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Author Lucian, of Samosata.

Title Trips to the moon / Lucian of Samosata translated by Thomas Francklin.

Publication Info. [Auckland, N.Z.] : Floating Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 electronic document (170 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note Archived by the National Library of New Zealand.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Jun 1, 2011).
Novel.
Hypertext links contained in the archived instances of this title are non-functional. Nz
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Title; Contents; Introduction.; Instructions for Writing History.; The True History.; Icaro-Menippus. A Dialogue.; Endnotes.
Summary Lucian of Samosata was an Assyrian rhetorician and satirist who wrote in the Greek language. He is noted for his witty and scoffing nature. Trips to the Moon contains three of his works: Instructions for Writing History, The True History, Icaro-Menippus - A Dialogue. Lucian was one of the first novelists in occidental civilization. In A True Story, a fictional narrative work written in prose, he parodied some fantastic tales told by Homer in the Odyssey and some feeble fantasies that were popular in his time ...
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Subject Voyages, Imaginary.
Voyages, Imaginary.
Genre/Form Voyages, Imaginary.
Electronic books.
Added Author Francklin, Thomas, 1721-1784.
ISBN 9781775416043
1775416046
9781776510054
1776510054