Poussin need not have consulted Lucian directly; the passage is in the notes of the illustrated French translation of Philostratus' Imagines which Poussin is known to have consulted.
Poussin non precisou consultar directamente a Luciano, a pasaxe está recollida nas notas da tradución francesa da obra de Filóstrato Imaxes, que Poussin puido consultar.