Samosata

Proper noun

Meaning

Samosata

An ancient city in southeast Anatolia, in modern Turkey, located near the banks of the Euphrates; modern Samsat.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

Antioch Antiochia Antiochia Commagene Antiochia in Commagene

Examples

At the age of 12 he won a prize for translating Lucian of Samosata 's Dialogues of the Gods from Latin to English. Source: Internet

He had had a fleet built of over 1,000 ships at Samosata in order to supply his army for a march down the Euphrates and of 50 pontoon ships to facilitate river crossings. Source: Internet

Moralia 347C Lucian of Samosata (2nd century AD) also gives the story, but names the runner Philippides (not Pheidippides). Source: Internet

In 269, the Synods of Antioch condemned Paul of Samosata for his Adoptionist theology, and also condemned the term homoousios (ὁμοούσιος, "of the same being") in the sense he used it. Source: Internet

One of the first persons to express disbelief in ghosts was Lucian of Samosata in the 2nd century AD. Source: Internet

Prominent amongst the charges that had been directed against Paul of Samosata had been his alleged over-familiarity with pious women. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Samora Samos samosa Samosatenian samothere Samothrace