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Lucian (other)
Lucian (c. 125 – after 180) was a Roman rhetorician and satirist. Lucian or Saint Lucian may also refer to: People known as Saint Lucian * Lucian of Antioch (c. 240–312), Christian theologian, martyr and saint * Lucian of Beauvais (died c. 290), Christian martyr and saint * Lucian of Chester (fl. 1195), Christian monk, author of '' De laude Cestrie'' * Saint Lucian, a demonym for the people of the island nation of Saint Lucia * Saint Lucian British, British people descended from the island nation of Saint Lucia People with the given name * Lucian Blaga (1895–1961), Romanian philosopher and poet * Lucian Boz (1908–2003), Romanian literary critic * Lucian Bute (born 1980), Romanian-Canadian boxer * Lucian Freud (1922–2011), painter * Lucian Georgevici (1875–1940), Romanian politician * Lucian Mureșan (born 1931), Romanian Archbishop and a cardinal of the Catholic Church * Lucian Pintilie (born 1933), Romanian film director * Lucian "Lin" Wood (born 1952), American att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucian
Lucian of Samosata, '; la, Lucianus Samosatensis ( 125 – after 180) was a Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer Pamphleteer is a historical term for someone who creates or distributes pamphlets, unbound (and therefore inexpensive) booklets intended for wide circulation. Context Pamphlets were used to broadcast the writer's opinions: to articulate a poli ... who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridiculed superstition, religious practices, and belief in the paranormal. Although his native language was probably Syriac language, Syriac, all of his extant works are written entirely in ancient Greek (mostly in the Attic Greek dialect popular during the Second Sophistic period). Everything that is known about Lucian's life comes from his own writings, which are often difficult to interpret because of his extensive use of sarcasm. According to his oration ''The Dream'', he was the son of a lower middle clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucian (The 39 Clues)
''The 39 Clues'' is a series of adventure novels written by a collaboration of authors, including Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Peter Lerangis, Jude Watson, Patrick Carman, Linda Sue Park, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Roland Smith, David Baldacci, Jeff Hirsch, Natalie Standiford, C. Alexander London, Sarwat Chadda and Jenny Goebel. It consists of five series, ''The Clue Hunt'', ''Cahills vs. Vespers'', ''Unstoppable'', ''Doublecross'', and ''Superspecial''. They chronicle the adventures of two siblings, Amy and Dan Cahill, who discover that their family, the Cahills, have been and still are, the most influential family in history. The first story arc concerns Dan and Amy's quest to find the 39 Clues, which are ingredients to a serum that can create the most powerful person on Earth. This series' primary audience is age 9–14. Since the release of the first novel, ''The Maze of Bones'', on September 9, 2008, the books have gained popularity, positive reception, and commercial succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy (other)
Lucy is a feminine given name. Lucy may also refer to: Science * Lucy (''Australopithecus''), a 3.2-million-year-old fossilized hominid * Lucy (chimpanzee) (1964-1987), known for having been taught American sign language * Lucy, a robot baby orangutan which was the subject of an artificial life experiment by Steve Grand * Nickname of BPM 37093, a white dwarf star *Lucy (spacecraft), a NASA space probe launched in 2021 to explore the Trojan asteroids Music Albums * ''Lucy'' (Candlebox album), 1995 * ''Lucy'' (Maaya Sakamoto album), 2001 * ''Lucy'' (Lucy Wainwright Roche album) Bands * Lucy (English band), a pre-Def Leppard band of guitarist Phil Collen * Lucy (South Korean band) * Lucy, a Japanese rock band formed by Imai Hisashi in 2004 Instruments * Lucy (guitar), owned at various times by John Sebastian, Rick Derringer, Eric Clapton and George Harrison * Lucy (Albert King guitar), any of three guitars played by the blues guitarist Songs * "Lucy" (Alliage song) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucius (other)
