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www-tertullian-org-8829		Lucian of Samosata : Alexander the False Prophet			.html	text/html	12295	643	75	Lucian of Samosata : ALEXANDER THE FALSE PROPHET Lucian of Samosata : ALEXANDER THE FALSE PROPHET only incidentally of healing; the "new Asclepius" deals in oracles like Apollo, whole city, including women, old men, and boys, had come running— marvelled, very great in a short time and had a face that looked like a man's. As a matter of fact, this trick, to a man like defend the oracle by saying that the god had predicted precisely this outcome, referred this question to Alexander himself, and King Glycon resolved their then a wise man and prophet just as great as Alexander." to him and said in a loud voice: "Come now, Alexander! side the likeness of Glycon and on the other that of Alexander, wearing the Perhaps Lucian is thinking of Alexander's golden thigh (c. is clear, too, from Lucian that Alexander's oracle was given before the	./cache/www-tertullian-org-8829.html	./txt/www-tertullian-org-8829.txt