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Oct 2024
1h 30m

This Episode is Full of Lies: Lucian's A...

JENNY WILLIAMSON AND GENN MCMENEMY
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Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Lucian’s A True History has been called the world’s first work of science fiction—but above all, Lucian of Samosata was a satirist. And he had a bone to pick with the famous historians of his time—guys like Herodotus and Ctesias of Knidos. They were Lying Liars who Lied, you see, and Lucian was mad ... Show More
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