Statue of an unknown Cynic philosopher, Menippus of Gadara

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Menippos of Jordan was born a slave, but he bought himself free and trained as a philosopher and critic. Menippos invented a special genre that directly focused the attention of the audience, the satirical cynic's twist of institutions, conventions and the ideas of the time that we know so well today from, for example, stand up comedy and satire on television.