalopolis

58
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Who was Polybius the son of

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Lycortas

59
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Why did Polybius live in Rome

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Was a hostage during the Macedonian wars

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Who was Polybius the tutor of

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Scipio Aemilianus

61
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What was Polybius the developer of

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The Polybius Square, used for cryptography

62
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What is Polybius best known for

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His History

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What was Polybius work

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The Histories

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Polybius: The Histories

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Covers the period of 220-146 BC

It’s a history of his own time, not of the one country, but of the world

65
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When was Dionysius of Halicarnassus born

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The 1st century

66
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When did Polybius die

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120 BC he was 81

67
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When did Dionysius of Halicarnassus come to Rome

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At the end of the civil wars of the republic

68
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How long did Dionysius of Halicarnassus spend learning Latin and Latin Literature

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22 years

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What was the work of Dionysius of Halicarnassus

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Roman Antiquities

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Dionysius of Halicarnassus: Roman Antiquities

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History of early Rome to the beginning of the first Punic War

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When was Strabo born

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63 BC

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What was Strabo known as

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The Human Geographer

73
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What was Strabos work

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Geography

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Strabo: Geography

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Provides valuable info about the ancient world

75
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When did Strabo die

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21 ad. Was 84 years old

76
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When was Plutarch born

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46 AD

77
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Where was Plutarch born

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In Chaeronea

78
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What was Plutarch trained in

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Philosophy

79
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Who did Plutarch possibly tutor

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Hadrian

80
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What special title did Plutarch have

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Roman citizen of the consular rank

81
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What position did Plutarch earn under Hadrian

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The governed of Greece

82
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What was Plutarchs work

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Parallel Lines, Opera Moralia

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Plutarch: parallel lines

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Biographies of 50 famous Greeks and Romans, comparing similar men

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Plutarch: Opera Moralia

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60 essays on various subjects

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When did Plutarch die

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120 AD he was 74

86
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When was Pausanias born

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2nd Century AD

87
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Who was Paisanias

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A Greek geographer

88
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What did Pausanias write

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Description of Greece

89
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When was Lucian born

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125 AD

90
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Where was Lucian born

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In Syria

91
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What did Lucian do in Antioch

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Practiced law

92
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What kind of writer was Lucian

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A Greek satyrical writer

93
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What were Lucians works

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Dialogues, the Dialogues of the gods, the dialogues of the dead, criticisms of writing and writers

94
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Lucian: Dialogues

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Ridiculed gods and philosophers

95
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Lucian: Dialogues of the Gods

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Shows humorous side of Greek mythology

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Lucian: Dialogues of the Dead

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Conversations of great men meeting in Hades

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What things did Lucian criticize

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Writers and the art of writing history

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When did Lucian die

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190 AD. He was 65

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