Menippus
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right|thumb|180px|Menippus, by Diego Velázquez|Velázquez thumb|180px|Menippus, Nuremberg Chronicle.
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- Archaioi hellēnes geōgraphoi
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Gadara
- Place of death
- Thebes
- Occupation
- comedian
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Student of
- Metrocles
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Movement
- Cynicism
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- Menippus
- date of birth
- 0300-00-00
- date of death
- 0260-00-00
- manner of death
- Suicide
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- time period
- Hellenistic period
- social classification
- slave
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
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right|thumb|180px|Menippus, by Diego Velázquez|Velázquez thumb|180px|Menippus, Nuremberg Chronicle.
Menippus of Gadara (; Menippos 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.
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