Samosata was in the central southeastern part of modern day:

In the dialogue Zeus Catechized, also called Zeus Cross Examined, Lucian’s plucky philosophical protagonist accuses Zeus of being less powerful than:

The word “Cynicism” (as in Cynic philosophy) comes from the Greek word kynikos, which means:

The works that we covered in this episode on Lucian of Samosata predominantly depict philosophers and religious leaders alike as:

What was the Second Sophistic movement NOT characterized by?

For the most part, Lucian’s How to Write History disparages the aspects of classical history now considered impermissible by modern academic standards. While Lucian was thus intellectually ahead of his time in the essay, Lucian still reserves the right for aspiring historians to:

Peregrinus, whom Lucian satirizes mercilessly in The Passing of Peregrinus, died in which of the following ways?:

Roughly speaking, Lucian of Samosata lived from:

Lucian’s dialogue A Lover of Lies ultimately endorses:

Between 161 and 166, Rome fought a war with ___________, a war which seems to have inspired many poor works of history and promoted Lucian’s How to Write History.

In the episode, we considered how Lucian’s status as a provincial from the far east of the Roman Empire probably:

This philosopher, at the auction scene central to Lucian’s dialogue Philosophies for Sale, explains that his value is: “I’m a pederast. Very knowledgeable in matters of sex.”

Which of the following best describes Lucian’s famous portrayal of Christians in his dialogue The Passing of Peregrinus?

In Lucian’s Dialogues of the Dead, a philosopher travels to the underworld, and discovers that Socrates is actually:

Two prominent philosophical characters that figured into Lucian’s dialogues in this episode were Peregrinus and Menippus, with Pergrinus coming across quite negatively, and Menippus rather positively. With which ancient philosophical school were these two real world philosophers associated?