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Menippus

290 BC - 260 BC

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Menippus of Gadara (; Greek: Μένιππος ὁ Γαδαρεύς 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Menippus is the 852nd most popular writer (down from 784th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Jordan and the most popular Jordanian Writer.

Menippus is most famous for his satirical works, which he wrote in the 2nd century AD.

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Among writers, Menippus ranks 852 out of 7,302. Before him are Karl Harrer, Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani, Bernart de Ventadorn, Ali Shariati, Eugène Scribe, and Michael Crichton. After him are Jonas Lie, Andrea Camilleri, Julian Barnes, Pope Dionysius of Alexandria, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, and Gaius Lucilius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 290 BC, Menippus ranks 3. Before him are Teuta, and Sostratus of Cnidus. After him are Zhang Liang, Phriapatius, Anyte of Tegea, Antigonus of Carystus, Titus Manlius Torquatus, and Lucius Caecilius Metellus. Among people deceased in 260 BC, Menippus ranks 4. Before him are Theocritus, Hanno the Great, and Sostratus of Cnidus. After him are Zenodotus, Timaeus, Gaius Claudius Nero, Euthydemus I, Hannibal Gisco, Laodice I, Timocharis, and Quintus Caecilius Metellus.

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In Jordan

Among people born in Jordan, Menippus ranks 9 out of 59. Before him are Abdullah II of Jordan (1962), Al-Mansur (714), As-Saffah (722), Al-Mahdi (744), Jephthah (-1118), and Nicomachus (60). After him are Philodemus (-110), Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (1966), Balak (null), Phinehas (-1300), Nayef Hawatmeh (1938), and Haya bint Hussein (1974).

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Among WRITERS In Jordan

Among writers born in Jordan, Menippus ranks 1. After him are Meleager of Gadara (-130), Samih al-Qasim (1939), Abdul Rahman Munif (1933), and Nahed Hattar (1960).

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