Lucian

[ loo-shuhn ]

noun

1. a.d. 117–c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist.
2. Lucian of AntiochLucian the Martyr, a.d. c240–312, theologian and Biblical critic, born at Samosata, in Syria.
3. a male given name.

Lucian

/ ˈluːsɪən /

noun

1. Lucian2nd century ad2nd century adMGreekWRITING: writer 2nd century ad , Greek writer, noted esp for his satirical Dialogues of the Gods and Dialogues of the Dead

Example Sentences

The central focus is a single photograph of British painter Lucian Freud.

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The great painter Lucian Freud, dead at 88, took on the clichés of British art by magnifying them.

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Lucian Freud, who died Thursday in London at the age of 88, was the most artist-like of artists.

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Perhaps that is what Lucian Freud meant when he said, “I want paint to work as flesh.”

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Lucian attaches an intelligible meaning to these flippant expletives, and represents Socrates as justifying their use.

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Lucian severely criticises the historians whose writings are like those of the poets.

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No wonder that he found Homer difficult and skipped over Lucian's long words.

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He studied at the university of Jena, and in 1714 published a work on the Philopatris ascribed to Lucian.

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In one of his Dialogues, Lucian makes the wife of Eukrates return for the slipper which they had forgotten to burn.

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