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Icaro-Menippus (New Translation)
Print Length: 40 pages
Lucian of Samosata (125–c.180) was a Greek satirist of Syrian or Assyrian extraction, and is perhaps best-known for his story True History. Icaro-Menippus is a satirical play with Greek philosophers being the focus of Lucian’s ridicule. The play contains only two characters: Menippus, and an unnamed friend. Mennipus tells his companion how he used bird wings to fly into space, visiting the Moon and the Greek gods during his travels. Whether or not Mennipus’s story is true is left for the audience to decide.
Many people could be forgiven for thinking that concepts such as voyages into space, time travel, robots and extraterrestrials started in the nineteenth century with the works of Jules Verne, HG Wells and other science fiction pioneers. In truth, however, these ideas have far earlier origins, dating back a thousand years and more. Icaro-Menippus is the third tale in Firestone Books' Early Science Fiction Series.
For more information on our early science fiction stories visit www.firestonebooks.com
Lucian of Samosata (125–c.180) was a Greek satirist of Syrian or Assyrian extraction, and is perhaps best-known for his story True History. Icaro-Menippus is a satirical play with Greek philosophers being the focus of Lucian’s ridicule. The play contains only two characters: Menippus, and an unnamed friend. Mennipus tells his companion how he used bird wings to fly into space, visiting the Moon and the Greek gods during his travels. Whether or not Mennipus’s story is true is left for the audience to decide.
Many people could be forgiven for thinking that concepts such as voyages into space, time travel, robots and extraterrestrials started in the nineteenth century with the works of Jules Verne, HG Wells and other science fiction pioneers. In truth, however, these ideas have far earlier origins, dating back a thousand years and more. Icaro-Menippus is the third tale in Firestone Books' Early Science Fiction Series.
For more information on our early science fiction stories visit www.firestonebooks.com
24 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2009
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Lucian of Samosata
1,395 books193 followersLucian of Samosata was a Greek-educated Syrian rhetorician, and satirist who wrote in the Greek language. He is noted for his witty and scoffing nature.
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December 28, 2022
Scathing criticism of philosophy
July 16, 2023
fun read. Irwin Edman was right when he said that Lucian "had no pity for man's delusions, errors, and aspirations; to that Christian virtue he was a stranger."
March 8, 2026
En fin, eliminó a todos los filósofos hahaha
July 22, 2021
Matica hrvatska
Zagreb, 2002.
Ovo djelce je konstruirano dijalogom, kao gotovo sva Lukijanova djela.
Menip opisuje svom frendu kako je navodeći se po Ikaru poletio do nebesa i došao među bogove.
Dakle, cjelokupna radnja je prepričavanje.
Tipična lukijanovska satira, bogovi se prikazuju kao obični ljudi, gonjeni niskoenergetskim frekvencijama luzerstva, putem toga se prenosi kinički podtekst.
¡Hasta luego mis murcielagos!
Zagreb, 2002.
Ovo djelce je konstruirano dijalogom, kao gotovo sva Lukijanova djela.
Menip opisuje svom frendu kako je navodeći se po Ikaru poletio do nebesa i došao među bogove.
Dakle, cjelokupna radnja je prepričavanje.
Tipična lukijanovska satira, bogovi se prikazuju kao obični ljudi, gonjeni niskoenergetskim frekvencijama luzerstva, putem toga se prenosi kinički podtekst.
¡Hasta luego mis murcielagos!
May 10, 2021
Hilarious and scathing, and so apropos of the current times!
March 23, 2016
Surprisingly interesting dialogue about what Olympus was like
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews