Menippean Definition

adjective

Of or relating to the Ancient Greek cynic parodist and polemicist Menippus (3rd century BCE).

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Of or relating to a form of satire, usually in prose, which has a length and structure similar to a novel and is characterized by attacking mental attitudes instead of specific individuals.

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Menippean Sentence Examples

  • For example, the Menippean Satires numbered 150, and are all counted separately in Varro's estimate.

  • But the lighter works of Varro have perished almost to the last line, with the exception of numerous fragments of the Menippean Satires.

  • The titles of the Menippean Satires are very diverse.

  • From the numerous citations in later authors it is clear that the Menippean Satires were the most popular of Varro's writings.

  • Not very unlike the Menippean Satires were the Libri Logistorici, or satirical and practical expositions, possibly in dialogue form, of some theme most commonly taken from philosophy on its ethical side.

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