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en-wikipedia-org-3459		Lucian - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	9673	1167	69	During the time when Lucian lived, traditional Greco-Roman religion was in decline and its role in society had become largely ceremonial.[14] As a substitute for traditional religion, many people in the Hellenistic world joined mystery cults, such as the Mysteries of Isis, Mithraism, the cult of Cybele, and the Eleusinian Mysteries.[15] Superstition had always been common throughout ancient society,[15] but it was especially prevalent during the second century.[15][16] Most educated people of Lucian's time adhered to one of the various Hellenistic philosophies,[15] of which the major ones were Stoicism, Platonism, Peripateticism, Pyrrhonism, and Epicureanism.[15] Every major town had its own university[15] and these universities often employed professional travelling lecturers,[15] who were frequently paid high sums of money to lecture about various philosophical teachings.[17] The most prestigious center of learning was the city of Athens in Greece, which had a long intellectual history.[17]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3459.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3459.txt