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Menippus of Gadara (/məˈnɪpəs/; Greek: Μένιππος ὁ ΓαδαρεύςMenippos ho Gadareus; fl. 3rd century BC) was a Cynic satirist. The Menippean satire genre is named after him. His works, all of which are lost, were an important influence on Varro and Lucian, who ranks Menippus with Antisthenes, Diogenes, and Crates as among the most notable of the Cynics.
who ranks Menippus with Antisthenes, Diogenes, and Crates as among the most notable of the Cynics. Little is known about the life of Menippus. He was a...
philosopher Menippus. In The Lives of the Philosophers, Diogenes Laërtius lists the Nekyia among the thirteen works composed by Menippus (Vitae philosophorum...
Menippus of Stratonikeia (Ancient Greek: Μένιππος ὁ Στρατονικεύς Menippos o Stratonikeus, lived 1st century BC), surnamed Catocas, was a Carian by birth...
His Dialogues of the Dead focuses on the Cynic philosophers Diogenes and Menippus. Philosophies for Sale and The Carousal, or The Lapiths make fun of various...
athletics. Μένιππος ἢ Νεκυομαντεία Necyomantia Menippus or The Descent Into Hades The Cynic philosopher Menippus visits the Underworld to ask Teiresias which...
with Antisthenes, an author of Socratic dialogues, and the Cynic satirist Menippus, although it first became recognized as a genre through the first century...
Cynic Antisthenes Diogenes Crates Menippus more... Cyrenaic Aristippus Aristippus the Younger Theodorus the Atheist Hegesias of Cyrene Anniceris more....
Cynic Antisthenes Diogenes Crates Menippus more... Cyrenaic Aristippus Aristippus the Younger Theodorus the Atheist Hegesias of Cyrene Anniceris more....
Cynic Antisthenes Diogenes Crates Menippus more... Cyrenaic Aristippus Aristippus the Younger Theodorus the Atheist Hegesias of Cyrene Anniceris more....
half her size. In Lucian's Icaromenippus, Selene complains to the titular Menippus of all the outrageous claims philosophers are making about her, such as...
Cynic Antisthenes Diogenes Crates Menippus more... Cyrenaic Aristippus Aristippus the Younger Theodorus the Atheist Hegesias of Cyrene Anniceris more....
killed Bremusa, Podarces killed Clonie after she had killed his comrade Menippus, Ajax the Lesser killed Derinoe after she had killed Laogonus, and Meriones...
Later he is seen feasting with the other gods on Olympus, and prompting Menippus to wonder how can night fall on the Heavens while he is there. In A True...
Cynic Antisthenes Diogenes Crates Menippus more... Cyrenaic Aristippus Aristippus the Younger Theodorus the Atheist Hegesias of Cyrene Anniceris more....
Cynic Antisthenes Diogenes Crates Menippus more... Cyrenaic Aristippus Aristippus the Younger Theodorus the Atheist Hegesias of Cyrene Anniceris more....
Cynic Antisthenes Diogenes Crates Menippus more... Cyrenaic Aristippus Aristippus the Younger Theodorus the Atheist Hegesias of Cyrene Anniceris more....
Cynic Antisthenes Diogenes Crates Menippus more... Cyrenaic Aristippus Aristippus the Younger Theodorus the Atheist Hegesias of Cyrene Anniceris more....
mainstay of the Cynics and was the most common tone of the works made by Menippus and Meleager of Gadara. In the 2nd century CE, Lucian of Samosata created...
one of his works—as a "ludibrium", possibly meaning "lampoon". In his Menippus (1617) he argued that he wrote this fake document in his youth, around...
Cynic Antisthenes Diogenes Crates Menippus more... Cyrenaic Aristippus Aristippus the Younger Theodorus the Atheist Hegesias of Cyrene Anniceris more....
Cynic Antisthenes Diogenes Crates Menippus more... Cyrenaic Aristippus Aristippus the Younger Theodorus the Atheist Hegesias of Cyrene Anniceris more....
the definition. According to a story which seems to have originated with Menippus of Gadara, Diogenes was captured by pirates while on voyage to Aegina and...
Menedemus of Pyrrha fl. c. 350 BC Academic Platonist Menedemus the Cynic Cynic Menippus Cynic Metrocles Cynic Metrodorus of Athens Metrodorus of Chios Atomist...
Cynic Antisthenes Diogenes Crates Menippus more... Cyrenaic Aristippus Aristippus the Younger Theodorus the Atheist Hegesias of Cyrene Anniceris more....
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