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Lucian, an Assyrian who lived during the Roman Empire and wrote in Greek, was known for his witty satires. A Pagan Perception of Christians Lucian’s depiction of Christians in antiquity is almost sympathetic by his standard, and perceptive as well: The Christians, you know, worship a man to this day — the distinguished personage who introduced their novel rites, and was crucified on that account. … The activity of these […]
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The motives of my voyage were a certain intellectual restlessness, a passion for novelty, a curiosity about the limits of the ocean and the peoples who might dwell beyond it. The Island of the Blest As we drew near it, a marvellous air was wafted to us, exquisitely fragrant. Its sweetness seemed compounded of rose, narcissus, hyacinth, lilies and violets, myrtle and bay and flowering vine. There were meadows and […]
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