Menippus

Menippus in Wikipedia

Menippus (Greek: Μένιππος; 3rd century BC) of Gadara, was a Cynic and satirist. His works, which are all lost, were an important influence on Varro and Lucian. The Menippean satire genre is named after him. Life Little is known about the life of Menippus. He was a native of Gadara in Coele-Syria.[1] The ancient sources agree that he was a slave. H...

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Menippus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

A Greek philosopher of Gadara in Syria, who flourished about B.C. 250. He was originally a slave, and afterwards an adherent of the Cynic School of philosophy. His writings (now completely lost) treated of the follies of mankind, especially of philosophers, in a sarcastic tone. They were a medley of prose and verse, and became models for the satiri...

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