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A True Story (Ancient Greek: Ἀληθῆ διηγήματα, Alēthē diēgēmata; Latin: Vera Historia or Latin: Verae Historiae), also translated as True History, is a long novella or short novel [1] written in the second century AD by the Syrian author Lucian of Samosata. [2]
A True Story 1 (True History) One of Lucian's most famous works. A parody of travellers' tales. The narrator and his companions set out on a voyage and are lifted up by a giant waterspout and deposited on the Moon. There they find themselves embroiled in a full-scale war between the king of the Moon and the king of the Sun.
Lucian's True Story inspired Cyrano de Bergerac, whose writings later served as inspiration for Jules Verne. [145] The German satirist Christoph Martin Wieland was the first person to translate the complete works of Lucian into German [151] and he spent his entire career adapting the ideas behind Lucian's writings for a contemporary German ...
Lucian, True History (2nd century AD), not necessarily set anywhere near Greece; Plays. Andrew David Irvine, Socrates on Trial; Terence Rattigan, Adventure Story;
An extraterrestrial or alien is a lifeform that did not originate on Earth. The word extraterrestrial means "outside Earth". Extraterrestrials are a common theme in modern science-fiction, and also appeared in much earlier works such as the second-century parody True History [1] by Lucian of Samosata.
The earliest depiction of life on the Moon in Lucian's True History included three-headed horse-vultures and vegetable birds. [11] [12] The near side of the Moon in Kepler's Somnium is inhabited by the earliest human-like lunar life in fiction, whereas the far side is inhabited by serpentine creatures.
The Isles are mentioned in Book II of A True History by the Greek satirist Lucian of Samosata. The author makes fun of the heroes residing there by giving an account of their petty squabbles as presented to the court of the magistrate, Rhadamanthus. He goes on to describe other observations of how the residents occupy their time, using every ...
The first part of Lucian’s essay involved a critical attack on contemporary historians. Lucian maintained that they confused history with panegyric, overloaded it with irrelevant details, and weighed it down with overblown rhetoric. [3] Lucian recommended instead the virtues of clear narration, and the valorisation of truth. [4]