Alexander, or the false prophet /

• Main Author: Λουκιανός ο Σαμοσατεύς, π. 120-π. 190 (συγγραφέας)
• Other Authors: Thonemann, Peter, 1978- (μεταφραστής)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2021.
• Series: Clarendon ancient history series
• Subjects: Αλέξανδρος Αβωνοτειχίτης; Σάτιρα, Ελληνική

"Lucian's Alexander Or The False Prophet is a satiric biography of the religious entrepreneur and career fraudster Alexander of Abonouteichos. It recounts how, during the reign of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), Alexander succeeded in setting up a fraudulent new oracular cult of the snake-god...