Editing Lucian (section)

===Early modern period===
[[File:Nordkirchen-100415-12241-Lucian.jpg|thumb|Monument commemorating Lucian of Samosata from [[Nordkirchen]], Germany]]

[[Henry Fielding]], the author of ''[[The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling]]'' (1749), owned a complete set of Lucian's writings in nine volumes.{{sfn|Branham|2010|page=863}} He deliberately imitated Lucian in his ''Journey from This World and into the Next''{{sfn|Branham|2010|page=863}} and, in ''[[The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild, the Great]]'' (1743), he describes Lucian as "almost ... like the true father of humour"{{sfn|Branham|2010|page=863}} and lists him alongside [[Miguel de Cervantes]] and Jonathan Swift as a true master of satire.{{sfn|Branham|2010|page=863}} In ''The Convent Garden Journal'', Fielding directly states in regard to Lucian that he had modeled his style "upon that very author".{{sfn|Branham|2010|page=863}} [[Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux]], [[François Fénelon]], [[Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle]], and [[Voltaire]] all wrote adaptations of Lucian's ''Dialogues of the Dead''.{{sfn|Branham|2010|page=864}} According to Turner, Voltaire's ''[[Candide]]'' (1759) displays the characteristically Lucianic theme of "refuting philosophical theory by reality".{{sfn|Turner|1967|page=99}} Voltaire also wrote ''The Conversation between Lucian, Erasmus and Rabelais in the Elysian Fields'',{{sfn|Turner|1967|page=99}} a dialogue in which he treats Lucian as "one of his masters in the strategy of intellectual revolution".{{sfn|Turner|1967|page=99}}

[[Denis Diderot]] drew inspiration from the writings of Lucian in his ''Socrates Gone Mad; or, the Dialogues of Diogenes of Sinope'' (1770){{sfn|Branham|2010|page=864}} and his ''Conversations in Elysium'' (1780).{{sfn|Branham|2010|page=864}} Lucian appears as one of two speakers in Diderot's dialogue ''Peregrinus Proteus'' (1791), which was based on ''The Passing of Peregrinus''.{{sfn|Branham|2010|page=864}} Lucian's ''True Story'' inspired [[Cyrano de Bergerac]], whose writings later served as inspiration for [[Jules Verne]].{{snf|Casson|1962|page=xvii}} The German satirist [[Christoph Martin Wieland]] was the first person to translate the complete works of Lucian into [[German language|German]]{{sfn|Branham|2010|page=864}} and he spent his entire career adapting the ideas behind Lucian's writings for a contemporary German audience.{{sfn|Branham|2010|page=864}} [[David Hume]] admired Lucian as a "very moral writer"{{sfn|Turner|1967|page=99}} and quoted him with reverence when discussing ethics or religion.{{sfn|Turner|1967|page=99}} Hume read Lucian's ''Kataplous'' or ''Downward Journey'' when he was on his deathbed.<ref name="Forfurther"/>{{sfn|Turner|1967|page=99}} [[Herman Melville]] references Lucian in Chapter 5 of ''[[The Confidence-Man]]'', Book 26 of [[Pierre: or, The Ambiguities|''Pierre'']], and Chapter 13 of ''[[Israel Potter]]''.