Title: Geschichte der 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.
Subjects: Fiction
Places: Avdēra (Greece)
People: Democritus