Alexander of Abonoteichus

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Alexander of Abonoteichus (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Ἀβωνοτειχίτης), also called Alexander the Paphlagonian (c. 105-c. 170 CE), was a Greek mystic and oracle, and the founder of the Glycon cult that briefly achieved wide popularity in the Roman world. The contemporary writer Lucian reports that he was an utter fraud - the god Glycon was supposedly constructed out of a glove puppet. The vivid narrative of his career given by Lucian might be taken as fictitious but for the corroboration of certain coins of the emperors Lucius Verus and Marcus Aurelius and of a statue of Alexander, said by Athenagoras to have stood in the forum of Parium.Lucian describes him as having swindled many people and engaged, through his followers, in various forms of thuggery. The strength of Lucian's venom against Alexander is attributed to Alexander's hate of the Epicureans. Lucian admired the works of Epicurus, a eulogy of which concludes the piece, and whether he was the master of fraud and deceit as portrayed by Lucian, he may not have been too different from other oracles of the age, when a great deal of dishonest exploitation occurred in some shrines.

Alias Alexander the Paphlagonian

Birth date 0105-01-01

Birth year 0105

Death date 0170-01-01

Death year 0170

English Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_of_Abonoteichus

Spanish wikipedia http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_de_Abonutico

Wiki page external link http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Alexander_the_Paphlagonian http://www.livius.org/gi-gr/glykon/glykon.html