Arignote
Lucian relates that at Corinth, in the Cranaüs quarter, there was a certain house which no one would inhabit, because it was haunted by a spectre. A man named Arignote, well versed in the lore of the Egyptian magical books, shut himself in the house to pass the night and began to read peacefully in the court. Soon the spectre made its appearance, and in order to frighten Arignote, it first of all took the form of a dog, then that of a bull, and finally that of a lion. But Arignote was not at all disturbed. He conjured the spectre in formulæ which he found in his books, and obliged it to retire to a corner of the court, where it disappeared. On the following day the spot to which the spectre had retreated was dug up, and a skeleton was found. When it was properly buried, the ghost was not seen again. This anecdote is an adaptation of the adventure of Athenodorus, which Lucian had read in Pliny.