Lucius is a given name and a surname in various languages. Lucius may also refer to: * Lucius (praenomen), a Latin praenomen in ancient Rome * ''Lucius'' (play), a 1717 work by Delarivier Manley * Lucius (band), an American four-piece indie pop band founded in 2007 Zoology * ''Labeobarbus lucius'', a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Labeobarbus'' * ''Channa lucius'', a species of snakehead, a fish of the family Channidae * ''Esox lucius'', known simply as a pike, a species of carnivorous fish of the genus ''Esox'' * ''Ptychocheilus lucius'', the largest cyprinid fish of North America * '' Rhamphochromis lucius'', a species of fish in the family Cichlidae Other uses * Lucius Clapp Memorial The Lucius Clapp Memorial is a historic library building in Stoughton, Massachusetts. The single story masonry Renaissance Revival structure was built in 1903. It was Stoughton's first purpose-built library building, and was built on the site o ..., historic memorial in Stoughton, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucien
Lucien is a male given name. It is the French form of Luciano or Latin ''Lucianus'', patronymic of Lucius. Lucien, Saint Lucien, or Saint-Lucien may also refer to: People Given name * Lucien of Beauvais, Christian saint *Lucien, a band member of Delta-S *Lucien Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon *Lucien Bouchard, French-Canadian politician * Lucien Bourjeily, Lebanese writer and director *Lucien Carr, member of the original New York City circle of the Beat Generation *Lucien Dahdah, Lebanese politician *Lucien Macull Dominic de Silva (1893-1962), Sri Lankan Sinhala member of the Privy Council * Lucien Ginsburg, birth name of Serge Gainsbourg * Lucien Greaves, social activist and the spokesman and co-founder of The Satanic Temple *Lucien Jack, the real name of British singer Jack Lucien * Lucien Lagrange, a French-born, Chicago-based architect *Lucien Laurin, race horse trainer of Secretariat *Lucien Littlefield, an American actor in the silent film era (who later also appeared on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciano (other)
Luciano is an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese given name and surname. It is derived from Latin ''Lucianus'', patronymic of ''Lucius'' ("Light"). The French form is ''Lucien'', while the Basque form is ''Luken''. Single name * Luciano (rapper) (born 1994), German rapper of Mozambican descent * Luciano (singer) (born 1964), reggae artist from Jamaica * Luciano (Brazilian singer), (real name Welson David de Camargo), part of the Brazilian duo Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano * Luciano (DJ), (real name Lucien Nicolet), electronic music DJ and producer * Le Rat Luciano, French rapper, part of the French rap group Fonky Family * Luciano (footballer, born 1978) * Luciano (footballer, born 1993) * Luciano (footballer, born 2003) Given name *Luciano D'Alessandro González (born 1977), Venezuelan-Colombian actor and model *Luciano Barbosa (born 1976), Brazilian squash player *Luciano Becchio, Argentine footballer *Luciano Benetton (born 1935), Italian billionaire businessman, one of the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciana (other)
Luciana may refer to: * Luciana (given name), a Latin feminine given name * Luciana (singer), British pop singer * Luciana, Ciudad Real Luciana is a small village and municipality in the province of Ciudad Real (Spain), near the confluence of the Bullaque and Guadiana The Guadiana River (, also , , ), or Odiana, is an international river defining a long stretch of the Port ..., a small village and municipality in Spain * ''Luciana'' (album), by Juno Reactor {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucia (other)
Lucia may refer to: Arts and culture * ''Lucía'', a 1968 Cuban film by Humberto Solás * ''Lucia'' (film), a 2013 Kannada-language film * '' Lucia & The Best Boys'', a Scottish indie rock band formerly known as ''LUCIA'' * "Lucia", a Swedish children's song published in ''Barnens svenska sångbok'' * Lucia Ashton, the title character of ''Lucia di Lammermoor'', a 1836 opera by Gaetano Donizetti * one of the title characters of ''Mapp and Lucia'', a series of novels by E. F. Benson * Saint Lucy's Day, a Christian feast day observed on 13 December Places * Lucia, California, a hamlet in Big Sur, California * La Lucia, a suburb in Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Other uses * ''Lucia'' (butterfly), a butterfly genus from the tribe Luciini * ''Lucia'' (moth), a synonym of the moth genus ''Adrapsa'' * Lucia (name), a feminine given name and a surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name Lucia or Lucía * 222 Lucia, an asteroid See also * Saint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucian (crater)
