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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] The novel is a satire of outlandish tales that had been ...
- Lucian
- 2nd century AD
- 1902
- Syria, Roman Empire
The True History was, in effect, the beginning of a new literature. Not only was its framework borrowed, not only was its habit of fantastic names piously imitated, but the disciples, like the master, turned their voyages to the purpose of satire. It was Rabelais who made the first adaptation, INTRODUCTION. XXUl.
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The introduction focuses above all on the literary strategies of the text, and unsurprisingly the True History ’s preface receives primary attention. An account of Lucian’s life is sandwiched between a brief overview of the preface and an excellent analysis of Lucian (or Lucian’s projected personae) as ego-narrator in the True History and ...
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Widely hailed as the first science fiction story, A True Story, by Lucian of Samosata is a voyage to the edges of the universe and reason. The title is the first clue that this will be a tall tale. As much a predecessor of Douglas Adams as Jules Verne, Lucian's fantasy explores not only outer space (where he brokers war and peace between the ...
Fusillio, M. "The Mirror of the Moon: Lucian’s A True Story - From Satire to Utopia," in Oxford Readings in the Greek Novel, ed. Simon Swain (Oxford: OUP, 1999), 351-81. Georgiadou, Aristoula and David H.J. Larmour. Lucian’s Science Fiction Novel, True Histories: Interpretation and Commentary. Leiden: Brill, 1998.
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Lucian's True Story inspired Cyrano de Bergerac, whose writings later served as inspiration for Jules Verne. The German satirist Christoph Martin Wieland was the first person to translate the complete works of Lucian into German [150] and he spent his entire career adapting the ideas behind Lucian's writings for a contemporary German audience ...
Sep 5, 2023 · A True History was written by Lucian of Samosata in the second century AD. It is a work of satire commenting on the outlandish reality of ancient Greek mythology, and it is commonly known as the ...
