WorkLucian of Samosata

Herodotus [description of Aetion's Marriage of Roxana] and De calumnia [On Slander]

Herodotus [description of Aetion's Marriage of Roxana] and De calumnia [On Slander] (2nd c. CE) Inferred

Lucian of Samosata (c.120–c.180 CE) · 2nd c. CE

InferredFuller does not name the specific work; two distinct writings by Lucian are invoked: his description of Aetion's 'Marriage of Roxana' and his ekphrasis of Apelles' 'Calumny'.

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No datable encounters with Samosata, Lucian of have been catalogued yet.

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Notebook: Artists

p20, p31

mentionedManuscript page

“Two designs made by / Raphael from the / descriptions given by / Lucian of two pictures / by Aetion and Apelles, / Marriage de Roxana / La Calomnie [...] at Modena the carefully / finished drawing of Calumny / (from descrip.”

Fuller, Margaret. "Notebook: Artists." Houghton Library, Harvard University; bMS Am 1086 (94); Box 6.

Inferred Fuller does not name the specific work; two distinct writings by Lucian are invoked: his description of Aetion's 'Marriage of Roxana' and his ekphrasis of Apelles' 'Calumny'.