Trips to the Moon
Author: last_name: Lucian of Samosata
Language: English
Year: 1780

The endeavour of small Greek historians to add interest to their work by magnifying the exploits of their countrymen, and piling wonder upon wonder, Lucian first condemned in his <em>Instructions for Writing History</em>, and then caricatured in his <em>True History</em>, wherein is contained the account of a trip to the moon, a piece which must have been enjoyed by Rabelais, which suggested to Cyrano de Bergerac his Voyages to the Moon and to the Sun, and insensibly contributed, perhaps, direct