Geschichte der Abderiten
By: von C.M. Wieland
Edition: Neu umgearbeitete und vermehrte Ausgabe.
Publisher: Bey Weidmanns Erben und Reich
Published: 1781
Place of publication: Leipzig
Language: ger
Subjects: Fiction
Other titles: Abderiten.
Description: Satire first published in part in the periodical Der teutsche Merkur in 1774, and complete in book form in 1780. The book is a satire on German provinciality. Its setting and disguise is the ancient Greek town of Abdera in Thrace, the inhabitants of which (with the exception of Democritus) were noted for their narrow-mindedness.
Notes: Kurrelmeyer, W., Abhandlungen der k. preussischen Akad. Jahrg. 1913, Phil.-hist. Klasse, Nr.7, p.20.