Born at Samosata, Syria, about 120 A.D.; died about 200;
apprenticed to his maternal uncle, who was a sculptor, but
ran away in dislike of the art; becoming interested in the
Rhetoricians, began to write himself; his works, as
collected in English, comprize four volumes, among them
"Dialogues of the Gods," "Dialogues of the Dead," "Zeus, the
Tragedian," "The Ferryboat," and "Toxaris."[114]
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