foodtower OP t1_j2a7zpn 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
Context: the author was skewering the ancient practice of presenting and accepting obvious myths as factual history. The title "A true story" is only accurate because of that first sentence.
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