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unusual facts about Lucian of Samosata



Robots in literature

More recent humaniform examples include the brooms from the legend of the sorcerer's apprentice derived from a tale by Lucian of Samosata in the 1st century AD, the Jewish legend of the golem created like Adam from clay, and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.


see also

True Story

True History, or True Story, a travel tale by Lucian of Samosata