Note 618 — PHOTIUS BIBLIOTHECA OR MYRIOBIBLON[6] (continued 5)
John Henry Freese translation
The well-known sophist and humorous writer (c. A.D. 125-180). He was a native of Samosata in Syria, and, after a wandering life, settled down in Athens, whence he removed to Egypt, where he died. His True History was the original of works like the Gulliver’s Travels of Swift, with whom and with Voltaire he has much in common.