Lucian is a tiny lunar impact crater that is located in the northeastern part of the Mare Tranquillitatis. It was named in 1973 after 2nd century Greek writer Lucian of Samosata. The nearest named craters are Lyell to the east-southeast, Theophrastus to the northeast and Gardner to the north-northeast. A little farther to the north is Maraldi crater. Lucian was previously designated Maraldi B. This is a circular, cone-shaped formation with a negligible interior floor. It has not been significantly degraded by impact erosion. References * * * * * * * * * * * External links {{Commons categoryLayers in Lucian Crater- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is a NASA robotic spacecraft currently orbiting the Moon in an eccentric polar mapping orbit. Data collected by LRO have been described as essential for planning NASA's future human and robotic missions t ... page and image Impact craters on the Moon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort San Lucian
Fort San Lucian ( mt, Forti San Luċjan), also known as Saint Lucian Tower ( mt, Torri ta' San Luċjan) or Fort Rohan ( mt, Forti Rohan), is a large bastioned watchtower and polygonal fort in Marsaxlokk, Malta. The original tower was built by the Order of Saint John between 1610 and 1611, being the second of six Wignacourt towers. An artillery battery was added in around 1715, and the complex was upgraded into a fort in the 1790s. In the 1870s, the fort was rebuilt by the British in the polygonal style. Saint Lucian Tower is the second largest watchtower in Malta, after Saint Thomas Tower. Today, the tower and fort are used by the Malta Aquaculture Research Centre. History Tower and battery Saint Lucian Tower was built above the shore of Marsaxlokk Bay on the headland between Marsaxlokk and Birżebbuġa. According to local legends, a woman is said to have had a dream in which St. John advised her to tell the Grand Master to fortify the area around Marsaxlokk since an Ottoman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lunar Knights
''Lunar Knights'', known in Japan as and abbreviated ''Boktai DS'', is an action role-playing video game, the fourth title in the ''Boktai'' series of video games developed by Kojima Productions and announced at E3 2006. The game was revamped to remove the necessity of using the real-life solar sensor due to player troubles; however, it still retains the functionality if any of the Game Boy Advance ''Boktai'' cartridges are inserted. As some gameplay features are exclusive to Japan, the original names of the characters are used in such instances. Gameplay ''Lunar Knights'' revolves around two characters: Lucian and Aaron. Lucian is a vampire hunter, wielding various dark melee weapons. He is also imbued with the power of darkness, and can change into a vampire after he builds up a Trance (shortened to TRC in-game) meter by fusing with his Terrennial, Nero, which allows him to absorb life out of his foes. Aaron is an apprentice sharpshooter, and uses a variety of Solar Guns to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longmire (TV Series)
''Longmire'' is an American modern Western crime drama television series that premiered on June 3, 2012 on the A&E network, developed by John Coveny and Hunt Baldwin. The series is based on the ''Walt Longmire Mysteries'' series of novels by Craig Johnson. It centers on Walt Longmire, a sheriff in fictional Absaroka County, Wyoming. He is assisted by staff, friends, and his daughter in investigating major crimes within his jurisdiction. ''Longmire'' became the "highest-rated original drama series" on A&E; however, the network announced in August 2014 that it would not renew the series after the third season. Warner Horizon Television offered it to other networks and Netflix picked it up, starting with season four. Netflix released the sixth and final season on November 17, 2017. All episodes are available for streaming via Netflix in the United States. Plot Walt Longmire ( Robert Taylor) is the sheriff of fictional Absaroka County. Sheriff Longmire's longtime friend Henry Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
