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temporarysecretary17 t1_j2d61f6 wrote

Reply to comment by AnthillOmbudsman in TIL the first story to include space travel, aliens, and interplanetary warfare ("A True Story") was written in Ancient Greek in the second century AD, and was written as a satire of outlandish ancient stories. by foodtower

Satire of ancient travelogues. They would claim they went to real places and tell their true stories but just make shit up. This satirizes it by making up the most insane shit possible.

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