TRIPS TO THE MOON

by Lucian.



Translated from the Greek by Thomas Francklin, D.D.



CONTENTS.

Introduction by Professor Henry Morley.
Instructions for Writing History.
The True History.
Preface.
Book 1.
Book 2.
Icaro-Menippus--A Dialogue.



INTRODUCTION.



Lucian, in Greek Loukianos, was a Syrian, born about the year 120 at
Samosata, where a bend of the Euphrates brings that river nearest to
the borders of Cilicia in Asia Minor. He had in him by nature a
quick flow of wit, with a bent towards Greek literature. It was