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207 Loukianos (Lucian) Loukianos (Lucian) Born about 120 ce in Samosata in Syria; died sometime after 180. An itinerant teacher of rhetoric and Cynic philosophy, he was also the author of numerous satirical dialogues and other writings, including the fabulous True History, which influenced (among others) Rabelais and Swift. On Magical Whiskers If by growing a goatee you hope to come upon wisdom, then, O wise friend, any smelly goat in a handsome beard is at once Plato. ...

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