Editing Lucian (section)

===Byzantine===
Lucian is mentioned only sporadically between his death and the ninth century, even among pagan authors.{{sfn|Messis|2021|p=14}} The first author to mention him is [[Lactantius]].{{sfn|Marciniak|2016|p=209}} He is made a character in the sixth-century letters of [[Aristaenetus]]. In the same century, portions of his ''On Slander'' were translated into [[Syriac language|Syriac]] as part of a monastic compendium.{{sfn|Messis|2021|p=15}} He was reassessed positively in the ninth century by the first generation of Byzantine humanists, such as [[Leo the Mathematician]], [[Basil of Adada]] and [[Photios]].{{sfn|Messis|2021|pp=15–16}} In his ''[[Bibliotheca (Photius)|Bibliotheca]]'', Photios notes that Lucian "ridicules pagan things in almost all his texts", is never serious and never reveals his own opinion.{{sfn|Messis|2021|p=16}}

In the tenth century, Lucian was known in some circles as an anti-Christian writer, as seen in the works of [[Arethas of Caesarea]] and the ''[[Suda]]'' encyclopedia.{{sfn|Robinson|1979|p=68}} The author of the ''Suda'' concludes that Lucian's soul is burning in [[Hell]] for his negative remarks about Christians in the ''Passing of Peregrinus''.{{sfn|Richter|2017|page=327}} In general, however, the Byzantine reception of Lucian was positive.{{sfn|Robinson|1979|p=68}} He was perhaps the only ancient author openly hostile to Christianity to be received positively by the Byzantines.{{sfn|Marciniak|2016|p=209}} He was regarded as not merely a pagan, but an [[atheist]].{{sfn|Marciniak|2016|p=210}}  Even so, "Lucian the atheist gave way to Lucian the master of style."{{sfn|Marciniak|2016|p=217}} From the eleventh century,{{sfn|Messis|2021|p=22}} he was a part of the school curriculum.{{sfn|Robinson|1979|p=68}}{{sfn|Marciniak|2016|p=212}}

There was a "Lucianic revival" in the twelfth century. The preeminent Lucianic author of this period, who imitated Lucian's style in his own works, was [[Theodore Prodromos]].{{sfn|Marciniak|2016|p=218}} In the [[Norman–Arab–Byzantine culture]] of twelfth-century [[Kingdom of Sicily|Sicily]], Lucian influenced the Greek authors [[Philagathus of Cerami]] and [[Eugenius of Palermo]].{{sfn|Messis|2021|p=27}}